Journey through the Seasons

Journey through the Seasons - Season 4 - Blossom


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Edited by: Adam Bailey

Music Credit: Reiki Healing from Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com/home)

Podcast artwork: Karen Ingall

Opening words: Sue reads "May" by Donna Ash worth

Blossoming chat: Sue mentions a change in the blossoming time of trees associated with climate change here- you can read about that here: https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/why-are-blossoms-early

Seasonal Living: Sue references to Lia Leendertz's The Almanac and found her Shakespeare quotes here: https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/categories/flowers/

Recipe: The spring shakshuka recipe is based on a recipe from the BBC website; https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/green_baked_eggs_with_98845

Self-Care: You can read more about the benefits of microsdosing mindfulness here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502370-too-busy-to-meditate-microdosing-mindfulness-has-big-health-benefits/ .  Sue discovered the idea of microdosing mindfulness at a retreat run by OptimumYou Yoga at Kelmash Hall: https://www.facebook.com/KelmarshHall/videos/ground-grow-%EF%B8%8F-last-friday-optimumyouyogastudio-hosted-a-wonderful-wellbeing-expe/2248353469236792/

Seasonal words: Sue reads from Chasing Fog by Laura Pashby and from the Substack account @MidnightCrumbs on romantisising April: https://open.substack.com/pub/midnightcrumbs/p/your-pocket-guide-to-a-gentle-joyful?r=36rfh7&utm_medium=ios

What's On Our Bookshelf: Sue is reading Laura Pashby's Chasing Fog and has finished The BBQ are No 9 by Jennie Godfrey, a book she really enjoyed but recommends with a trigger warning for domestic violence, she'll be reading Katie Hodgett's Act, Rest Reset, Repeat when it's released in May. Emma recommends the BBC iplayer adaptation of The Other Bennett Sister, the Bhutanese film Lunana (A Yak in the Classroom), the Podcast Why Women Grow (https://www.alicevincent.co.uk/podcasts) and The Names by Florence Knapp (with a trigger warning for domestic violence).

Tasks: Sue recommeds a task borrowed from Kelly Louise Marshall: https://open.substack.com/pub/kellylouisemarshall/p/five-days-of-noticing-joy?r=36rfh7&utm_medium=ios 

Sue shares a card from the Sensory Herbal oracle card pack.

Timings:

Opening words: 0.58

Blossom Chat: 2.10

Seasonal Living: 17.46

Recipes: 22.47

Self Care: 28.02

Seasonal words: 37.52

What's on our Bookshelf: 43.28

Tasks: 50.59

Blessings Card: 56.02

Farewell: 57.02

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Journey through the SeasonsBy Emma Wise and Sue Wood