Back Porch Stories

Back Porch Stories

By Chuck SteadArtsBooksHistory
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Back Porch Stories episodes

  • Heebie Jeebie Goes Camping

    When does a story begin and end? Who sets those moments in time? And if remembered in a young boys heart and offered with honor years later, does the story ever really end? Are our lives tethered to our bodies? Or can we live forever in the hearts and minds of those we touched? Only the storyteller knows for sure.

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    28 min
  • Washing the Old Man

    This is a story about generations both younger and older. One generation determined to take center stage... and the other just as determined not to step into the wings. Sometimes it can be a full blown dog fight for tribal supremacy but no matter what side you're on, moving on is hard to do.

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    24 min
  • The First Deer

    Chuck tells us of the first Deer hunt of the season, a kind of spiritual right of passage as it were... and what the NRA stood for back in the 1960's as opposed to what it has become today despite the best wishes of its responsible members.

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    38 min
  • Christmas 1956

    Remember when a great Christmas for a family of 6 could be had for about $200 and all the love two great parents could muster? Well, this was that Christmas!

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    38 min
  • Second Street

    Meet the family on Second Street which might well have been called "Stead Street" given that virtually everyone who lived there was a member of the Stead extended family. Listen in on the porch to porch conversation that was life on Second Street, Hillburn, NY in 1956.

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    32 min
  • The Smell of Things

    There's definitely something in the air and Pop Stead, the Heebie Jeebie man, Both smells it... and tells it.

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    33 min
  • Heebie Jeebie and the Ramapo Salamander

    Pop Stead holds court once again with a tale from Native American folklore that tests the limits of Tessie's patience while fanning the story telling flame that now burns in young Chuck Stead.

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    29 min
  • The Nearly Perfect Game

    There was one brief shinning moment... and it happened at a bowling alley just outside of Hillburn, NY. Join us for the second by second story of Walt's Nearly Perfect Game.

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    31 min
  • "Hi Ho Silver"

    In our third installment we meet family and friends on the front porch in the middle of a multi directional conversation about what was, what never shoulda' been, and where that brand new interstate may lead us tomorrow.

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    26 min
  • The Cursed Arm

    In this second episode we learn about the humble beginnings of Pop Stead in a story told mostly in his voice.

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    23 min

About Back Porch Stories

From the publisher's feed

Chuck Stead is a Story Teller, author and college professor from the Ramapo Mountain Region of lower New York State. These are his stories of a happy, curious, and eventful childhood amongst the mountains, streams, and streets of the village known as Hillburn, New York. Here we meet Chuck's family and friends through stories passed down from his elders as well as those experienced by the author himself. Some are the sweet and funny experiences of a young boy in the hopeful 1950's and turbulent sixties. Others are deeply moving and meaningful memories that will live in your thoughts for years to come. All of them will leave you wanting for more.