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Philippa Forrester

Chris chats to Philippa Forrester about the harvest season, and knowledgeable Norwegian Lars Mytting gives us his top tips for log stacking. Plus an autumnal Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 13 Oct 2015 06:30
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    Back In Black

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    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
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  • The Doors

    Light My Fire

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  • Jamie Lawson

    Wasn't Expecting That

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    • Gingerbread Man Records.
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  • Michael Jackson

    Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

    • Michael Jackson - History.
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  • Noah and the Whale

    5 Years Time

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    Love Turned Hate

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  • Kings of Leon

    Use Somebody

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  • Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
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  • Van Morrison & Bobby Womack

    Some Peace Of Mind

    • Duets.
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  • The Christians

    Harvest For The World

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  • Lily Allen

    Smile

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  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

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    All Right Now

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  • The Beatles

    Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

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  • David Gilmour

    Today

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  • Lorde

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  • Blondie

    Hanging On The Telephone

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    Girl Crush

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Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Reverend Sharon Grenham-Thompson, Anglican Priest and Prison Chaplain:

For the last couple of weeks I鈥檝e been quite a domestic goddess. I鈥檝e been making jam and chutney, and I鈥檝e baked, stewed and pickled, even made wine - all with fruit and veg that I鈥檝e either grown in the garden, or that we鈥檝e found in the wild locally. The last of the bumper harvest is a huge bag of apples that we picked this weekend - eaters, cookers - all from some trees that are growing in the woods nearby.

As we get into the second half of October a lot of communities are celebrating 鈥楢pple Day鈥�. That sounds like a really ancient tradition, but in fact it was something started in 1990 as a way to celebrate variety and diversity, as well as the joy of being in touch with the land and growing things.聽聽

There鈥檚 a song by the group Harbour Lights called 鈥楢pple Day鈥�. One of the lines goes 鈥榤eet me down at Apple Day, come and bring the fruit that's fallen, we'll turn it into something new, a gentle truth is calling.鈥� I was reminded of that song on Friday, as I attended an awards ceremony for people who鈥檇 been in prison, but who had come out, changed their lives for the better, and really made a positive difference to their community and the people around them. It鈥檚 an echo of words from the book of Isaiah, where God says 鈥楧o not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new.鈥�

We often think of Autumn as the time when everything鈥檚 winding down, even dying - leaves and fruit falling off trees, nights getting darker. But as my jam and wine making proves, Autumn鈥檚 just as much a season for making something new.

When life feels as if it鈥檚 hit a bit of an Autumn phase, maybe things not going so well, or coming to an end, I believe it鈥檚 possible to gather up whatever it is that鈥檚 fallen down around us, gather it up, find the hidden sweetness, and celebrate a new season.

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