For many, these are not easy days in which to live and our futures can appear so uncertain. How do we live through such times? Join us tonight as we listen to some deeper wisdom offered by a magpie and an alder tree.
Journal entry:
7th October, Friday
“Day off.
First a few jobs around the boat in the gold of autumn sunshine.
The alders are beginning to drop their leaves
I kick them up as I walk through them
Their sound reminds me of when I was young
Conker hunting
By the A41
In huge drifts of whispering leaves.”
Episode Information:
You can read an account of King Rehoboam’s reign in 1 Kings 12.
In this episode I read a short extract from the Anglo-Saxon poem ‘Deor’ and talk about the Old English phrase ‘þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg’ (‘that passed over… so may this’). There is a beautiful recitation of this poem in its original form (with subtitles) performed by John Farrell: Deor: The Anglo-Saxon Poem.
I make a passing reference to the final lines of Mary Oliver's 'The Summer Day' and end with a reading from her poem, ‘Whelks’.
We look at more Anglo-Saxon poetry in episode 58: 'Winter Wisdom (Wintrum Frod)'.
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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
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