Episode Four: Scotch and Soda & Phonies

Welcome to this Mental Health Awareness Month Lit of Christmas party.

In this episode, Marty is joined again by his friend, Madeline, as they get blitzed on scotch and sodas, talk about J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, and all that David Copperfield crap.

BONUS POINTS: Count how many times Marty says he's sweating.

Marty would like to dedicate this episode to his good friend, Lon Emerick, who was NOT a phony. Godspeed, my friend!

RECIPE FOR SCOTCH AND SODA:

Ingredients:

• 4 oz. of scotch of choice
• 4 oz. of soda of choice (Diet Coke, club soda)

1. Fill a high ball glass with ice and add scotch.
2. Top with soda and gently stir.

RECIPE FOR VIRGIN SCOTCH AND SODA AND TONIC:

Follow recipe above, but substitute non-alcoholic whiskey such as Spiritless's Kentucky 74 for scotch.

Marty has an Master's in fiction writing, MFA in poetry writing, and teaches in the English Department at Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He served two terms at Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula, and has published the poetry collection The Mysteries of the Rosary from Mayapple Press. For more of Marty's thoughts and writing visit his blog Saint Marty (saintmarty-marty.blogspot.com) or listen to his other podcast Confessions of Saint Marty, also on Anchor.fm. Marty is a writer, blogger, wine sipper, easy drunk, and poetry obsessor who puts his Christmas tree up in mid-October and refuses to take it down until the snow starts melting.

Madeline has a BA in English Creative Writing and gin drinking. Currently, she works the Reference Desk at a library, but she will soon become a graduate student studying for her Masters of Library Science. In her spare time, she enjoys reading eco-lit, true crime, and Alice Hoffman books.

Music for this episode:

"Jingle Bells Jazzy Style" by Julius H, used courtesy of Pixabay.

"A Christmas Treat" by Magic-828, used courtesy of Pixabay.

A Christmas Carol sound clips from:

The Campbell Theater 1939 radio production of A Christmas Carol, narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore.

Other music in the episode:

"Comin' Thro the Rye." Siobahn Miller. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLrIG51x3Jg)

This month's Christmas lit:

Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown, 1951.