The heat of the past few days has broken with sweeping skies filled with rain and lowering clouds. Join me tonight, as we reflect on life on water in the heat of summer, listen to the poetic words of one of our listeners, and discover the wisdom of making bread through the words of another listener and Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Journal entry:
14th June, Tuesday.
“The day starts fresh with clean skies and grasses that glitter with rainbows.
Beneath the rushes, a moorhen fusses.
The air is scented with summer wine.”
Episode Information:
This episode features the writing of two listeners; Margaret Jacobson and Sue ‘Breadlady’.
I read the poem ‘The Colour of Water’ by Margaret Jacobson and a post by Sue on her love of bread.
I also read a small extract from:
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s (2020) Braiding Sweatgrass published by Penguin Books.
I also refer to a video created by boat vlogger 'CountryHouseGent' that features the soothing sound of a vintage canal boat accompanied by video of a cruise along a canal. The video cn be viewed on YouTube and is titled: Relaxing Vintage Engine Sound Canal Boat Sleep ASMR
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General Details
In the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org.
Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence.
Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.
All other audio recorded on site.
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You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com.