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In this episode, Fred from Alaska shares chilling encounters in remote regions of Alaska as recounted by Paul and Cody. Paul describes an eerie experience from 1972 near Birches, Alaska, where a group of men were stalked by a mysterious nine-foot creature while on a prospective business trip. The story details their terrifying retreat to a cabin and the subsequent night filled with menacing encounters. Similarly, Cody retells his unsettling solo journey in 2020 to the Russian Lake trails on the Kenai Peninsula. Despite the magnificent scenery, Cody's experience quickly turned nightmarish with strange occurrences, including his cart being tossed violently and an ominous foreboding presence haunting him throughout his stay. Both narratives capture the unknown dangers lurking in Alaska's wilderness, leaving listeners questioning what's really out there.Get Our FREE NewsletterGet Brian's Books Leave Us A VoicemailVisit Our WebsiteSupport Our SponsorsVisit Untold Radio AMVisit HIMS.COM 00:00 Introduction and Setting the Scene 00:02 Paul's Encounter in 1972 02:04 The Mysterious Scream 03:31 The Stalking Begins 07:50 The Cabin Confrontation 18:35 Morning After the Encounter 20:41 Cody's Story Begins 22:16 The Eerie Quiet 25:49 The Cart Incident 28:54 The Night of Terror 36:47 The Escape and Reflection 41:15 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

Today's poem is Birches by Robert Frost. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. It's fall, and that means “back-to-school”. We put together this week's episodes for the educators in our audience — especially those of you who may be looking for a little Slowdown treatment on those classroom classics, from Shakespeare to Frost. We hope you all enjoy these selections, as learners of any age. In this episode, Major writes… “I have long admired today's poem by Robert Frost. “Birches” spotlights a young boy who makes his own fun in the outdoors. It's a poem about self-reliant play. It is powerful for how it precisely describes a boy's ascent up a tree then his launch onto solid ground. In that sense, the poem becomes an allegory for the speaker, who himself wishes to climb out of his adult world.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1172, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 20Th Century Poets 1: In 1917, at age 52, this Irishman got married and published his book "The Wild Swans Of Coole". William Butler Yeats. 2: This author of the poem "Daddy" committed suicide in 1963, before she could work out her parental issues. Sylvia Plath. 3: In 2000 the Librarian of Congress announced that 95-year-old Stanley Kunitz would take up this post. poet laureate. 4: He read almost as well as he wrote: "Do not go gentle into that good night...". Dylan Thomas. 5: Trees figured in many of his poems, like "Birches", "Dust of Snow" and "Good-Bye and Keep Cold". Robert Frost. Round 2. Category: Cooking Methods 1: To pass dry ingredients like flour through a fine-meshed sieve; doing so removes large pieces and incorporates air. to sift. 2: Highly seasoned meat is seared so that the surface forms a crust in this "colorful" Cajun technique. blackening. 3: This synonym for perspire is also a method of cooking over low heat to soften ingredients without browning. sweating. 4: To cook fish en papillote, you'll need this type of paper to seal in the flavor and juices. parchment paper. 5: From the Latin for "to make soft", it's soaking food, usually fruit, in a liquid in order to infuse it with the liquid's flavor. macerate. Round 3. Category: Grape Jam 1: In an Aesop tale this animal decided the grapes he couldn't reach had to be sour. the fox. 2: Grape Island in this Massachusetts harbor was the site of a skirmish over hay during the Revolutionary War. Boston Harbor. 3: Mae West's famous order in "I'm No Angel". "Peel me a grape!". 4: Greek stuffed grape leaves, or dolmades, are usually stuffed with this grain. rice. 5: This dentist and prohibitionist began selling his "unfermented wine" in 1869; in 1890 he renamed it "Grape Juice". Thomas B. Welch. Round 4. Category: I Played A Doctor And Some Other Guy On Tv 1: Dr. Doogie Howser andEthan Burdick. Neil Patrick Harris. 2: Dr. Derek Shepherd andAaron Brooks. (Patrick) Dempsey. 3: Dr. Doug Ross andChic Chesbro. George Clooney. 4: Quincy, M.E. andOscar Madison. Jack Klugman. 5: Marcus Welby andJim Anderson (the "Father" who "Knows Best"). Robert Young. Round 5. Category: Johnny Gilbert Goes Country 1: "...Found new thread for my old spool, just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb, 'cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool". Dolly Parton. 2: "I hear the train a-comin', it's rolling 'round the bend, and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when". Johnny Cash. 3: "The red headed stranger had eyes like thunder, his lips they were sad and tight". Willie Nelson. 4: "Just two good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm, beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born". Waylon Jennings. 5: "Take this job and shove it, I ain't workin' here no more, my woman done left and took all the reason I was workin' for". (Johnny) Paycheck. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather and other wonders.

