DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 27.   Welcome back to my web site, and thanks for being here.  I have finished Mr. Wugidgem And The Faces Of Freedom!  I will spend the next week fine-tuning the manuscript, and then begin podcasting it the following week.  By the way, if you would like to order a print copy of the first Mr. Wugidgem Adventure, you can find it at www.createspace.com/3476205.

Today’s poem from Grandma Chapman’s Poetry is Airmen.  I hope you enjoy it!

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 24.  I STARTED AUDIO PODCASTING MY GRANDMOTHER’S POETRY LAST YEAR EACH WEEK WHEN I WAS WRITING MY FOURTH CHILDREN’S FANTASY, MR. WUGIDGEM AND THE SNOW QUEEN.  GRANDMA WROTE HER POETRY BETWEEN 1917 AND 1969, A COPY OF WHICH SHE GAVE ME IN JULY 1969.  I HAVE REDISCOVERED HER TALENT, PARTICULARLY AS I BEGAN TO READ THEM ALOUD LAST YEAR.  WHEN I FINISHED SNOW QUEEN, I BEGAN PODCASTING THOSE EPISODES, AND STARTED THE FIFTH MR. WUGIDGEM ADVENTURE, FACES OF FREEDOM.  I HOPE TO FINISH IT THIS MONTH AND BEGIN PODCASTING IT NEXT MONTH.  I WILL CONTINUE READING FROM GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POETRY AND FROM MY FATHER’S NON-FICTION ADVENTURE TALKING TO THE WORLD FROM PAN AM’S CLIPPERS.  TODAY’S POEM IS ENTITLED MY TRIP TO LONG ISLAND.  PERHAPS THIS WILL EVOKE MEMORIES OF YOUR GRANDMOTHER AS WELL.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 23.  I’ve decided to launch this new blog in the middle of Grandma Chapman’s Poetry.  For those of you who have been listening to my weekly podcasts, I am still writing book 5 in the Mr. Wugidgem Children’s Stories, and I’m about two-thirds of the way to the end.  For the next couple of weeks I’ll be reading my Grandmother’s poetry, which she wrote between 1917 and 1969.  Then I will switch to reading from my Father’s book, Talking To The World From Pan Am’s Clippers.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 22.  THANKS FOR TUNING IN.  I MADE MORE TIME AVAILABLE THIS WEEK FOR BOOK FIVE IN THE MR. WUGIDGEM SERIES, SO I AM NOW MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.  TODAY I AM READING GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POEM, CHRISTMAS WISHES, WHICH I BELIEVE IS APPROPRIATE FOR TODAY AND EVERY DAY.  I AM CONSIDERING READING FROM MY DAD’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, TALKING TO THE WORLD FROM PAN AM CLIPPERS.  DAD WAS A NAVIGATOR FOR PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS IN THEIR PIONEER DAYS, AND I BELIEVE HIS STORY IS FASCINATING.  PLEASE EMAIL ME AT allanwchapman@gmail.com TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIS TALES.  THANKS!

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 21.  THANKS FOR JOINING ME.  I CONTINUE TO MAKE SLOW PROGRESS ON BOOK FIVE IN THE MR. WUGIDGEM SERIES, BUT IT IS PROGRESS.  TODAY’S SELECTION FROM GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POETRY IS ENTITLED CROSSWORD PUZZLES.  I BELIEVE GRANDMA’S INSIGHTS ABOUT CROSSWORDS ARE AS TRUE TODAY AS THEY WERE 46 YEARS AGO.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 20.  WELCOME BACK.  I’M APPROACHING THE HALFWAY POINT IN BOOK FIVE OF THE MR. WIGIDGEM CHILDREN’S SERIES.  SOOOO…I AM CONTINUING MY READINGS OF GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POETRY.  TODAY’S SELECTION IS ENTITLED DECEMBER.  I HOPE THIS IS COOL COMFORT TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOW IN A HEAT WAVE.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 19.  THANKS FOR TUNING IN.  IN BOOK FIVE OF THE MR. WUGIDGEM SERIES, DEBBY AND MICHAEL ARE IN THE THICK OF THINGS, CAUGHT UP IN THE EXCITEMENT OF A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION.  TODAY I AM CONTINUING TO READ FROM GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POETRY.  TODAY’S POEM IS ENTITLED VACATION HAS COME.  I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A SUMMER OF FUN.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 18.  WELCOME BACK.  I ‘VE WRITTEN ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE FIFTH BOOK IN THE MR. WUGIDGEM SERIES, AND DEBBY AND MICHAEL ARE APPROACHING IMMINENT DANGER.  THE CHALLENGE FOR ME IS TO FINISH THE BOOK BEFORE I RUN OUT OF GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POETRY!  TODAY’S POEM IS CALLED FRIENDLY WAYS.  THIS IS HOW I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER, AND I HOPE THERE ARE A FEW TAKE-AWAYS FOR YOU AS YOU LISTEN.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 17.  THANKS FOR JOINING ME.  I AM HALFWAY THROUGH WRITING THE SECOND CHAPTER OF THE FIFTH BOOK IN THE MR. WUGIDGEM SERIES AND THE CHILDREN ARE SHOWING THE ADULTS HOW TO USE THE INTERNET TO AID IN FINDING THEIR POTENTIAL ENEMY.  TODAY’S POEM FROM GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POETRY IS ENTITLED FEEDING THE BIRDS.  I BELIEVE GRANDMA CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THESE BIRDS THROUGH HER DELIGHTFUL IMAGES.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 14.  THANKS FOR LOGGING ON.  I HAVE FINISHED THE FIRST SCENE AND STARTED THE SECOND ONE IN BOOK FIVE IN THE MR. WUGIDGEM SERIES.  TODAY’S POEM FROM GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POETRY IS CALLED OLD SNAP-SHOTS.  I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 12.  WELCOME BACK.  I AM STILL WORKING ON THE THEME AND STRUCTURE OF BOOK FIVE IN THE MR, WUGIDGEM CHILDREN’S SERIES, BUT IT IS SLOW GOING.  TODAY’S POEM FROM GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S POETRY IS ENTITILED THE NEWSBOY.  I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS VIEW OF A VANISHING PART OF LIFE.

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 3.  I AM MAKING PROGRESS ON BOOK FOUR OF THE MR. WUGIDGEM SERIES, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE EVOLVING INTO A LONGER STORY THAN THE PREVIOUS THREE.  SO I WILL CONTINUE TO READ GRANDMA CHAPMAN'S POETRY EACH WEEK UNTIL BOOK FOUR IS FINISHED.  THIS WEEK'S POEM IS ENTITLED MOTHERS.  IT WAS WRITTEN IN SOUTH BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS IN NOVEMBER, 1926.  I WOULD LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK ON GRANDMA CHAPMAN'S POETRY OR ANY OF MY STORIES, SO PLEASE EMAIL ME AT allanwchapman@gmail.com. THANKS! 

DIRECT LINK TO EPISODE 1-GRANDMA CHAPMAN'S POETRY.   I AM CURRENTLY WRITING BOOK FOUR IN THE MR. WUGIDGEM SERIES AND WILL PODCAST IT AS SOON AS IT IS FINISHED.  IN THE MEANTIME, EACH WEEK I WILL READ A POEM FROM GRANDMA CHAPMAN’S COLLECTION OF POEMS.  THIS WEEK'S READING IS ENTITLED A DIMINISHING HOPE.  I AM BIASED, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE MY GRANDMOTHER’S POETRY.  PLEASE EMAIL ME AT allanwchapman@gmail.com.   THANKS!