11th June, 2020 – Mowing

Episode 59 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "11th June, 2020 – Mowing" was published on June 11, 2020 and runs 5 minutes.

June 11, 2020 ·5m · Marc’s Almanac

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Summary

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com With a poem by Robert Frost, Mowing. "There was never a sound beside the wood but one, And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground..." From the show: Colossians 3:13 On this day: 11th June, celebrating Barnabas the apostle On this day: 11th June 1578, Sir Humphrey Gilbert receives letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I, giving him authority to colonise north America and begin the British empire The Love that Lays the Swale in Rows – an essay on technology based on Frost's poem Mowing Music to wake you up – Kokomo by The Beach Boys Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with links when a new episode goes live at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm, and please keep sending in your messages and requests. You can leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message. If you like Marc's Almanac please do leave a review on Apple podcasts. It really helps new listeners to find me. Have a lovely day.

Episode Description

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com

With a poem by Robert Frost, Mowing.

"There was never a sound beside the wood but one,

And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground..."

From the show:

Colossians 3:13

On this day: 11th June, celebrating Barnabas the apostle

On this day: 11th June 1578, Sir Humphrey Gilbert receives letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I, giving him authority to colonise north America and begin the British empire

The Love that Lays the Swale in Rows – an essay on technology based on Frost's poem Mowing

Music to wake you up – Kokomo by The Beach Boys

Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with links when a new episode goes live at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com

Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm, and please keep sending in your messages and requests. You can leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message.

If you like Marc's Almanac please do leave a review on Apple podcasts. It really helps new listeners to find me.

Have a lovely day.