For our first episode of 2024, we take a look through the Quick Post as Alicia is joined by 'Producer' Tim to recount the highlights of their December trip to New Zealand in December to a decidedly jealous Grace and Leah. Then we excitedly gush together about the upcoming online seminar we're hosting on Feb 17th-18th, 'Something Mighty Queer', featuring many of our pals and past podcast guests. We hope to see you there, Lodgers and Birches! To finish off, we summarize some recent developments in Tolkien scholarship, including a run of excellent and much-needed work by Tom Emanuel, some wonderful pieces by our friends in a recent issue of Mallorn, and also one obnoxious article that will not go unchallenged.Register for the Mythopoeic Society's Online Midwinter Seminar 'Something Mighty Queer' here: https://mythsoc.org/oms/oms-2024.htm

The queens have a mind of winter in this showcase of iconically cold poems. Ice, ice, baby!Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.      James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.Read "Those Winter Sundays" or listen to Robert Hayden read it here. Read more about A Ballad of Remembrance. Read Robert Frost's poem "Birches." Frost reads it (audio only) here (~3 minutes). You can read "More" by Marie Howe here. Watch a sock puppet read Timothy Liu's poem "Winter" -- because like why not? Poetry is for puppets, too, girl. Or read the text of it here. Read Jennifer Chang's "The World." Here is Christina Rossetti's "In the Bleak Midwinter."Read "Paul Revere's Ride" here. 

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Author Xavier Axelson shares how to successfully pivot as an author. You have to be your own advocate and not lean on good intentioned people. Even during the most frustrating moments, keep the ‘why' at the forefront and forge forward. His latest book, The Bond, can be found on Amazon along with his other collections. About Xavier Axelson: Xavier Axelson is a writer and columnist living in Los Angeles. Axelson's work has been featured in various erotic and horror anthologies including Best Gay Erotica 2016 Volume 2, Best Gay Erotica 2015. Longer written works include “The Incident”, “Dutch's Boy”, “The Birches”, “Earthly Concerns”, “Velvet,” and “Lily”. Xavier covered both Fringe Culture and Sex Advice for the Los Angeles Examiner from 2010-2015. Axelson has worked in the adult industry for over 15 years. He first lectured at a college regarding sexual health at the age of 19. He has trained as a dungeon master, worked for a notorious Hollywood Madame as a consultant and as a talent agent for the adult film industry. He has several degrees in fields such as communications, library technology and literature.

The Birches is a must visit seaplane friendly resort in northern Maine and a frequent destination for the Seaplane Pilots Association. John Willard who owns this amazing resort joins us on this episode of Water Flying. John is a passionate seaplane pilot and owner operator and has worked tirelessly to create a resort that offers a seaplane destination seaplane with a marina, gravel strip, numerous wildlife tours, private cabins, a great on site restaurant and bar among the many other opportunities that can be enjoyed by visitors to this play ground in the wooded lake country of northern Maine. https://www.birches.com (https://www.birches.com)

World Mental Health Day on October 10 with its theme of "Make mental health for all a global priority" couldn't be more appropriate during these times when mental health in the family and mental health as a society is suffering more than ever. Having been raised by a mom diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and then having a younger sister also diagnosed with the same mental illness gave me first-hand knowledge early on in my life of the challenges that come with caring for loved ones who have a mental illness. To be able to talk about the experience with someone else -- a fellow writer -- who also had a mother and a sibling with schizophrenia has been incredible. This episode of my podcast features award-winning published author and essayist Marin Sardy whose work has appeared in numerous journals and publications including Tin House, The Rumpus, and the New Yorker, wherein an excerpt from her memoir, THE EDGE OF EVERY DAY: SKETCHES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, was published.  Marin shares her history with mental illness in the family, telling of her own experiences with schizophrenia claiming both her mother and brother. You can read Marin's book and learn more about her at MarinSardy.com. --------------------------- A storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana is grateful for the magic AND the madness she's experienced. Her roots are entangled with mental illness and taking on caregiving roles -- something she has come to realize is not unique to her; rather, it seems to be common on several levels among others, especially the high-functioning women who from the outside looking in seem to have it all together. Madness To Magic brings to listeners stories of real world encounters with what we all experience and yet feel shamed to keep silent. Embracing ALL of us is key to tapping into our own power to make all things possible. Special thanks to the creators of the beautiful instrumental you hear during this podcast - Philippa Dowding & Allister Thompson - Original song “Sarah Tiptoes” from their album BIRCHES. Also love to the guy who's the master behind this podcast's production and audio engineering -- Joseph Dean Edwards.

The episode where one of the guys studies the bible! . . .l . .. . . . Please remember that this podcast does not always reflect the views of the school or students and that it is merely a reflection of their respective contributors personalities. - Ayla.

Birches may have developed white bark to warn herbivores that they're not good to eat. You can read the post at https://botany.one/2022/09/when-birches-become-wasps/ You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2022.2122754

If you were making a film about the afterlife, would the next world be in monochrome or technicolor?  In their season 7 finale, Mike and Dan answer this question as they talk about Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946), which Mike contends has "all the things that make a movie great" and which Dan describes as a "beautiful hallucination-like all the best films."  The Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, The Shining, and an idea from Robert Frost's "Birches" all find their way into the conversation.  So recite the works of Sir Walter Raleigh, freeze that table-tennis game, and give it a listen!    Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Letterboxd @15MinFilm.  Please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts and contact us at FifteenMinuteFilm@gmail.com.  Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Twitter: https://twitter.com/15minfilm Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/15MinFilm/ Website: https://fifteenminutefilm.podbean.com/

From the Stanley Cup to the 54, we discuss things we know nothing about...Ole Miss wins the CWS...Wimbledon begins and a Guardians rant goes sideways...And we ponder: Can a playlist inspire BMOC to exercise more?

