Episode Sept. 4, 2015

Co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a fire drill, microbeads & all things micro, Acorn, emptying strange things out of your pockets, Emily’s continuing washing machine trials, giving up on your garden, pumping gas in a hoop skirt, a shirt named “Bob”, being grouchy on your birthday, a solar barn party at midnight goat farm, a global magnesium deficiency, NPR off the rails, going behind the ropes at the Park-McCullough House, slacktivism, being woken up by cats and pigs, a new identity as “the blond one”, sibling secrecy as it relates to parents feeling left out and old, a new word created at the manicurist, a bad time with chintzy K-mart picture frames, how to manage dead Facebook friends, advice for pruning your hydrangea – not! … and so much more!

 Featuring music from Vermont musicians and friends: The Cousins Project [Rescue Me]; Stefan Lundin [Aldrig nansin foll jag ner i bon]; Kristina Stykos [Remembering].

 Tune in Fridays at 11 am to hear this show live on WFVR-FM South Royalton, Vermont 96.5 FM or streaming online & rebroadcast weekly at: Royalton Community Radio