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Hello! Sara Hillis here to let you know that it's that time of year again, that time when we celebrate all things Irish. As March 17th was St. Patrick's Day, we'll be doing an all Irish Come by the Hills episode this weekend. It's always a fun time, and it's one of my favourite shows to do every year. So, get your favourite dram of the water of life, or perhaps your preferred pint of stout, and join the fun!

Catch Come by the Hills live on Saturday at 2:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern. However and whenever you listen, enjoy!

Hello! Sara Hillis here. To anyone wondering why the Come by the Hills encore presentation I promised you is not being presented, it was due to my own human error. To make a long story short, I gave the Mushroom Pot system the wrong instruction. It was a copy-and-paste error, and I failed to notice it before 2:00 PM on Saturday. Anyhow, those of you who listen on the replay will get the March 22, 2020 episode I mentioned earlier today.

Hello there! Sara Hillis here to give you the skinny, the dope, the straight goods, the... Well, you get the point. I'm here to let you know what's coming up this week on Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show.

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you about this week's episode of Come by the Hills! Dyn ni'n dathlu ddydd gwil Dewi Sant! Yes, I just wrote in Welsh (yn Cymraig) that we're celebrating St. David's Day, which was on March 1. I've got lots of Welsh folk songs, a few songs in English by Welsh artists, and of course you get to hear me attempting to speak Welsh, which is always very entertaining.

The show is not live this week due to potential power interruptions because of a rather major snow storm that's heading our way, but it is current, and it will be fun.

Hello! Sara Hillis here to let you know that due to a confluence of events occurring today, I have decided to present you with an encore presentation of an episode of Come by the Hills from March 5, 2022. Please note that there will be some promos and other things that will therefore be out of date. I assure you that all is generally well here in Sara-land. I'm just feeling a bit off today, and my husband and I will also be busy this afternoon.

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you what's coming up on this week's episode of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show. We're featuring the work of Loreena McKennitt, as she has celebrated a birthday recently. We will also remember the amazing master of the flugelhorn, Guido Basso, who passed away on February 13 of this year. Yes, he has a Folkish connection! And of course, we'll have our usual great mix of music for your enjoyment, and the show is live this week!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to let you know what's coming up on this week's episode of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show. It's an encore presentation of last year's Valentine's Day episode. Yes, life has intervened yet again, and my weekend is going to be pretty busy, so I give you an episode originally aired on February 12, 2022, for your enjoyment. As ever, keep in mind that these reruns are snapshots in time, so promos and announcements may not reflect the current state of things at Mushroom FM. Still, I hope you'll like the episode.

Hello! After several weeks on hiatus, I am happy to announce the return of both Come by the Hills, to Folk and Celtic music show, and Sara Smiles to Mushroom FM. Come by the Hills will be resuming this coming Saturday, January 28, with a Robby Burns special as well as a listener tribute, and Sara Smiles will be back beginning on January 30. Both shows will be at their usual times.

Hello! Sara Hillis here to let you know that, unfortunately, I need to take a hopefully short break from doing Mushroom things. I just found out last evening that my father has died, and I can tell you right now that I just can't summon the energy to do the radio host thing at the moment. I barely managed to record today's show, but it was difficult. So, I hope to be back with you on Monday for Sara Smiles, but we'll see how my sleep is affected going forward and such.

Well, a new year is almost upon us, so in the spirit of reflection on the year that is past, I thought I'd present an encore presentation of the episode featuring songs about Kings and Queens which we did on Come by the Hills to commemorate the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession to the throne of King Charles III. Here in Canada, we are still a constitutional monarchy, and, I think it's fair to say that whether you believe in that or not, this was a big change and the end of one era and the beginning of a new one.