Singing as the Darkness Lifts

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 65 and my Blog from the 2nd  December 2024. This one’s called:  FROM COUCH TO CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN LESS THAN THIRTY SECONDS...

Welcome to Episode 64 and my Blog from the 25th November 2024. This one’s called:  PUT THE BACK OF YOUR HAND ON YOUR FOREHEAD AND WIGGLE YOUR FINGERS...   This morning the air is cold and wide. I believe I can smell the woody sap from the myrtle branch that was snapped by the recent heavy snow fall...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 63 and my Blog from the 18th November 2024. This one’s called:  A HANDSHAKE FOR A CONVERSATION AND THE ICING ON MY STOLLEN... This morning the air is cold and the waxing moon is white against blue. I r...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 62 and my Blog from the 11th November  2024. This one’s called:  POETRY AND PROSE... This morning the air carries the essence of brown leaves. They are there mixed in with the wet yellow on the ground...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 61 and my Blog from the 4th November  2024. This one’s called: OH MY GOURD This morning the sky holds the grey fizzle of spent firework stars. There is a stillness to the day and it carries an artifici...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 60 and my Blog from the 28th October 2024. This one’s called: ONLY TIME 60 Stones. This morning the slightly warm wind carries the scent of seaside stones. I imagine it blew the smell in overnight when...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 59 and my Blog from the 21st  October 2024. This one’s called: A MARMALADE SANDWICH WITH PADDINGTON This morning the air has been blown to freshness by the strong winds, and I love alt text’s suggestio...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 58 and my Blog from the 14th October 2024. This one’s called: A GROUP OF FRUIT STACKED ON A GAME BOARD. "This morning the air surrounds me with the scent of a newly cooled fridge. There is a cleanness...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 57 and my Blog from the 7th October 2024. This one’s called: BE MORE JAGUAR 57    

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 56 and my Blog from the 30th  September 2024. This one’s called: CAN YOU HEAR IT IN THE SILENCE? This morning the air brings the aroma of what I used to call mouldy mops.

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 55 and my Blog from the 23rd September 2024. This one’s called: ELEPHANT HAWK MOTH NOT SHOELACE This morning the air is fresh after the rain. It carries the scent of green leaves. A cockerel, a distanc...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 54 and my Blog from the 16th September 2024. This one’s called: Angel of the North as Dancer This morning there is a tang of wood in the cool air. It is the kind of scent that might come from opening a...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 53 and my Blog from the 9th September 2024. This one’s called: ONION RINGS AND OTHER JOYFUL THINGS "This morning the wind stirs the leaves on the trees into an unsyncopated crisp rustle. The swirled ai...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 52 and my Blog from the 2nd September 2024. This one’s called: 'A New Relationship With Mondays'. This morning the air is drizzle misted and the first scent it brings is warmed tea rose...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 51 and my Blog from 26th August 2024. This one’s called: LET THE SPARKLE SHINE ... "This morning the air feels fresh and cool. I hunt for a hint of scent, but am instead drawn to the moon screen-printe...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 50 and my Blog from the 19th August 2024. This one’s called: DO VENTRILOQUISTS TALK TO THEIR DENTISTS DURING TREATMENT?

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 49 and my Blog from the 12th August 2024. This one’s called: BEING SOCIABLE AGAIN

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing.   Welcome to Episode 48 and my Blog from the 5th August 2024. This one’s called: ARTIST SAYS I LIKE PEOPLE TO PLAY WITH MY ART This morning the air is warm and brings the tiniest tint of tea rose. A hint of mint would ha...

Singing as the Darkness Lifts, Episode 47. 'Reflections' where the air has been washed clean overnight in someone else's town...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 46 and my Blog from the 22nd  July 2024. This one's called, Spray Painted Shirts, Sun and Seasides'.  

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 45, 'The Clock Ticks Louder Now'... This morning herring gulls are calling in the scent of salt on a sea breeze. It is fresh with floral elements and the sun promises heat. Alt texts provides an accura...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 44 and my Blog from the 8th  July 2024. This one's called: 'A group of figurines and a picture of a heart'. This morning it takes me a while to find the scent. It is tea roses rising on cool damp air.....

Singing as the Darkness Lifts Episode 43, RUNNING AWAY WITH THE CIRCUS. The morning's air is fresh. I can't get any particular sense of smell apart from fresh this morning, maybe because my eyes were reluctant to open after vivid dreams (the kind that wouldn't make good poems) but I am noticing colour...

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 42 and my Blog from the 24th June 2024: Two Golden Tickets This morning the scent is not as I predicted. It is rose petals and rosemary...

Singing as the Darkness Lifts Episode 41 The Bandstand Monday is Blog Day and this morning "the air brings the smell of many blooms. In my head I picture peonies and geraniums and in my heart I feel summer..."