The collection is complete! Golden Girl Katie was on the podcast last week for my regular show, and now we've had her book on the Golden Girls podcast! So happy to have had everyone, and I hope you enjoy our spoiler free discussion of Between The Birches! Until next time, friends! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pickybookworm/support

Sonlight Spotlight showcases our Sonlight families with their unique stories. The Sonlight community is made up of people around the world who love teaching their children with our Christ-centered, literature-based curriculum. Be encouraged and inspired, get creative ideas, and find out how Sonlight can impact your family. Tune in to hear from this month's Sonlight Spotlight family, the Birches, as they talk about their Sonlight experience raising 5 children and two pets while homeschooling year-round. Links & Resources From This Episode Favorite Books of the Family: Milly Molly Mandy The Year of Miss Agnes Time Traveler and ALL the Get Ready for the Code/Explode the Code Want to see how a literature-based education can work for your family? Try Sonlight for FREE Today! Check out Sonlight's Sales and Special Offers. Learn more. Take a peek into a Sonlight Instructor's Guide to learn how a planned curriculum could work for you. Download an Instructor's Guide! Do you have questions about Sonlight or homeschooling in general? The Sonlight advisors are here to help. Contact them today! Join Sonlight Connections FB Group: Sonlight Connections. Join Sonlight App: Join the Community.

Ann Hobson Pilot is a pioneer and trailblazer. She is the first African-American to perform with both the Washington National Symphony and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. As a principal harpist, she has performed all over the world.Ann talks about her upbringing in Philadelphia, her forty-year career with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops under conductors Arthur Fiedler and John Williams, and the harp concerto "On Willows and Birches," which Williams wrote especially for her. She tells us about her most recent project, "La Musica at Home," a collaborative project consisting of a series of performance documentaries created during the COVID pandemic. As a music teacher, Ann tells us how she is providing opportunities for students of color to perform classical music.

