Our backyard pond. If you’d like to listen to a story about this special place, please click on this link: “Water Bewitched.”
Not long ago, I wrote about podcasts being one of my favorite things and how I was in the midst of creating one myself. My audio essay about home, “Water Bewitched,” is now finished and up on Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments.
(Technically, it isn’t a podcast because you can’t subscribe to get new episodes. You can, however, subscribe to Terrain.org, in which case the next essay in my audio series will be emailed to you.)
It’s been a difficult week here in the US, and if the news has been getting to you like it has me, I hope you’ll take a restorative six minutes and listen to my little story. It’s the first in a series called From Where I Stand, in which I’ll explore our connection to the places we call home.
Please let me know what you think in the comments here or on the Terrain.org site, and share the link with your friends.
I’m honored to have my work on Terrain.org, which has great fiction, nonfiction, poetry, videos, interviews, articles, and other fabulous content.
Speaking of podcasts, I recently discovered a great book podcast, WSIRN, which stands for What Should I Read Next, with Anne Bogel. You can subscribe to it on iTunes. I love this series, especially What Should I Read Next Podcast #28, which features Browsers Bookshop owner Andrea Y. Griffith.
Some of you may recall that I wandered into Andrea’s bookstore when we were vacationing in the Pacific Northwest. Olympia is lucky to have Andrea and such a finely curated bookstore. On the podcast, Andrea talks about how she came to own Browsers Bookshop, what she’s been reading that she loves, what she’s read that she hasn’t loved (I whole-heartedly agree with her choice on the latter), and what’s she’s craving to read.
And last, but certainly not least, there is this. I wish Choir!Choir!Choir! would come to my town.
What are you reading or listening to this summer? Any 5-star recommendations?
Books Can Save A Life 
I’ve discovered two writers (new to me) that I really like. Firs is novelist Robert Harris. I’ve read three historical novels he wrote about the last days of the ancient Roman Republic – very worthwhile! Right now reading a novel he wrote about the Dreyfus case. Also discovered Kent Haruf, who writes about small town life on the Great Plains in eastern Colorado.
I love Kent Haruf! He recently passed away, there will be no more books. His novels will be re-read for sure on my part, more than once.
Congratulations! What a gorgeous photo of your pond 🙂
Thank you Stefanie!
Oh, how I love Hallelujah! 🙂
Really? Great! Me too.
Thanks again for the shoutout – happy you enjoyed the podcast…I was so nervous for some reason :)…
You didn’t sound nervous at all, I thought it was a great interview. A couple of my friends who read my post now follow her podcast. So interesting to hear your opinions, I think I will try A Little Life at some point.
It is wonderful that you have expanded. On this site I read thoughtful commentaries and get a solid book list and the podcast I used instead of meditation. Thank you!
Great!
Podcasts are so great Especially while cooking or driving. I mostly listen to Booktube videos occasionally glancing at the screen while cooking