My Name is F-I-O-N-A

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Travel down the road with Pat Stewart as she deals with the turmoil and pleasures of modern life. My Name Is F-I-O-N-A and Other Short Stories includes outrageous opinions, intriguing insights, purely fiction, and odd behaviors perpetrated by family members and other unforgettable characters. A spunky unborn baby learns how to use Morse code to tell her parents her name is Fiona. In another purely fiction story, sit down in a bar on the shady outskirts of Memphis when Patricia steals a kiss from Elvis. Read on to see Patricia’s patriotic camel Joe become belligerent when the President wants to send him to Afghanistan! Inspired by actual events, Patricia Stewart’s essays reveal how she opened her heart and soul to help Hurricane Katrina-ravaged homeowners. She introduces you to Alicein (pronounced Allison) Wonderland who explains her hippie-inspired name and why she opened her Mockingbird Café in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. On a more serious note, Negroes into the Schools will take you to a street corner in Little Rock, Arkansas to witness this turning point in Civil Rights history. You won’t be able to put this book down until you’ve read the last word.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Books & Literature

Storytelling

Fantasy & Science Fiction Podc

Description:

Travel down the road with Pat Stewart as she deals with the turmoil and pleasures of modern life. My Name Is F-I-O-N-A and Other Short Stories includes outrageous opinions, intriguing insights, purely fiction, and odd behaviors perpetrated by family members and other unforgettable characters. A spunky unborn baby learns how to use Morse code to tell her parents her name is Fiona. In another purely fiction story, sit down in a bar on the shady outskirts of Memphis when Patricia steals a kiss from Elvis. Read on to see Patricia’s patriotic camel Joe become belligerent when the President wants to send him to Afghanistan! Inspired by actual events, Patricia Stewart’s essays reveal how she opened her heart and soul to help Hurricane Katrina-ravaged homeowners. She introduces you to Alicein (pronounced Allison) Wonderland who explains her hippie-inspired name and why she opened her Mockingbird Café in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. On a more serious note, Negroes into the Schools will take you to a street corner in Little Rock, Arkansas to witness this turning point in Civil Rights history. You won’t be able to put this book down until you’ve read the last word.

Language:

English

Website:

https://fionabook.com

Episodes

Jesse, Elvis and Jesse

7/20/2024

"What you don't know is that your Daddy was Jesse James. You have probably heard of him from the other kids at school. When he died, we left St. Joe and kept the Howard name."

Duration:00:08:40

The Car Wash Robot

7/13/2024

"After this, I worked on my systems until I could stall out a car by zapping its control system. One day I put down the windows on a car with a lady and her baby in it. Before Mama realized what was happening, I had sprayed soapy water over her and the baby."

Duration:00:06:31

Ode to a Retired General

7/6/2024

"The field surgeon gave him a check-up. Yep, he needed a new ticker. The price of replacing his ticker would cost a prohibitive amount, almost as expensive as an organ replacement."

Duration:00:03:50

Black Friday

6/29/2024

"The headline grabbed my attention: 'Woman Trampled at Wal-Mart.' It was a story in the newspaper on Saturday, the day after Black Friday, that blockbuster shopping orgy the day after Thanksgiving."

Duration:00:05:06

Scrapbooking at the Family Reunion

6/22/2024

"Assembling a scrapbook can be a trip down memory lane. One sister brought out a box of old photos from our childhood. As we oohed and aahed over the pictures, we told the children and grandchildren stories of our family and our own childhood."

Duration:00:04:12

Traveling with the TSA

6/15/2024

"They told me my bag was searched for prohibited items. All they found were clothes and women's underwear. I did have a book my friend loaned me titiled 100 Banned Books. Some folks might consider that title dangerous, but not TSA O 4547597."

Duration:00:06:42

Lying in Self-Defense

6/8/2024

"In my religious faith there is a commandment that forbids bearing false witness against my neighbor. It boils down to, 'do not lie.' But those telemarkers have made me into a serious liar."

Duration:00:04:52

Taylor's Rubber Ducky

6/1/2024

"Once a preemie is stabilized, the family is encouraged to hold him for short periods of time. It is awesome to take this baby from his cocoon and feed him."

Duration:00:07:21

Ode to a Faithful Servant

5/25/2024

"She was showing her age and needed more checkups. She was leaking in undesirable places. She couldn't hold her water anymore. When her core temperature rose out of control, she sweated in both summer and winter."

Duration:00:03:09

Meeting the Great Santini

5/18/2024

"While Pat Conroy was signing Beach Music, his newest work, in one corner of the Open Book store, his Daddy was signing in another corner."

Duration:00:02:53

Buy One, Get One

5/11/2024

"That's why, when I saw the buy one/get one free offer to take the Mensa test, I talked my husband into going in with me."

Duration:00:07:26

National Emergency - Atlanta Airport Closed

5/4/2024

"We had seen the World Trade Center just three months before. Because we had more important places to visit in New York City we decided not to go to the observation deck. Our photos show our grandson walking across the Brooklyn Bridge with those twin towers in the background."

Duration:00:06:36

The Day the Devil Came to Georgia

4/27/2024

"The sisters decided to go to the visitation and funeral Mass. What they failed to notice in the paper was one line that read, 'Visitation and rosary Wednesday evening.' The rosary and its prayers would prove to be a problem."

Duration:00:11:31

The Great Sock Roundup

4/20/2024

"When my children were babies and stayed at home, they didn't object to wearing any two socks that fit. Once they went to school, they objected to wearing two socks that fit but didn't match."

Duration:00:04:42

French Cooking, American Style

4/13/2024

"We lived on the economy. That means we shopped for everything in local stores and paid for it in francs. The man who hired my husband told him to think of it as camping for a year."

Duration:00:18:49

The Faces on the Wall

4/6/2024

"These ancestors speak to me every day from that picture. I inherited these genes and see these strong people as role models for my life."

Duration:00:02:44

Does Cancer Cause Plagiarism?

3/30/2024

"When Dailey was notified of the plagiarism, she had an explanation. She acknowledged copyright infringement, blaming the problem on a 'psychological disorder brought on by stress.'"

Duration:00:03:59

Becoming Sarah

3/23/2024

"June 1: I weigh a pound now. I'm in the second trimester. My space keeps getting smaller and more cramped. I need more room, Mom. Kicking her doesn't seem to get enough attention for my space problem."

Duration:00:16:08

A Life-Changing Experience

3/16/2024

"A group of volunteers worked on the home of Willie, an elderly man displaced by Katrina, who was living in a FEMA trailer in his driveway. They were tearing out everything down to the studs."

Duration:00:06:31

Father Sebastian's Day Off

3/10/2024

"When I saw Father at 10 P.M. he was putting trash into a hopper. He told me, 'This is my day off. I still have to put the finishing touches on the eight-page newsletter to go out tomorrow.'"

Duration:00:04:51