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CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (4:08).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments Images Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 10-1-21. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of October 4, 2021.  This week, we pause our series of episodes on water connections to the human body, to revisit an episode from fall 2017 that explores one of the hallmarks of the autumn season. MUSIC – ~ 11 sec – instrumental.Following the astronomical start of fall on September 22, this episode features a fiddle tune named for a water-related weather event that will mark a meteorological fall turning point when it occurs across the Commonwealth in October or November.  Have a listen to the music for about 25 more seconds. MUSIC - ~26 sec – instrumental. You've been listening to part of “Cold Frosty Morn',” performed here by the western Virginia band New Standard.  One of the consequences of fall's arrival is frost in the mornings and, eventually, a significant enough freeze to end of the growing season, when temperatures fall to about 28 degrees Fahrenheit or below.  That temperature typically occurs for the first time each fall in mid-to-late October in western Virginia, early-to-mid November east of the Blue Ridge, and mid-to-late November in some Virginia coastal areas.  Those predicted periods are based on historical records through 2010; the typical frost and freeze dates may be shifting as Virginia experiences climate change.Generally, frost forms when water vapor in the air contacts plants, windows, cars, or other solid surfaces that are at or below water's freezing point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit.  Some specific kinds of frost include radiationfrost, occurring when surface objects are cooled by radiating their heat; advection frost, occurring when surfaces are cooled by winds; and rime, a dense type of frost that forms when super-cooled liquid water in fog or clouds contacts solid surfaces, such as trees, radio towers, or ships on winter seas. Frost may seem far away on Virginia's often mild, early October days.   But to paraphrase a comment about truth from the poem “Birches,” by RobertFrost, frost-producing weather will soon break in with all of its matter-of-fact. Thanks to New Standard for permission to use this week's music, and we close with about 10 more seconds of “Cold Frosty Morn'.” MUSIC - ~12 sec – instrumental. SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close the show.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Virginia Water Radio episode repeats and replaces Episode 387, 9-25-17. The performance of “Cold Frosty Morn'” heard here is copyright by New Standard, from the 2016 album “Bluegrass,” used with permission. More information about New Standard is available online at http://newstandardbluegrass.com.  This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio most recently in Episode 501, 12-2-19. Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com. IMAGES Maps showing frost/freeze dates in the continental United States, based on data from 1980 to 2010.  Upper map: ranges of earliest dates of first 32°F freeze; middle map: range of median dates of first 32°F freeze; lower map: range of median dates of first 28°F freeze.  Images from the National Weather Service/Northern Indiana Forecast Office, “Frost and Freeze Information,” online at http://www.weather.gov/iwx/fallfrostinfo, accessed 10-4-21. SOURCES USED FOR AUDIO AND OFFERING MORE INFORMATION Deborah Byrd, “Equinox Sun is Over Earth's Equator on September 22,” EarthSky, Sept. 22, 2021. Robert Frost, The Poetry of Robert Frost, Edward Connery Lathem, ed., Holt, Rineheart and Winston, New York, 1969.  The quote to which this episode refers, from “Birches” on page 121, is the following: “But I was going to say when Truth broke inWith all her matter of fact about the ice storm….” Kenneth G. Libbrecht, “Guide to Frost,” online at http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/frost/frost.htm. National Weather Service, “Ice Storms,” online at https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-ice-frost.National Geographic Society, “Frost,” online at https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/frost/. National Geographic Society, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” online at https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/rime-ancient-mariner/. National Weather Service, Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office, “Watch/Warning/Advisory Definitions,” online at https://www.weather.gov/lwx/WarningsDefined. Isaac W. Park et al., “Advancing frost dates have reduced frost risk among most North American angiosperms since 1980,” Global Change Biology 2021, 27: pages 165–176, accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15380. Sarah Vogelsong, “Autumn's first frost is falling later. For farmers, the consequences are wide-ranging,” Virginia Mercury, Nov. 3, 2020. WeatherOnline, “Rime,” online at http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Rime.htm. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html). See particularly the “Science” and “Weather” subject categories. Following are links to some other episodes on frozen or freezing precipitation.Freezing rain, sleet, and snow – Episode 461, 2-25-19.Hail – Episode 362, 4-3-17.Ice – Episode 403, 1-15-18;  Episode 404, 1-22-18; Episode 406, 2-5-18; Episode 556, 12-21-20.Snow – Episode 300, 1-25-16; Episode 407, 2-12-18. Following are links to some other episodes related to fall. Fall migratory birds – Episode 183, 10-14-13; Episode 281, 9-14-15; Episode 335, 9-26-16.Tree colors and changes in fall – Episode 285, 10/9/15. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-3 plus 5: MatterK.4 – Water is important in our daily lives and has properties.2.3 – Matter can exist in different phases. Grades K-5: Earth and Space SystemsK.9 – There are patterns in nature.1.7 – There are weather and seasonal changes; including that changes in temperature, light, and precipitation affect plants and animals, including humans.2.6 – There are different types of weather on Earth.2.7 – Weather patterns and seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and their surroundings.4.4 – Weather conditions and climate effects on ecosystems and can be predicted. Grade 66.3 – There is a relationship between the sun, Earth, and the moon. Key ideas include6.6 – Water has unique physical properties and has a role in the natural and human-made environment.6.7 – Air has properties and the Earth's atmosphere has structure and is dynamic. Life ScienceLS.8 – Change in ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms over time. Earth ScienceES.11 – The atmosphere is a complex, dynamic system subject to long-and short-term variations.ES.12 – The Earth's weather and climate result from the interaction of the sun's energy with the atmosphere, oceans, and the land. 2015 Social Studies SOLs Grades K-3 Geography Theme1.6 – Virginia climate, seasons, and landforms. Virginia's SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/. Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels. Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rdgrade.Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten.Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12th grade.Episode 333, 9-12-16 – on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th grade.Episode 403, 1-15-18 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4ththrough 8th grade.Episode 406, 2-5-18 – on ice on rivers, for middle school.Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high school.Episode 483, 7-29-19 – on buoyancy and drag, for middle school and high school.Episode 524, 5-11-20 – on sounds by water-related animals, for elementary school through high school.Episode 531, 6-29-20 – on various ways that animals get water, for 3rd and 4th grade.Episode 539, 8-24-20 – on basic numbers and facts about Virginia's water resources, for 4th and 6th grade.

On Friday, October 8, 2021, multi-award winning filmmaker Uga Carlini's fiction feature "Angeliena" premieres on Netflix. It's a story about self-love and being 'good enough' and having dreams and caring for one another. It has characters you'll hiss at and the ones you'll cheer on. THIS is the kind of story - the madness to magic - that I love. It was an honor and such great fun to chat with Uga who, for me, has been such an inspirational storyteller and one of those creative souls that makes this world better by being who she is and doing what she does. Uga is the founder of Towerkop Creations a boutique production company situated in Cape Town, South Africa where she lives and makes it her mission to tell female-driven heroine stories. Watch "Angeliena" and be sure to share it with #Angelienamovie, and visit Uga and her brilliant team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @Angelienamovie.  --------------------------- A storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana is grateful for the magic AND the madness she's experienced. Her roots are entangled with mental illness and taking on caregiving roles -- something she has come to realize is not unique to her; rather, it seems to be common on several levels among others, especially the high-functioning women who from the outside looking in seem to have it all together. Madness To Magic brings to listeners stories of real world encounters with what we all experience and yet feel shamed to keep silent. Embracing ALL of us is key to tapping into our own power to make all things possible. Special thanks to the creators of the beautiful instrumental you hear during this podcast - Philippa Dowding & Allister Thompson - Original song “Sarah Tiptoes” from their album BIRCHES. Also love to the guy who's the master behind this podcast's production and audio engineering -- Joseph Dean Edwards.

