Tales from Auburn Creek

This is Kevin Rader.  I can’t tell you how many times I have heard someone described as a person of few words.  That is rare thing these days.  Usually everyone has something to say and now have an internet podium to say it.  But what happens when both of those worlds collide.  

That is what I found recently and I have to say it was an interesting albeit brief exchange.  I found it so interesting that I decided to share it as the first installment,  as we mark the beginning of our third season,  of the Tales from Auburn Creek.  It’s entitled “The Locals."

For years I was told you just need to move on, put it all behind you.  Now after sharing so much of my childhood I feel like I finally can.  It is not an easy story to tell.  It was even more trying to live through but now it will finally come to an end.

With the 26th episode from The Tales from Auburn Creek I will have put it all out there, not for personal gain but hopefully to benefit of all of you who took the time to listen.  

I always knew when this project began how it would end. “The Moment” is still as vivid to me 50 years later as it was the day it took place.  If there was one time, one moment I could point to where the past intersected with the future it was here.  

So now I will share that moment with you in the 26th installment of The Tales from Auburn Creek entitled “The Moment.”

[by Kevin Rader]

He was the kind of teacher you would always hope your children would have. I never realized how fortunate I was until my later years. Looking back he served his country and his students well which ai hope to capture in my latest installment of The Tales from Auburn Creek entitled “Reform the Rows.”

This is Kevin Rader and welcome to The Tales from Auburn Creek. I know a lot of time has passed since our last installment. A lot of life has passed since then as well. I wanted to take some time to do other things and most importantly I didn't want my writings to be forced. I needed the stories to continue to write themselves. It seems that enough time has passed for me to start the final stretch of this series. With that said we start out with a Tales from Auburn Creek Bonus Episode. It involves America's Sport which used to mean baseball. I will explain in this TAC Extra entitled America's Sport.

For those that have questions or wish to sponsor, please eMail [email protected] 
Visit Rader Media and Marketing LLC. at www.radermediasports.com

by Kevin Rader

One wanted to be President. The other wanted to be a College Football Head Coach. They both got what they wanted.

That brings us to the latest installment of the Tales from Auburn Creek entitled 'The President and the Coach".

"I always imagined after my Aunt Debbie passed away that Jesus would greet her with these simple words.  "Thank you for treating one of mine as one of yours."   Because that is exactly what she did.  She took in a wayward teenage boy and provided a foundation for him to build on. Now 50 years later a friend who has only known me for a year recently called to ask if the name 'Debbie' meant anything to me.  That phone call and the memories it brought back are the crux of the latest installment of the Tales from Auburn Creek entitled "The Decision."

Episode Copyright Kevin Rader, Tales from Auburn Creek

Life decisions can be a quirky deal.  Sometimes you don't even know the decision you made was actually a life decision until a majority of life is behind you.  In this Bonus Installment of the 'Tales from Auburn Creek' I reflect on one such instance that spanned over thirty years.  It's entitled "The Call."

Please SHARE for additional episodes to continue.

by Kevin Rader

by Kevin Rader

Some things are a lot clearer with hindsight.  That is certainly the case with the very first trip I ever made to Denver, Colorado.  Back in 70’s you had to take a required FCC Test to get a third class license if you wanted to be on the radio.  So my boss made arrangements for me to go take it. 

Hence the latest installment in the second season of the Tales from Auburn Creek entitled, “Denver.”