Thoughts coalesce on a gloroius morning walk. Musings on: Parklife, morning routines, Euros, vendettas, death, the one-eyed monster, home-made pesto, the Queen's Parade, the peotry of birdlife and finishing on the Red Hand Files with Nick Cave's Skeleton Tree. 

Be kind and fare thee well. 

The joys of the summer sun fun under friendly fire as life blooms in this long-forgotton Midland landscape. Songs from Dylan. Poetry from Larkin & TS Eliot. Ramblings of the Drunken Troubadour. Expect long pauses and disarray. Thank you for your patience, love & forgivness. And fear not something familiar and unexpected may arise around the very next corner. Be kind, rewind. Share don't stare. Drop interesting thoughts in the mailbox: [email protected]. fare thee well. 

Summer parklife has begun: insane carp game at the lake; noisy birds and fish. Family fun: Pizza & sun. New segment: The Red Hand Files with Nick Cave. The finale of Laurie Lea's trilogy. A song: Mermaids. Be kind, rewind; pass it on & fare thee well. 

We touch on the Parklife of Middle England and it's Lakeside birdlife: the prehistoric Swan and the humble Moorhen. The thought train then careens off to North Africa and swoops over Spain, where Laurie Lea is spinning his herioc fable around the absurdity of war. Then we return home to muse upon generosity and cars. Be kind, share, rewind. Fare thee well. 

Today’s episode is an emotional roller coaster from the 90s halcyon days of Richard Ashcroft’s Northern Soul to Fela Cooti park life to the reincarnation of cricket life to our beloved shaman poet Walt Whitman’s descriptions of nature and… a pigeon live on the balcony. Enjoy, share, respond, be kind, rewind. #DailyMusingsPodcast 

Today we run into the rubik's cube of time as working life intersects with reading life. We touch bases with Laurie Lea who is now wandering around Spain with his fiddle and his well crafted obsevations, whilst being cooked by the Spanish sun. We then say hello to Simon Aritage through a few of his beautiful poems. Enjoy!

Back this week with new trains of thought, inspired by the great podcaster Theo Von. And back on the literary wagon: featuring the art vs life conflicts of Philip Larkin (the late, great Coventrian Poet) and the heroic wanderings of the Laurie Lea as he sets off on foot, with his violin and his Cotswold chops, towards Spain. 

There has been a lot of sauntering this week on foot and virtually: Encounters with barge folk, a church pastor, gargoyales and St.Peter (14:00). A plethora of house partys online(12:20). Music reimagined with Magnum Opus Radio (21:00). Poetry from Roberto Bolano (21:00), Thoughts on Nick Cave's new album, Carnage (24:00), a few thoughts on hope (30:00) and Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye (35:00). Fare thee well.