As I head out this morning to seeing the chickens and the visiting robin I found myself pondering on a One Thing I would like to do this week… Look out in a couple of days for the Podcast Extra that accompanies this episode. It will be available as part of my month-long Patreon Open House. All of my Open House posts will be available via this link: gogently.co/openhouse
Recorded just before the clocks changed at the weekend here in Wales, in this episode I'm noticing just how ready I'm feeling to begin the hunkering process as the world around me become increasingly autumnal. My One Thing for today is going to be a rest in preparation for what I'm expecting to be a few busy (for me!) days. Are you noticing the changing season? How are you feeling about it? Look out tomorrow for the Podcast Extra that accompanies this episode. It will be available as part of my ...
Today, you find me in my kitchen preparing my morning porridge before heading out to see the chickens and the visiting robin. Over the last two years this podcast has been made possible with the support of its patrons over on Patreon. To mark this two-year anniversary I'm holding a month-long "Open House" during which I'll be sharing most of my Patreon content publicly to give non-patrons an idea of what I offer there in return for the support I receive. Why not come and join me for some video a...
It’s a bright chilly morning and you find me hanging our some washing and then going for a short walk on the other side of my gate to get a better look at the view down the valley. I hope your day is starting well.
After two and a half months I’m recording my final Tiny Adventure podcast of the year. As you’ll hear, this episode isn’t quite the one I had planned for you but I hope you’ll enjoy it nonetheless…
It's a very wet and dark morning and the weather is helping my thoughts turn to hibernating and working in a more analogue way…
Rather unusually, I made a very specific plan for this Tiny Adventure. Timing it almost down to the second…
I recorded this podcast almost two weeks again and have been very excited about sharing it with you, but because it was made in a different way to usual it has taken me quite a while to get it ready for you. For quite a long while I’ve been pondering the idea of making some analogue podcasts and as I explain at the beginning of this episode, that is what I have done here. Instead of recording on my phone and also using it for taking the photo to accompany the podcast, I have recorded the audio o...
I've been hoping to record you another Tiny Adventure podcast for a few days now, but haven't felt up to walking up the hill to visit the Big Oak and so, rather than keep waiting for the energy to arrive, this morning I decided to record you the podcast I felt able to rather than the one I had hope to... Join me to say good morning to the chickens, the visiting robin, some blue tits, some brave sparrows (and a slug!). Everything feels very alive in my garden this morning and I'm very glad I deci...
I’m deciding between doing some things and not others and keeping everything as simple as possible so that I can go for a walk up to the Big Oak today Would you like to join me for a walk there and back again?
Technology, the weather and my energy haven’t been my friends as I recorded this podcast. I had intended to start the podcast under the Big Oak (which I did) and then walk home with you down the hill after I’d sat for a while with my picnic breakfast. I had a lovely walk home, stopping to pick blackberries along the way and chatting to you all the while, only to discover when I got home that the walk had only been recorded intermittently. I thought I would head back up the hill another day this ...
Whilst this isn’t a prelude to a return to more regular podcast episodes (it’s not quite time for that yet), I did want to pop in to say hello and to share with you some sad news about Gloria, our beautiful ginger mealworm loving hen…
It’s raining and you find me at my studio door trying to encourage Louise out with the promise of some mealworms. I’ve spent a lot of time just here over the last four weeks looking out at my garden and it’s become increasing clear that I need to do more of the same. So, as the solstice arrives I’m popping in to say hello, let you know at little about what I’ve been enjoying looking out at (including a family of robins) and what my plans are for the next month or so. I’m hoping to be back here i...
It's a chilly morning as I poke my nose out of my front door to record today's podcast. The fluctuating temperatures seems to be mirroring my fluctuating energy levels and after two weeks of pyjama wearing I've decided it's time to take a break from having any expectations of myself. Join me for a wander to my gate as I let you know my plans. I'm aiming to be back with next episode of One Thing Today in roughly four weeks, on or around the solstice. Until then, take good care of yourselves and a...
In today’s episode, I notice a bluebell that is going to seed and reflect on how even though my life’s focus has been reduced by health and circumstance there is still plenty to enjoy close to home. The Podcast Extra that I mention in the podcast is available to patrons and can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/gogently
Pyjama Week continues and I’m wondering it it needs to turn into Pyjama Fortnight… Today, I’m still moving very slowly but am excited by the sight of a large group of fledgling sparrows enjoying the remains of yesterday’s chicken grain. If you’d like to get a closer look at the sparrows, come over and join me on Patreon where you’ll find (among many other Podcast Extras) a video of them enjoying their early morning banquet. Your support there would be very much appreciated <3
I was expecting it to be below freezing this morning when I went out to see Gloria and Louise and check on my plants, but the clouds must have kept the temperature up and it was quite warm enough to stand by my gate and record you a podcast... This week I've decided to have a Pyjama Week, which might sound like a slightly odd decision when we're already spending so much time at home, but feels like exactly the right thing to be doing this week. Maybe you'd like to join me.
This morning, you find me in my kitchen looking through the window at a big blue sky and steeling myself to head out into what I’m expecting to be a much chillier morning than of late…
I’m having a rather groggy and slow start to the day, but am rewarded by a beautiful view when I get to my gate. Would you like to come and stand there with me and greet the day as I ponder a little more on what a “fallow year” might look like?
In today’s episode, I spot the sun hitting the oak trees from my kitchen window and head outside to take a closer look. In this first outdoor episode of One Thing Today for a couple of weeks, I find myself touching on the idea that this might need to be a fallow year for me…
My health is still rather down and up and up and down, but today I’m focusing on what’s possible rather than thinking about what isn’t.
I’m still here and I’m still moving slowly. I also seem to still be making egg themed podcasts :) Would you like to join me in my kitchen as I experiment with making a sponge cake from a goose egg that I was given a few days ago? I’m sorry that episodes of One Thing Today continue to be rather irregular at the moment. I do hope things will return to a more normal routine before too much longer.
