Meadowood Life Stories
broadcast at noon on Saturdays

after any news on
Neighborhood News at Noon
These are original stories written by members of the Meadowood Life Story Writers' Group which meets at the Meadowood Neighborhood Center on Monday mornings.
Broadcast
Date*
Story Title
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Author Length Source
Note
2017
12/23/17IntroductionDick Radtke 1:51a
12/23/17ConchingJoe Ringeisen 7:45a
10/29/18The Wisconsin CaucusRick Ruecking 8:19a
10/30/18O Give Me a WordMarnie Schulenburg 5:36a
10/31/18Blind DateJane Noffke 6:11a
11/1/18RememberMary Mullen 7:17a
11/2/18DickieRon Hoppmann 3:04a
11/5/18No Stroke of LuckBarbara Bryce 7:21a
11/6/18Sleepless at the Silver MoonJim Stephenson 9:05a
11/7/18Grandma's HandsDick Radtke 6:28a
2018
11/8/18Field TripJane Noffke 5:09b
11/9/18Journal Entries in the Style of David SedarisMary Mullen 8:53b
11/12/18All the Stupid Little Things We Do in LifeBarbara Bryce 6:04b
11/13/18Last Chapter of Dickenson St. HillRon Hoppmann 4:20b
11/14/18The OutlawRick Ruecking 8:49b
11/15/18Three Little Words; H2O; Clownin' AroundMike Shucha 8:28b
11/16/18Afternoon Cruise; Baby VampireJoe Ringeisen 6:26b
11/19/18Poem about Memoir GroupMarnie Schulenburg 1:56b
11/20/18Man in a BoatDick Radtke 6:38b
2020
3/7/20Just Another Laundry Day
On the Boats
Jane Noffke 7:29c
3/14/20The Snowy Winter of 1949Ron Hoppmann 6:13c
3/21/20Alternate Accounting Facts
A Taxing Account
Mike Shucha 6:51c
3/28/20Gifts
Out of the Dark
Rick Ruecking 8:54c
4/4/20Health Care in South AmericaMarnie Schulenburg 7:43c
4/11/20An Article in the Paper or A Parakeet Dies
For My Seventy-Ninth Birthday, Sept. 25, 2019
Shelter from the Storm
Snowing
Mary Mullen 12:02c
4/18/20HaircutDick Radtke 8:10c
2022
5/28/22My Last Roulade With DadMichelle Crean Stellner 4:55d
6/4/22Glove Gone RogueColleen Cleary 5:41d
6/11/22The Belly of the BeastMarnie Schulenburg 4:31d
6/16/22The Waters With Which I DanceRick Ruecking 5:49d
6/25/22Tin EarMary Mullen 5:33d
7/2/22Weird Childhood BehaviorJane Noffke 5:29d
7/9/22Homage to GrandparentsMolly Plunkett 7:24d
7/16/22Pot RoastBarbara Park 4:19d
7/23/22EnlightenmentMike Shucha 7:50d
7/30/22Things That Go Bump In the NightDick Radtke 5:15d
2023
11/25/23My Uncle EinoJane Noffke 5:51e
12/2/23A Book Cave to RememberMarnie Schulenburg4:41e
12/9/23Cheap PleasuresMary Mullen 6:30e
12/16/23AncestryBarbara Park 3:37e
12/23/23Which Face Was the Worst?Rick Ruecking 5:52e
12/30/23Travis Brian PercivalMolly Plunkett 6:56e
1/6/24American CultureMike Shucha 5:18e
1/13/24All the Egg ThingsMichelle Stellner 4:34e
1/20/24The Lamp, the Genie and 100-Year-Old JulieBarbara Bryce 5:47e
1/27/24A Day at the Dentist's: a One-Act DramaDick Radtke4:50e
2024
2/3/24LibrariesBarbara Park 4:41f
2/10/24Vacations on the WaterBarbara Park 8:45g
2/17/24Bird WatchingBarbara Park 6:33h
2/24/24I Come Into the WorldJane Noffke 5:17i
3/2/24Getting Away With ItDick Radtke 6:08i
3/9/24Honored GuestsRick Ruecking 18:13i
3/15/24Pass the StickMarnie Schulenburg 4:00j

* Original broadcast date is shown. Subsequently one story is repeated each Saturday, starting with the earliest.
a Recorded by WIDE-LP at Sequoya Library on Oct. 20, 2017.
b Recorded by WIDE-LP at Sequoya Library on Nov. 2, 2018.
c Recorded by WIDE-LP at Sequoya Library on Feb. 28, 2020.
d Recorded by WIDE-LP at Meadowood Community Room May 19, 2022
e Recorded by WIDE-LP at Sequoya Library on Nov. 9, 2023.   [photos]
f Private recording Feb. 3, 2024.
g Private recording Feb. 9, 2024.
h Private recording Feb. 17, 2024.
i Recorded by WIDE-LP at Meadowood Neighborhood Center Feb. 19, 2024.
j Private recording March 15, 2024.

Earlier Years
Broadcast
Date
Author's name
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Length Source
Note
2013
3/9/13Introduction - Dick Radtke 2:06a
3/9/13Rick Ruecking 5:26a
3/16/13Jane Noffke 6:15a
3/30/13Mike Shucha 6:17a
4/6/13Michelle & Katie Crean 5:26a
4/13/13April Hoffman 7:14a
4/20/13Barb Huppler 6:28a
4/27/13Joe Ringeisen 5:47a
5/4/13Mary Mullen 6:59a
5/11/13Ron Hoppmann 7:27a
5/18/13Colleen Cleary 5:54a
5/25/13Judy Lazarus 6:33a
2014
3/15/14,
3/22/14
Introduction - Dick Radtke 2:13b
3/15/14,
3/22/14
Ron Hoppmann 3:33b
4/5/14Michelle Crean Stellner 9:05b
4/12/14Joe Ringeisen 8:44b
5/3/14Marnie Schulenburg 6:13b
5/17/14Rick Ruecking 15:41b
5/24/14Judy Lazarus 8:46b
5/31/14Barbara Bryce 5:34b
6/7/14Mike Shucha 8:42b
6/14/14Mary Mullen 8:07b
6/21/14Dick Radtke 6:33b
2015
7/18/15,
7/25/15
Introduction - Dick Radtke 1:58c
7/18/15,
7/25/15
Mike Shucha 5:06c
10/24/15Jane Noffke 6:22c
10/31/15Marnie Schulenburg 6:39c
11/7/15Rick Ruecking 4:55c
11/14/15Mary Mullen 8:28c
11/21/15Ron Hoppmann 6:42c
12/5/15Joe Ringeisen 7:48c
12/12/15Barbara Bryce 4:25c
1/16/16Dick Radtke 7:43c

a Recorded by WIDE-LP at Sequoya Library on Feb. 22, 2013.
b Recorded by WIDE-LP at Sequoya Library on March 7, 2014.
c Recorded by WIDE-LP at Sequoya Library on Feb. 20, 2015.
See also Drama by Dreams Cast