Thursday 27 June 2024
Mother Voyage
Thursday 14 March 2024
The Cicada Laundrette
I hope that you enjoy this not-very-serious episode. I hope it proves to you that even someplace as commonplace as a laundrette can be rather magical and exciting. I dedicate it to all who are overwhelmed with washing, to all the tireless employees who keep their places open, and all the night owls who haunt their local washery when it's the only time they can do their laundry.
Sunday 24 December 2023
Decorations
Dear Listeners,
However you may celebrate this time of year or not, this Yuletide tale is for you with all my wishes for peace and goodwill to descend upon you and to stay throughout the coming year. I have attempted to create something for you in the long tradition of wintertime storytelling around Christmas and I hope it lifts the spirits.
You can, as always, listen here or grab it from your favourite pod app, or download the MP3 directly here.
May thanks to Soledad for the illustration and to Sambodhi Prem for the soundtrack ... and to you for being a listener and coming along on this journey at the Borders of Sleep.
Rest you merry!
Seymour
Monday 4 December 2023
The Copse
This story is for you if you have ever taken a rock home from a walk or a pinecone or a feather, or gathered a collection of keepsakes from the wilderness. It's also for you if your body limits you from doing the things you imagine. Take flight with the girl, Rowena, and her little friend, the blackcap. I hope you will find this a soothing tale.
Sweet dreams,
Seymour
Tuesday 21 March 2023
The Cadillac in the Pond
This one began as a short piece of whimsy but soon took on a life of its own, as they often do. I hope you find it entertaining and, most of all, soothing.
Sunday 3 July 2022
The Boat Going Home
Friday 6 May 2022
Flea
I often hope, when I fall asleep, that I will go back to that town and see some more. May it carry you to another world too!
Wednesday 23 March 2022
The Guestbook
Dear Listener,
My hope is that that this story affords you a little breathing space on a troubled planet, and perhaps a pleasant pathway into sleep. The inspiration for it has come from the inexorable emergence of springtime here in the Northern Hemisphere put alongside a real place I visited in Devonshire many years ago and first saw the forlornly neglected guestbook
I want to thank Soledad Fernandez-Whitechurch for her lovely illustration for this episode. Look out for more of her work here in the coming months. Thank you also if you have written to me or left encouraging reviews or comments since the last episode. Life does not always afford me the bandwidth to create new stories but I am so grateful for the many loyal and patient listeners.
So, if you'd like a direct link to download the mp3, here it is. The soundtrack to this episode is from The Bright Knowledge by Diana Rowan.
Until next time, have a wonderful spring and sweet dreams,
Seymour
Tuesday 14 December 2021
The Spudfellow
Dear Listeners,
If you have never known the simple delights of harvesting potatoes, then I thoroughly commend it to you. Who knows ... you might find some treasure, or even a Spudfellow, and it could change your life!
This may be the longest Episode yet, at 45 minutes, but I hope you enjoy it. Here is your direct download link.
AND, look! We have wonderful new artwork created by a brilliant artist and devoted listener based in Austin, Texas: Soledad Fernandez-Whitechurch. Please take a look at her Instagram or check out her website: Soledad Fernandez-Whitechurch Murals and Fine Art.
The soundtrack in this episode is by Healing Muses, from their album Reflections on Magnatune.
Until next time, sweet dreams,
Seymour
Sunday 17 October 2021
The Artisan, The Abbot and The Architect
Dear Listeners,
Glad I am to be bringing you Episode 50 at last. Perhaps it is a good moment to thank all the cheerleaders, encouragers, supporters, journeying companions at the borders of sleep for helping me so much to get to Episode 50. At moments, it has been overwhelming to hear from listeners how you have made the stories part of your lives and I am so grateful to have had the honour.
This episode will bring you pleasure, I hope, as others did before it.
You'll find the music in the backing track on Magnatune as usual and it is played by the aptly-named Healing Muses.
If you like to grab a straight MP3 of the episode: here's your link.
Thank you all for listening and I wish you the sweetest dreams as always,
Seymour