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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 14h

Tiny wings in drizzling rain. A moorhen pushes herself Away from the bank with a flash Of white petticoat. A golden star on a red bottle top Stamped into the towpath. The canal moves to a wind That I cannot feel. #DailyNature #ukcanals #naturepoetry

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you. I'm so pleased it makes you feel that way.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tonight’s episode is a little shorter than usual, but the pause feels serendipitous. Join us as we rediscover the impotance of the night within a tumulutuous noisy world. We also join boater @anamca.bsky.social for a view through her window. #podcast #ukcanals #wellbeing www.noswpod.com/hopscotch/

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Playing hopscotch (across the great abyss)

While work pressures have made tonight’s episode a little shorter than usual, the pause feels serendipitous. This evening, we embrace the quiet, celebrating the sma…

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh, that's such a lovely way of greeting September! Yes, I think that is really true. That sense of passing time and aging seems especially pronounced at this time of year.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you, Ana. I know and tomorrow it's October!! How did that happen?!!! 😅 It's being a hectic month, but we're getting through. Hope all is well with you too. (Just heard the canal reopens on Monday!!)

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The thick darkness Of a mole-blind morning. Feet slip on gravel and tiredness. Racing clouds lower themselves To the earth in rain. No moon or stars, Just waterlogged sky And the wind among the alders. But that is alright, For I have Stars enough And windsong among alders. #naturepoetry #night

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I missed that! Yes, you're right. Well spotted! It seems to be a good year for them.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Canal-side plants Black bryony Chill of autumn mornings Water mist rising To non-committal skies. Necklaces of fiery pearls, Dew-polished and bright. At the heart of each Not a single piece of grit But the miraculous fire of life. #DailyNature #ukcanals #plants #naturepoetry

The towpath is slowly waking to sullen skies and the dampness of autumnal mists. Breathe in deeply. You can smell autumn in the still air. Reach out your hand. Through the damp leaves, feel the heavy ribbon of sinewy stem. Heavy with a massive of berries. Smooth, wet spheres, as pretty as pearls, but filled not with a piece of grit, but the fire of life.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stunning writing, Laine. The kind that stops the scroll and pauses the mind. I love it, and "the steadfast, lonely lights of patient ships - pinning the vastness to the dark" is simply superb. Wonderful. Thank you!

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dew wet. The ducks are all Around the boats. Robin song among old branches. Mushrooms gently shoulder Leaf mould and new growth green. A heron lands and then Fades out of sight Into the autumnal landscape. #DailyNature #naturepoetry #ukcanals #autumn

Two creamy mushrooms lie half hidden beneath last year's fallen leaves and new growth green. Brush aside the crisp dried leaves to feel their domed surfaces. Feel how smooth they are, firm yet soft to your touch. Without blemish, perfect, in every way.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Walk softly, Tiptoe past. Don't stare, Don't fill the air With needless noise. Your presence is enough. #naturepoetry #ducks #ukcanals #DailyNature

Sssssh, you world is touching another. One that has its own rhythm and pulse, the ebbs and flows of passing years, afloat on still waters of the canal.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thank you! Yes so very precious indeed!

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The slow drift into autumn is underway and can be felt not so much by changing colours but through the rhythms of those who live alongside us. Tonight, we celebrate this shift & enjoy a hot Missouri night with @jvanbooven.bsky.social. #podcast #ukcanals #autumn #nature www.noswpod.com/autumn-drift/

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Autumn Drift

The slow drift from summer into autumn is underway and with it comes gentle shifts (both seen and unseen) that are the pulse and rhythm of the earth and life along …

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thunderflies among lavender "I'm really excited, are you?" Three young female students Their smiles even brighter than The sunshine of their youths. #poetry #freshersweek #youths #joy #youngoncemore

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A desultory grey day, Heron scolded and dripping. I float my anxieties on still waters But find it difficult to let them go. Sometimes, there are No burning bushes. Only the squabble of ducks And the miracle of sloe. The canal invites Me in to its silence. #naturepoetry #anxiety #ukcanals

Feel the damp air. Can you smell the scent of damp earth and atill water? The air is clammy and holds you like a rejected lover. Reach up. Feel the rain wet branch of blackthorn. Those little orbs, are like small universes, night dark. Their fruit sweet and sharp. Roll one on your tongue. This is the taste of life.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Finding the eternal now within the break-neck race into the unknown. Perfect. In that butterfly, you seem to have found a perfect guide.💚

