TreeHouseLetter Podcast
Always learning with a bit of fun.
This is the audio version of the newsletter which began in 2019 with a midlife account of Kili at 50 and Hiking Kilimanjaro on the Machame Route.
I share essays and letters on important matters and nonsense. The Music in Prose is a regular feature which includes the best writing and ideas, hitting the keynotes on why such stories stay with you.
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Latest Episodes
- Jan 3 Punch In, Punch Out: the Profession and the Side Hustle
- Jan 9 Pity and Practical – Time in Memoir
2022 Podcasts
- Nov 30 Giving Thanks for Dissent and Cookies
- Nov 15 On Perfect Love and Longing
- Nov 6 “Kinda This, Kinda That” in the Mid-Pack
- Oct 13 What to Say When People Thank You for Your Miltitary Service
- Oct 3 Everyone Should Write
- Oct 3 What can music teach us about writing?
- Sep 15 Reading for Foodies: Crying in H-Mart
- Sep 13 Bringing Writers and Readers Together, Key Messages for THL
- Sep 6 “Old Age is Not for the Young”
- Aug 25 What Book Would You Take to a Desert Island?
- Aug 19 Charlie Munger and the Art of Swearing
- Aug 17 The Sentence Fragment
- Aug 10: No Ordinary Hike: Marchback for the USMA Class of 2026
- Aug 1: On Fighting and Writing: Blackwing and Bruce Lee
- July 22: Spandrel: Byproduct of Evolution and Thing of Beauty
- July 17: Thoughts on Music and the Brain
- July 8: Essays that changed me: Alison Lurie and ‘When most boys… joined the armed services.’
- Jun 23: Simba the Designer Dog? The Perfect Combination of 5 Breeds
- Jun 23: Notes on a Year of Love
- Jun 10: Why I Write
- June 7: “The Q-tips Are for Your M4” and the Art of the Paragraph
- May 30: “Keep the Faith for Which They Died”
- May 27: The Last Recital
- May 22: “Django with One Finger,” a Living Music Icon
- May 16: On Puppies and Babies: a “Communion with Terror“
- May 4: What Makes a Speech Great? An Admiral Tells 3 Stories
- May 3: Exercises in Style, a Writing Tribute
- April 25: 1000 Push-ups? Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
- April 19: Beside Counselor on Parenting in Anger, in Two Translations
- April 8: What I Learned Walking with a Friend
- April 4: A Poet Warrior Learns Kindness
- April 1: A Fool is Full and a Pool not a Pull
- March 28: Three Sunsets in One Day
- March 22: Each Sentence Reflects 3 Choices
- March 17: Spicy Rooster and a Coffee Outpost
- March 13: Firecracker and a Humble Queen
- March 10: Essays that changed me: Rachel Cusk and “Making Home”