3rd August, 2020 – How At Once
Episode 68 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "3rd August, 2020 – How At Once" was published on August 3, 2020 and runs 4 minutes.
August 3, 2020 ·4m · Marc’s Almanac
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 Edward Thomas, How At Once. "How at once should I know, When stretched in the harvest blue..." From the show: 1 John 2:17 The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton On this day: 3rd August, 1914, Edward Grey says "the lamps are going out all over Europe" On this day: 3rd August, 1803, Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace is born in Bedfordshire Music to wake you up – Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash 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 Edward Thomas, How At Once.
"How at once should I know,
When stretched in the harvest blue..."
From the show:
The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
On this day: 3rd August, 1914, Edward Grey says "the lamps are going out all over Europe"
On this day: 3rd August, 1803, Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace is born in Bedfordshire
Music to wake you up – Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
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.
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