The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy

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A Topical Guide to the Personal History

Topical Guide 90

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Eric Kraft
Sep 15, 2021
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Love, the Things We Do for

She looked through the instructions and mumbled to herself. She measured the thickness of the windings on the coil and the thickness of the wire itself. Then she went to work with her slide rule. … 
     Gumma took a deep breath. She smiled and let the breath out. 
     “It’s exactly right,” she said. 
     Mr. Beaker looked puzzled. “How many—” he began. 
     “Exactly right,” Gumma repeated in a soft voice that reverberated through the cellar as if she had shouted.

Little Follies, “The Static of the Spheres”

I would gather stars out of the blue,
For you, for you.
I’d make a string of pearls out of the dew,
For you, for you.
Over the highway and over the street,
Carpets of clover I’d lay at your feet.
Oh, there's nothin’ in this world I wouldn’t do,
For you, I’d do anything for you.

Joe Burke (music), Al Dubin (lyric), “For You”

[more to come on Thursday, September 16, 2021]

Have you missed an episode or two or several? 

  • You can catch up by visiting the archive or consulting the index to the Topical Guide.

  • You can listen to the episodes on the Personal History podcast. Begin at the beginning or scroll through the episodes to find what you’ve missed.

  • At Apple Books you can download free eBooks of “My Mother Takes a Tumble,” “Do Clams Bite?” and “Life on the Bolotomy,” the first three novellas in Little Follies.

  • You’ll find an overview of the entire work in  An Introduction to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy. It’s a pdf document.

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