It turned a bit wet (Afloat in Hiroshige's rain storm)

Nighttime on Still Waters

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Join us tonight as Erica a wends ‘snailward’ home through a heavy rain storm - recorded, aptly enough, during another heavy rain storm! Hear also about our adventures with a drowning pigeon.

Journal entry:

3rd September, Tuesday

“Cruising through a Hiroshige
Woodblock print;
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge.
Even the reeds look like bamboo.

A heron pilots us home.”

Episode Information:

During this episode I read a short poem by Issa and read some of the lyrics from Finnegan Tui’s latest song ‘Old One.’

I also refer to Hiroshige’s woodblock print Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, Cynthia Barnett’s (2016) Rain: Natural and cultural history, and an extract from Thomas Merton’s (2003) When the Trees say Nothing.

With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.

Andrea Hansen
Chris Hinds
David Dirom
Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
Captain Arlo
Rebecca Russell
Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
Derek and Pauline Watts
Anna V.
Orange Cookie
Donna Kelly
Mary Keane.
Tony Rutherford.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory with MJ and Kayla.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mark and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith

General Details

In the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org.
Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence.

Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:45)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:09)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:15)

5. Cabin chat (00:10:33)

6. It Turned a Bit Wet (00:18:27)

7. Issa's poem 'Wending Snailward' (00:38:45)

8. 'Old One' by Finnegan Tui (first verse) (00:41:37)

9. Quote from Thomas Merton's 'When the Trees Say Nothing' (00:45:13)

10. Signing off (00:48:27)

11. Weather Log (00:48:42)