Bell wonders: “Whence a model for worthy life / measure? Where from a manual / for husbandly virtue? How to return / when thoughts negotiate escape / to spring worlds far and new?” This episode wonders how one figures out what kind of life is worth living. How does one keep score while the game is still in progress? How does a person understand the effects of actions and inactions across decades? These stories and poems build a home for the unsettling dreams that will arrive any moment now…

Story | Music Track Listing

Opening  | “Cyberfrogs” — Bill Gillard

Bell is a Man | “They are obviously sounds; that's why they are shadows” — Drew Whiting

Soybeans of Paradise | “Drums Are Go!” —  Bill Gillard 

That Only Time Provides | “7 in the Pocket” — Offsite

A Name He Knew | “He Knew” —  Bill Gillard 

“Dear Bretagne” — Bill Gillard 

Elegant Blankness | "Double Jeopardy"  — Offsite

Home | “October Sweep”  — Bill Gillard

Marbles | “Podcast Interlude 5” — Tad's Living Room

 Closing | “Cyberfrogs” — Cyberfrogs 

 "Visions of Half Sleep" is a dreamlike soundscape, a collaboration among artists in northeast Wisconsin. It is Bill Gillard's words and voice along with music by many.

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