I’ve got two mega guests coming up. Their books and the subsequent shows are sobering political smack-downs dishing out the grisly truth of terrorism, torture and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The book for this show however, is not. It’s about as threatening as the jingle on an ice-cream truck.

Three Buck Naked Commodes is the to-the-best-of-his-memory autobiography of Dale Brumfield and his life in small town Virginia.  The book begins in 1968 in a rambling eccentric old farm house and takes a boyish romp through the hills, fields and elementary schools of no-where Virginia.  As with all childhood memoirs of growing up in the 60’s this one includes Neil Armstrong, forts, first bikes, cheerleaders and summer jobs.

For the show today, consider me the adoring little sister super-fan at a Sunday barbeque. I’ve heard (or read) all of Dale’s stories before but love them and push for him to include every forgotten detail in the retelling. Imagine yourself at the table, full and sated and relieved the sun has gone down and you still have no where to be- story time from days gone by.

Thanks for tuning in.

"Wordy Birds" is a weekly discussion hosted by Liz Humes about books, words and ideas, broadcast every Friday at noon on 97.3 FM WRIR in Richmond, Virginia. Her blog is posted every Tuesday on Richmond.com. Find out more on the Wordy Birds website. http://wordybirds.org/