The streets of London; listening in to Choir Practice (and weeping); A message of love to dear America 🇺🇸 and we close Book Three with Bede

Listener mail is warmly welcomed 🙋‍♀️Hello dear friends Thank you so very much for joining me for this evening’s episode, from Chelsea in London, England, where all is dark, windy and wet. But - there is (must always be) a but - the days are getting longer; the male blackbirds 🐦‍⬛ have started their beautifully tuneful courting; the snow-drops are peeping up; and God is, perhaps, in His heaven.  Peace can be found within and without, even if it’s not the most evident thing before you.  Look past the dark, dirty, scary stuff to see what always lies beyond: birds, trees, grass, leaves, kind people, good deeds, love.   We can’t hope to find any ‘answer’ to the human condition, but we can choose where to walk, where to look to how to act.  A very restful Monday evening to you.   Support the showGretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time.  She shares with you snippets from books about history, art and literature and regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture.  We’ve reached over 80,000 downloads.  Don’t try to listen in order, unless you’re very committed.  Dip in and out, choosing an episode based on the title information.  Whether you are interested in history, literature, poetry or one-to-one chatting, I try to give you something that will interest you.  This is a podcast for the curious, the kind and - possibly - the suffering or lonely.  Historian Tom Holland is the Honorary Patron of this podcast.  Thank you Tom🙏 Gretel invites you to accompany her as she navigates the world a day at a time;  the podcast is unscripted, it’s ad-free.Gretel loves the world and history, architecture, literature and people. And so is determined to walk this path with light footsteps and with humour and warmth.  Let’s gather up the beautiful things and ponder them in our hearts.Top 10 in Global Rankings according to Listen Notes.  I would be so grateful if you would spare the time to give me a kind review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 😬☺️🥴Previous guests include  historian Tom Holland; Sir Richard Eyre; Actors Guy Henry and Enzo Cilenti; Art historian Philip Mould; Writer David Willem; Author Nicola Cornick; Composer Matthew Coleridge; Vicar Angela T...