Our fortieth and forty-first trees, the Silver Birch (Betula pendula) and Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) - with apologies to the Dwarf Birch (Betula nana). Our birches are some of our very earliest colonisers, and as such there is little the birch does not nurture; for example, its mycorrhizal relationships support hallucinogenic mushrooms, witches' brooms and barber's razors, we drink it, and prisoners of gulags have even written love letters on it… The birch was also instrumental in helping Dr Suzanne Simard discover the secrets going on beneath our soil in the Wood Wide Web. Added to this the corporal punishment of sailers and barren cows, an ancient language of tree-climbing and how it is involved in the magic urine trade, and you have a couple of very special trees. (Special thanks to Alan Devine for adding his voice to this week's episode.) More from David Oakes as he uproots the secrets and stories beneath the 56(ish) Native Trees of the British Isles can be found at: https://www.treesacrowd.fm/56Trees/ Weekly episodes available early AND bonus content made free to forage by "Subscribtion Squirrels" on our Patreon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode contains Valerie A. Smith's reading of "Birches" by Robert Frost.

When the speaker sees bent birch trees, he likes to think that they are bent because boys have been “swinging” them. He knows that they are, in fact, bent by ice storms. Yet he prefers his vision of a boy climbing a tree carefully and then swinging at the tree's crest to the ground. He used to do this himself and dreams of going back to those days. He likens birch swinging to getting “away from the earth awhile” and then coming back. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yashviag/message

When the speaker sees bent birch trees, he likes to think that they are bent because boys have been “swinging” them. He knows that they are, in fact, bent by ice storms. Yet he prefers his vision of a boy climbing a tree carefully and then swinging at the tree's crest to the ground. He used to do this himself and dreams of going back to those days. He likens birch swinging to getting “away from the earth awhile” and then coming back. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yashviag/message

Birches are women - believe me! Lives extinguished long ago, in an ancient century or even much before... And into our century the thrown back branches, where now we are leading the speech... Birches are women... As a lumen... A thread that connects past and future - Birches are the white sutures... And sparingly joy is consumed by the fate... And plenty of tears are dropping uncounted... On their shoulders there's glory and disgrace: Ophelia, Delilah, Yaroslava... They would recognize themselves if they could... Not fast, not loud, but they would. Their call is frozen and cold... They are ruined by an ax or a knife, They are crying at night telling their memories and stories... Their light discharges the darkness of the forests. Birches are women... Just take a look They're growing straight next to the brook, They are not here - in parallel worlds... They are laughing decorating their hair with the ribbons... They're celebrating our meeting... How they celebrate! Solemnly heed, my dear, their voices, their laugh, their songs... May their blessing be with us! Birches are the women of the Earth!..

On Thursday, September 1, 2021, the book, "Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out" by Jennie Nash publishes. What a treat it was to chat with Jennie who has been my book coach and mentor for years and who has been instrumental in my own books getting written and published. Jennie Nash is the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, a company that's "on a mission to raise the bar on book coaching." She's the author of several books, and her latest is a "how-to" that emphasizes the inner work that needs to be done when one embarks on a book writing journey. Her "inside out" blueprint to writing a book concept is so aligned with how I view writing therapy, self-care, and the core of what is mental health. I hope you enjoy and learn lots from what Jennie had to share. And be sure to buy her book and grab her free blueprint download at https://jennienash.com/blueprint --------------------------- A storyteller at heart, Paolina Milana is the author of several books, all of which tell stories to inspire, enlighten, and heal. For those who don't know her personal story, she grew up surrounded by madness, raised by a mom who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and then becoming primary caregiver not only to her, but to her little sister, also diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Keeping it secret and being ashamed of the insanity that had taken root in her family tree is what nearly did her in. Spoiler alert: It didn't. She journeyed on, and what an incredible ride it's been. For anyone listening who is struggling with their own mental health or that of a loved one, this podcast is for you. Know that you aren't alone. Your life isn't “just” about the cray-cray. And your story isn't finished. “I'm with Crazy: A Love Story” is a place to come together to share our stories and to realize that there's magic to be found in whatever madness we may be experiencing. ------------------- Madness To Magic brings to listeners stories of real world encounters with what we all experience and yet feel shamed to keep silent. Embracing ALL of us is key to tapping into our own power to make all things possible. Special thanks to the creators of the beautiful instrumental you hear during this podcast - Philippa Dowding & Allister Thompson - Original song “Sarah Tiptoes” from their album BIRCHES. Also love to the guy who's the master behind this podcast's production and audio engineering -- Joseph Dean Edwards.