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So good to hear. Glad you're feeling better. Yes, being trapped in a script can sometimes be all too easy to do.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Try to find the birdsong among the static. It's not always easy, but it is there. 💚

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Not looking forward To this day; Stomach in knots. But as I left for work, There were bats in the sky And a crescent moon. And now magpies scatter Unspoken assurance Of winds that will bear Mischievous wings. And a maple seed Lying on my office floor. #DailyNature #solace #poetry

A photograph looking straight down at the winged seed of a maple (I think) that I found lying on my office carpet.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

*New episode* Great excitement last week as nine geese flew onto our moorings. Join us tonight on the 'Erica' and find out what happened and why geese might not be quite so different from us as we might think. Link in bio #podcast #nature #ukcanals #BoatLife #birds www.noswpod.com/uncertainties/

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The Uncertainties of Geese

It’s a beautiful night, but there is an autumnal damp chill in the air. So, snuggle up with us aboard the Erica as we enter the mysterious, but perhaps not so diffe…

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Brilliant! This is such a heartening post. Thank you.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh gosh, yes! So proud when I got my first cheque book. When writing my first cheque, it used up about five cheques before I was happy with the signature and I had spelt everything correctly!! 😅

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Isn't it amazing? The hedgerow and towpath plants that I thought were completely dead have revived with Lammas vigour and the fields around here are actually turning green!! 😀💚

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

No need to apologise. Grief is a river with its own unpredictable currents and eddies. It will flow according to its own course. You are doing it right.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ostracised and alone, She swims across the water Hopeful for evening scraps. The water shimmers around her; Leaving intricate patterns In her wake that are alive With light. Does she have any idea What beauty she leaves Behind her in the waters Where the fish make rings? #naturepoetry #ukcanals

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thank you for this. An important subject that desperately needs to be addressed. Saved to listen later.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you, Wendell. Rest in peace. Your words will continue to blaze with wisdom and healing.

Photo of Wendell Berry's poem 'The Peace of Wild Things'
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Old summer light. With each gust of wind, The hiss of last night's rain Still falls from the oak's Gnarled fingers. The canal holds the sky close, Waiting for the moorhens to hatch. My legs are wet from the long grass. #DailyNature #ukcanals #poetry #nature #summer

Feel the dappled warmth of a morning sun. The hiss you hear is last night's rain, held in the leafy fingers of the oak that leans over us. The ground beneath us is soft. The smell is wet earth and stirred water. That silence is a moorhen waiting in a nest

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yes, yarrow and yellow trefoil are already springing back. It's good to see 💚

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Aw, thank you, Danielle. I really appreciate it.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

You walked this path Through those long weeks Of parched heat, Shoulders burdened By the weight of grief and care. The land now drinks deep. Brittle flowerheads reach up. So, you lean forward And gently cup them in your hand. It's the only human thing to do. #DailyNature #poetry #climate #drought

Standing beside the dessicated heads of Lady's bedstraw beside the stilled waters of the canal. A golden sun peaking over a bank warms us with soft heat. Everything is parched and brittle, but the ground is soft. Bend down. Feel the ground. See how soft it feels, and warm. Seeds are sleeping, burrowing down for next year. Sweep your hand wider. That's yarrow, feathery and soft, already growing back, and beside it birdsfoot trefoil flowers once more!

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yes, here too. It's been an amazing year for moorhens. Even now, there is a moorhen sitting on her nest, just a little way down from us. I wonder why it's been such a good year for them.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I had forgotten How soft The ground Should feel Under my feet As I walk. The rain Has given My feet Winged smiles. #DailyNature #rain #poetry

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So pleased to see you and His Tiny Highness back!

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Welcome, Danielle. It's lovely to meet you here. I live in the UK on a narrowboat. I use writing to help me make sense of things and find my place within the world.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Lovely! Yes, it creates a real sense of season's turn.

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We weren't born for For the 24hr news cycle, or To process endless tragedy And division on the eternal Scroll of doom. But you were made To encounter golden fells of gorse, The feel of the north wind, The thorn pierce of bramble, And the wing song Of returning winter geese. #DailyNature #poetry

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