As long as the rain talks (I will listen)

Nighttime on Still Waters

Rain has a quality to touch us both physically and emotionally. Thomas Merton and Tristan Gooley are two very different people, but both offer insights into the language of rain and what we can learn through listening to it.

Journal entry:

24th August, Thursday

"We drop down the hill
To field-edge and thistledown smoke.
A moorhen scatters at our approach
Leaving only a fading trace in the water.
Maggie methodically sniffs the undergrowth
While I search for gold in the clouds.
A bee crawls into a hole in the bank.
Evening."

Episode Information:

In this episode I read extracts from:
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s (2023) article ‘It’s a pause between seasons as the skylarks fall silent’.
Thomas Merton’s (2003/2015) When the Trees Say Nothing published by Ave Maria Press.
Tristan Gooley’s (2022) The Secret World of Weather published by Hodder and Stoughton.
With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.
Anna V.
Sean James Cameron
Phil Pickin
Orange Cookie
Donna Kelly
Mary Keane.
Tony Rutherford.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory with MJ and Kayla.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mike and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith

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.

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