Who paying the Bill? Kyle tells us who he is. Built-ins pay the bills. Solutions to mobilize heavy equipment.  Sarge has no friends.  Jesse likes sitting on table saws. Trips to Grizzly.  Jesse needs to optimize his space and wants to mill molding for Kyle.  Craft beer discussion. We discuss how military skills translate to the civilian job market. Flip-top cart Whoas… Really plugging Grizzly, Chinese lasers, and Epilog.  Cover some cabinet trends in relation to nail polish color trends.   Crooked doors are not funny. Kyles explains his business name origins. DIY 220 circuits and haphazard wiring.  Extension cord nightmare what to do?  A little dust collection discussion and how Sarge is putting his hose on different tools.  Lazy woodworkers.  Closing out the show, everyone agrees Sarge sucks at doing it.    Check out Kyle on IG @sevenbirches woodcraftPlease note, we do not have paid advertisers.  Everything that we recommend comes from our personal experience.  With that said, if you want to support, please write reviews, subscribe, and share with your friends.  We would love to hear from you too, please email with any feedback and/or suggestions for our show.  We are here to serve!As always, thank you to all Patron's.  We owe you everything, or at least a buck o' five, whichever comes first! Military Minute:Highlighting the Not For Profits Vet Tix  @ https://www.vettix.org Great ticket opportunities for Veterans.  Check them out; they gave away 713,000 tickets in 2020. So check them out and give them some monetary love.  Hosts:Jeff (Sarge) @sergeantmakerJeff (Flash)  @flashpoint_woodworksJeff (Mills) @_damn_yankee_Wade @hill_craftJesse @steele.woodworksSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/themilitarymakers)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themilitarymakers)

Rabbi ari mandel birches kohanim the importance... rabbi ari mandel explains the reason for telling someone about the blessing that we need them rabbi ari mandel also pointed out that there are 18 mitsvos in this parsha and none in last week and 5 in next week...

Scott and Kaitlin sit down with the Birches for this fun-filled episode. They chat about Canada, ministry, parenting, TV shows, the Peloton… Christine is on staff at Connexus Church, Rich is the director at Camp Mini-Yo-We, in addition to being the creator of UnSeminary (a leading Christian podcast, blog, website, book).    Show Notes: Unseminary   @unSeminary  Camp Mini-Yo-We Connexus Church  CANADA  Parenthood (the best show ever) This is Us  Peloton  www.Kaitlinelliott.com @so.what.else 

Scott and Kaitlin sit down with the Birches for this fun-filled episode. They chat about Canada, ministry, parenting, TV shows, the Peloton… Christine is on staff at Connexus Church, Rich is the director at Camp Mini-Yo-We, in addition to being the creator of UnSeminary (a leading Christian podcast, blog, website, book).    Show Notes: Unseminary   @unSeminary  Camp Mini-Yo-We Connexus Church  CANADA  Parenthood (the best show ever) This is Us  Peloton  www.Kaitlinelliott.com @so.what.else 

On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, I joined in as a guest on one of SiriusXM’s radio programs. DOCTOR RADIO included a segment on caregiving for mental illness, and its host Dr. Michael Aronoff interviewed me. Dr. Aronoff MD is Attending Psychiatrist on the Senior Staff of Lenox Hill Hospital and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Medical Center. He's served the American Psychiatric Association for over 20 years and has been on New York Magazine and Castle Connolly Guide's “Best Doctors” list. Dr. Aronoff’s Psychiatry Show on SiriusXM’s DOCTOR RADIO is live on Tuesdays at noon ET. --------------------------- A storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana is grateful for the magic AND the madness she's experienced. Her roots are entangled with mental illness and taking on caregiving roles -- something she has come to realize is not unique to her; rather, it seems to be common on several levels among others, especially the high-functioning women who from the outside looking in seem to have it all together. Madness To Magic brings to listeners stories of real world encounters with what we all experience and yet feel shamed to keep silent. Embracing ALL of us is key to tapping into our own power to make all things possible. Special thanks to the creators of the beautiful instrumental you hear during this podcast - Philippa Dowding & Allister Thompson - Original song “Sarah Tiptoes” from their album BIRCHES. Also love to the guy who's the master behind this podcast's production and audio engineering -- Joseph Dean Edwards.

I am not the owner. Poetry Slam: Robert Frost owns his poems, "Fire and Ice, " & "Birches." Ta-Nehisi Coates owns his speech given to the U.S. Congress on the HR 40 Bil to study Reparations for African American descendants of Africans enslaved in North America. CBSN and Robert Johnson, B.E.T. founder, own his interview on, "$14 Trillion Reparations for the African Americans descendants of Africans enslaved in North American." Recitations from the California Assembly Bill 3121 to study & develop "Reparations for California's African American descendants of Africans enslaved in North America."

Host, Dr. Lisa Belisle, connects with artist Jane Dahmen in her Newcastle, Maine home for Episode 4 of Radio Maine. Jane has created a well-established art practice over the course of 50+ years. She was first introduced to Maine as a student at Colby College in Waterville and, after vacationing here for several years, moved to Newcastle full time with her husband, Joe, in 2005. Jane talks about overcoming challenges, including Joe's diagnosis and eventual death due to Alzheimer's disease, by looking inward to find answers. Jane also speaks about her passion for interviewing artists and curators at her popular "Talking Art in Maine" series in Damariscotta, Maine. She's led conversations with artists Alex Katz, Lois Dodd, Katherine Bradford, Eric Hopkins, Michel Droge, and many others, as well as museum luminaries such as Sharon Corwin, Suzette McAvoy and Mark Bessire.

