#17: Residing Alongside
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In This Episode of The Say The Word Podcast…
We’re talking about:
essay collections plus the theme of place
an excerpt from Ellen Meloy’s Seasons: Desert Sketches
coming in close
Here’s where the action’s happening in today’s episode:
[00:46] - welcome
[01:04] - why I’ve come to appreciate essay collections
[02:12] - theme of place—reference episode 7 (Querencia) and episode 11 (The Language of Home)
[03:00] - an excerpt from Ellen Meloy’s Seasons: Desert Sketches
[05:08] - noticing, coming in close
[06:11]- training ourselves
[06:34] - Bennigan’s Restaurant
[08:46]- reside alongside + reference to last week’s episode 16 (See Me)
[11:02] - a snake and a dog
[12:04] - fill their world with flowers
[13:58] - guests adjust
[15:12] - opens space and invites a pause
[16:42] - Katie M.’s quote from The Alchemist
[18:24] - next week
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