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Please feel free to send me a text message. 'The Story of an Hour' is a short story written by Kate Chopin on April 19, 1894. It was originally published in Vogue on December 6, 1894, as "The Dream of an Hour". It was later reprinted in St. Louis Life on January 5, 1895, as "The Story of an Hour".The title of the short story refers to the time elapsed between the moments at which the protagonist, Louise Mallard, hears that her husband, Brently Mallard, is dead, and then discovers that he is alive after all. Featuring a female protagonist who feels liberation and ponders her identity at the news of her husband's death, "The Story of an Hour" was controversial by American standards in the 1890s. (Read more on Wikipedia .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_an_Hour)February 2026-oOo-Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. How to pick the Derby winner. One house guest may have the answer.(Culinary note: it was often the fashion, at least in the UK, to serve whitebait with a slice or two of buttered brown bread.)A short story by Saki. Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean.  February 2026Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. Just two chaps having a chat on a park bench. Or so it seems. The art of spinning a story from the master story teller himself.Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. A testing time for Theodoric as he travels with an unwanted additional passenger. Saki, as ever, keeps us guessing.Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. Is there a better way to write Christmas 'Thank You' letters? Egbert thinks so. Janetta needs convincing. Saki in delightfully inventive mode.Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

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Please feel free to send me a text message. Written by Colin WD McLean.Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. The Year's Awakening is a poem by Thomas Hardy, published in his 1914 collection Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Remedies. Written in February 1910, the poem reflects on the subtle, almost imperceptible signs of spring emerging after a long winter.Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. Whar price imagination? Or good manners? Saki flexes his short story muscles to telling effect. A master of the genre.Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. How dark do you like your short stories? Edgar Allen Poe does not disappoint in this short but poignant tale of short-sightedness and hubris.Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. Ozymandias is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817. It was first published in The Examiner on January 11, 1818, under the pen name Glirastes. The poem was inspired by the Greek name for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, known as Ozymandias, and was part of a friendly poetry competition with fellow poet Horace Smith, who also wrote a poem titled Ozymandias on the same subject. -oOo-Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. Inspired by a sermon given in St Paul's Cathedral, London, following the death of King Edward VII, this poem has remained a firm favourite with those who mourn ever since. Here in its full form. May it bring comfort to those who need to hear it, now or in the future.Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. A Children's Classic Novel, published in 1911, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is, understandably, another novel very much of its own time but still much enjoyed today by children of all ages. Mary discovers a Secret Garden and in time both are transformed by the encounter. Read more about the novel, and the author, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden.-oOo-November 2024Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. A Children's Classic Novel, published in 1911, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is, understandably, another novel very much of its own time but still much enjoyed today by children of all ages. Mary discovers a Secret Garden and in time both are transformed by the encounter. Read more about the novel, and the author, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden.-oOo-November 2024Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. A Children's Classic Novel, published in 1911, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is, understandably, another novel very much of its own time but still much enjoyed today by children of all ages. Mary discovers a Secret Garden and in time both are transformed by the encounter. Read more about the novel, and the author, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden.-oOo-November 2024Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. A Children's Classic Novel, published in 1911, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is, understandably, another novel very much of its own time but still much enjoyed today by children of all ages. Mary discovers a Secret Garden and in time both are transformed by the encounter. Read more about the novel, and the author, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden.-oOo-November 2024Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. A Children's Classic Novel, published in 1911, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is, understandably, another novel very much of its own time but still much enjoyed today by children of all ages. Mary discovers a Secret Garden and in time both are transformed by the encounter. Read more about the novel, and the author, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden.-oOo-November 2024Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. A Children's Classic Novel, published in 1911, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is, understandably, another novel very much of its own time but still much enjoyed today by children of all ages. Mary discovers a Secret Garden and in time both are transformed by the encounter. Read more about the novel, and the author, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden.-oOo-November 2024Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. A thoughtful poem from the early 20th Century, written by Joyce Kilmer. Trees are indeed magnificent companions and deserving of our gratitude, respect and wonderment. -oOo-Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

Please feel free to send me a text message. This surely needs no introduction. A wonderful and timeless piece of 'nonsense' verse than nonetheless resonates loudly. Support the showRead for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.uk

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Send us a Text Message.- Chapter 11 of 11 -Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukWild InterestWild Interest is an audio magazine created by kids for curious minds of all ages....Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk-oOo-Wild InterestWild Interest is an audio magazine created by kids for curious minds of all ages....Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukWild InterestWild Interest is an audio magazine created by kids for curious minds of all ages....Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.

It is a book that surely needs no introduction. A story many know, but relatively few may have read. Here, in an abridged form, read for The Healing Voice, by Colin WD McLean.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukSupport the show

It is a book that surely needs no introduction. A story many know, but relatively few may have read. Here, in an abridged form, read for The Healing Voice, by Colin WD McLean.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukSupport the show

It is a book that surely needs no introduction. A story many know, but relatively few may have read. Here, in an abridged form, read for The Healing Voice, by Colin WD McLean.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukSupport the show

It is a book that surely needs no introduction. A story many know, but relatively few may have read. Here, in an abridged form, read for The Healing Voice, by Colin WD McLean.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukSupport the show

It is a book that surely needs no introduction. A story many know, but relatively few may have read. Here, in an abridged form, read for The Healing Voice, by Colin WD McLean.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukSupport the show

A short story, featuring the evergreen detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant Dr Watson (the voice of the narrator). Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean-oOo-Support the show

Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteX: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukSupport the show

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As Laertes prepares to leave the court at Elsinore to travel to France, his father, polonius, offers him some timely and timeless advice. It is a rare moment of poignant tenderness in this famous tragedy.Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McleanSupport the show

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A famous but often misquoted Sonnet. Shakespeare on the very nature of love.Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLeancolin@vocalflair.co.ukSupport the show

Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.ukSupport the show

Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk

Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk

Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk

Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean

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Originally published in 1902 this charming story, full of imagination and humour, is very much of its time but still holds huge, universal appeal. Who amongst us has never dreamed of a wish coming true? But ... is it such a bad thing that we can't just make wishes come true? Edith (E.) Nesbit cautions us, but mostly delights and entertains us.Read by Colin WD McLean, for The Healing Voice.For all the W's, with love.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk

How does a river feel? And respond? By Khalil Gibran.Read by Colin WD McLean for The Healing Voice.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk

Musings on the natural world, alone. From Lord Byron.Read by Colin WD McLean for The Healing Voice.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk

Reflections on his ability to influence matters, for better or worse. By Johann Wolfgang von GoetheRead by Colin WD McLean for The Healing Voice.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk

What are poems? Thoughts from Louise Gluck.Read by Colin WD McLean for The Healing Voice.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk

Musings on the importance of Love. By Tennessee WilliamsRead by Colin WD McLean for The Healing Voice.-oOo-Colin WD McLean - voice actor, presenter, public speaker and skills trainer. For more please see:Vocal Flair: http://www.vocalflair.co.uk   Colin's Voice actor siteTwitter: https://twitter.com/ColinWDMcLeanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/colinwdmcleanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinwdmcleanIf you have suggestions, comments or requests please feel free to email Colin directly -  colin@thehealingvoice.co.uk