On this week’s episode of Fanboys, the boys suck down some nectar, explore international releases of classic sitcoms, and check in on Gen Z. If you want to hear them mug buskers and hurt Edgar’s feelings, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: White Lighter (https://open.spotify.com/album/69n2jvwTzYIoKEo6TH895b?si=L_onpJHhRhSf8m-QTGK3Yg&nd=1), Papa Dunka (https://open.spotify.com/album/3z5Wdu8As7b9PPG8wA3tkA), Birches (https://brchs.bandcamp.com/album/ii), Darling, Lightkeeper (https://darlinglightkeeper.bandcamp.com/), Nusagi (https://soundcloud.com/nusagi/razor-blades), and TV’s NORM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3iIH9XN2Oo) 

Legendary harpist talks her distinguished career as former Principal Harp for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops, including the many collaborations with John Williams and the premiere of the Harp Concerto On Willows and Birches, composed for her by the Maestro in 2009 Ann Hobson Pilot is one of the most talented women in the classical music who ever performed in United States and also a distinguished international soloist, teacher, mentor and moving force behind music educational programs for underserved minorities. She has been Principal Harp for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops for almost 30 years, from 1980 until his retirement in 2009. She joined the BSO in 1969 as Associate Principal Harp after stints in the Pittsburgh Symphony and Washington's National Symphony Orchestra where he performed as Principal Harp for 3 years (1966-69). Ann has the distinguished credit of being the very first African-American woman to land a Principal role in an American orchestra, building herself a career through her talent and unique sensibility back in a time where the classical music scene was still a predominant white male-driven environment. Ann Hobson Pilot started to perform for John Williams in 1980, when the Maestro accepted the post as Principal Conductor of the Boston Pops. After many years performing under former Pops' music director Arthur Fiedler (who died in 1979), Ann immediately got in perfect harmony with Williams' musicianship (“he brought a breath of fresh air”, she said) and his own fabulous music. She was frequently featured as soloist in concerts and recordings with the Boston Pops often performing many of the Maestro's exquisite passages for harp, including music from Schindler's List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Harry Potter and Angela's Ashes, all of which feature extensive writing for harp. Ann was also principal harp on the original soundtrack recording of Schindler's List, where he performs in duet with violinist Itzhak Perlman. When Pilot announced her retirement as BSO's Principal Harp, Williams set to write a Concerto for Harp specifically for her, titled On Willows and Birches. The composer wrote the concerto during the spring and summer of 2009, and the piece was premiered on September 23, 2009, as part of the Opening Night of BSO's annual subscription season. In addition to her career as musician, Ann Hobson Pilot spent a lifetime devoted to teaching and mentoring young students in distinguished music schools and conservatories (including the New England Conservatory of Music and Boston University) and appearing in masterclasses and seminars at the Tanglewood Music Institute. She's currently affiliated with the State College of Florida, in addition to the Tanglewood Music Center and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.  In this conversation, Ann talks about her incredible life and career as classical musician, her challenges and obstacles of being an African-American woman playing in an environment predominantly white and male-driven and her many collaborations with John Williams, including the thrill and the honour of having a concerto written for her by the Maestro. She also talks about the recording of the film score for Schindler's List and many other favourite memories of working together with John Williams for almost 30 years. For more information, visit https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2021/02/22/ann-hobson-pilot-podcast/

Learn about the connection between redpolls and birches and learn how to identify birches in winter.In the Q + A, you'll learn about the differences between a dragonfly and damselfly.

Try this kind of meditation - sit or walk while you listen to this episode. But try to focus only on the poem itself. Absorb the words and be with the images that show up in your mind. I hope you enjoy. Poetry can be a short and beautiful pause from your every day life. MiinkayPoem - Birches by Robert FrostYou can reach Miinkay:@CoachMiinkay on Instagram |Coach@MiinkayYu.com |www.MiinkayYu.com | 

After hearing Merry and Pippin’s account of their recent adventures, Treebeard starts talking (and doesn’t stop) about wizards, ecopolitics, and “the one that got away”. Unfortunately, spokesplants for Fimbrethil and the Entwives have not responded to requests for comment, and we won’t hold our breath waiting for them to. But at least now Treebeard seems motivated to do something about Saruman, if only he can find enough Ents to form a posse. Plus, a letter to Barliman offers possible alternatives to the *cough* old-fashioned way of making baby Ents.

On this episode we talk about David catching covid, The Bucs making it to the Super Bowl, John buying a new house, and the latest insane shit coming from Qanon. In news we discuss the moral implications of forced monkey slave labor, and on AITA we meet some mean girls with super thick shits. On...

The best way out is always through.

