Kathryn Nicolai
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1,458 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 24 Aug
Kathryn Nicolai’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Something we thoroughly enjoyed pretending to do in front of the watchful grown ups, moms and dads, grandparents and the neighborhood kids folks.
Then toward the end of one summer, in a September like this one, in fact, a storm blew over the lake.
Rain and lightning and very strong winds.
We woke to find a neighbor's rowboat leaning against our shed.
Another's beach umbrella tangled in our washing line, and the platform half sunk in the middle of the lake.
I remember that there'd been a cold snap shortly after, and the recovery mission that followed had been a chilly one.
We'd had to hype ourselves up to motor out in the pontoon and dive for the anchors that held the platform in place.
Once we'd hauled them up on the boat, we could tow the whole thing to shore where a bonfire was waiting to warm us, and we could recount our tale of bravery and goosebumps.
I shivered now, thinking of it, with my toes still hooked around the edge of this version of the platform.
Version
Three point oh, I suppose.
Which we'd built the following spring.
We've gotten a bit fancy with it.
I mean it was still just a platform, buoyed by barrels, anchored in the water with a ladder bolted to one side.
But we'd added two slanting seat backs so you could plop down onto the platform and comfortably lean back like you were in an Adirondack chair.
We'd also painted aqua blue waves along the sides and
And used a wood burning kit to sear in the date it was launched.
It was right by the ladder, and I had a habit of tracing my fingers over it whenever I climbed aboard.
I smiled, thinking of the small touchstone moments.
My toes hooked over the edge on the way into my dive.
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