Spun by Wonderment (above Hemel Hempstead)

Nighttime on Still Waters

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There are times that can touch us deeply. Very often they are not about finding a place of peace or somewhere outstandingly beautiful. It is something else. Something beyond these things. It is about encountering something wonderful, and being spun by wonderment.
Join us tonight as we recover from dragging a very smelly and wet dog out of the canal!

Journal entry:

13th July, Saturday

“Loosestrife sets alight
The greyness of the day
With purple fire.

Chiff chaff squeak
Like rusty wheelbarrows
Among the dog-rose
And willowherb spires.

Maggie sniffs each stone
in turn of the snapped-back bridge
As we pass underneath it
With a thrash of white water.

The heron is back
And so are we.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I briefly mention a line from ‘Waltzing Along’ by James (1997) and Kai T Murano’s The Monk and the Butterfly, self-published in 2024.

With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.

David Dirom
Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
Captain Arlo
Rebecca Russell
Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
Derek and Pauline Watts
Anna V.
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
Mark 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.

All other audio recorded on site.

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Capitole

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:43)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:19)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:39)

5. Cabin chat (00:07:30)

6. Spun by wonderment (00:10:51)

7. Line from James' 'Waltzing Along.' (00:24:20)

8. Quote from Kai Murano's 'The Monk and the Butterfly' (00:29:36)

9. Signing off (00:31:49)

10. Weather Log (00:32:00)