The Vinyl LP Record - - - - The history - - - A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), often simply called a record, was an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. Because the records were made of polyvinyl chloride they took on the name “VINYL”. In the mid-2000s, gradually, records made of any material began to be called vinyl records, or simply vinyl. The phonograph disc record was the primary medium used for music reproduction throughout the 20th century. - - - The details - - - The LP record (from "long playing" or "long play") is a phonograph record format characterized by a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm, having a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter, and uses the "microgroove" groove specification. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. The new product was a 12- or 10-inch (30 or 25 cm) fine-grooved disc made of PVC ("vinyl") and played with a smaller-tipped "microgroove" stylus at a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm. Each side of a 12-inch LP could play for about 22 minutes. The average LP has about 1,500 feet (460 m; 0.28 mi) of groove on each side. The average tangential needle speed relative to the disc surface is approximately 1 mile per hour (1.6 km/h; 0.45 m/s). It travels fastest on the outside edge. - - - It is one, long, groove, filled with music. But, in reality, it is “Just A Groove”, an album oriented groove. Enjoy. - - - Join the conversation on Facebook at - - - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008232395712 or by email at - - - dannymemorylane@gmail.com - - - In this episode you’ll hear: 1) The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite by R.E.M. (From the 1992 album, Automatic for the People) 2) Pundits And Poets by Patty Larkin (From the 1993 album, Angels Running) 3) Birches by Bill Morrissey (From the 1993 album, Night Train) 4) Democracy by Leonard Cohen (From the 1992 album, The Future) 5) The Cowboy Mambo by Barrence Whitfield (with Tom Russell) (From the 1993 album, Hillbilly Voodoo) 6) Reason To Believe by Aimee Mann & Michael Penn (From the 2000 album, Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska LP) 7) Goin' Nowhere by Chris Isaak (From the 1995 album, Forever Blue) 8) Go On by Angela Strehli (From the 1993 album, Blonde & Blue) 9) Let Her Cry by Hootie & The Blowfish (From their 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View) 10) Talking To My Angel by Melissa Etheridge (From her 1993 album, Yes I Am) 11) Hold Me Up by Velvet Crush (From the 1994 album, Teenage Symphonies To God) 12) Wild Night by John Mellencamp (with Me'shell Ndegéocello) (From the 1994 album, Dance Naked) 13) Happy Song by Melissa Ferrick (From the 1993 album, Massive Blur) 14) Neon Blue by The Mavericks (with Trisha Yearwood) (From the 1994 album, What A Crying Shame) 15) Shine It All On by E (aka Mark Oliver Everett) (From the 1993 album, Broken Toy Shop) 16) Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain by Eva Cassidy (From her 2008 album, Somewhere) 17) Train In Vain by Annie Lennox (From the 1995 album, Medusa) 18) Tough Enough by Johnny Clegg & Savuka (From the 1993 album, Heat, Dust and Dreams) 19) Longing In Their Hearts by Bonnie Raitt (From the 1994 album, Longing In Their Hearts) 20) Love Colours by The Pretenders (From the 1994 album, Last of The Independents) 21) Even While I Sleep by Willy DeVille (From the 1992 album, Backstreets of Desire) 22) Saturn Girl by Paula Cole (From the 1994 album, Harbinger) 23) Two Lovers Stop by Freedy Johnston (From the 1994 album, This Perfect World) 24) Leaving Las Vegas by Sheryl Crow (From the 1993 album, Tuesday Night Music Club) 25) Miss Jean by Richard Barone (From the 1993 album, Clouds Over Eden) 26) Loving A Hurricane by John Hiatt (From the 1993 album, Perfectly Good Guitar) 27) Kiss Of Life by Sade (From the 1992 album, Love Deluxe) 28) Shootin' For The Moon by Sonny Landreth (From the 1995 album, South of I-10) 29) Don't Look Back by Teenage Fanclub (From the 1995 album, Grand Prix) 30) Hard Way by Taj Mahal (From the 1993 album, Dancing The Blues)

A 7 minute walk to birch trees at the edges of Elfland, where fairies dwell, stories are felt, and time is difficult to tell. This is taken from the book, The Runes of Elfland, a collection of the Elder Futhark runes and the stories they embody. Nature is not just something to study. Through stories and lore, emotions and imagination, we nurture the rich connections that become legacy. Written by Ari Berk and illustrated by Brian Froud, this is not a conventional take on the runes, but an interpretation from the perspective of Elfland, Elfheim, or the Otherworld of fairy lores. This is 2 pages out of the 111-page book.

Episode Notes Shop shrimp at https://joesshrimpshack.com/ with promo code: "AQUARIUMGUYS" for 15% off your order and for a limited time a free piece of Chollo Wood! Birches, Bikers, B*tches, whatever you call em, here is your species deep dive with special guest Josh Pickett from his book "The Bichir Handbook" releasing soon. Preorder yours today at https://thebichirhandbook.com/ (its 100% worth it) https://youtu.be/Mu8nfh3GCJ8 < referenced in the podcast Submit your questions at discord.gg/aquariumguys Support The Aquarium Guys by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-aquarium-guys Find out more at http://www.aquariumguyspodcast.com

A Poem A Day by Sudhanva Deshpande.Read on August 10, 2020.Art by Virkein Dhar.Signature tune by M.D. Pallavi.

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[Note: I am podcasting two classes this semester.  The shorter podcasts are from the close reading course, e.g. this one; the longer are from the Renaissaince lyric course] We begin going through the Intimations Ode, after pausing (natch) to consider its motto from "My heart leaps up."  Some consideration of the crisis lyric, following on from Frost's Birches.

Finally, a reading of Frost's Birches.  Metaphor: tenor and vehicle.  Relation to the Intimations Ode.  The poem as a version of climbing birches and returning.  The idea of the crisis lyric, of a poem as a way to think things through.