A small joy - podcasts and raking leaves...

I catch-up on my favourite podcasts when I'm doing yardwork.

People walking by our place might wonder what's going on as I laugh to myself from some wonderful turn of phrase in News from Lake Wobegon, or they might see my head spinning from the techno world of Dave, Mike, Kent and invited guests at the Extraordinary Everyday Lives Show on The Podcast Network.

There's Amanda Smith from ABC Radio National's Artworks, and Phillip Adams shoving guests around on LNL. What short story is being read at The New Yorker's fiction podcast? Health Minutes with Dr Norman Swan, By Design, Dr Karl, Sunday Profile with Monica Attard... lots of friendly voices at ABC Radio National podcasts.

Our claret ash tree drops a LOT of leaves, so I caught-up with a LOT of podcasts recently! But what a wonderful combination - the old world physical delight of raking leaves combined with the 21st century technology of MP3 playing.

Now if only the council would come around and take away these leaves...