# Blithe Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-reading-life-a-writing-life-with-sally-bayley-5890400/blithe Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-reading-life-a-writing-life-with-sally-bayley-5890400/blithe.md Podcast: [A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-reading-life-a-writing-life-with-sally-bayley-5890400) Published: 2025-01-12T18:37:57+00:00 Episode link: https://readinglifewritinglife.podbean.com/e/blithe/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9d4x4kbaerucmbr7/JB_Draft_385238.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-reading-life-a-writing-life-with-sally-bayley-5890400/episodes/blithe Duration seconds: 1724 ## Resource ‘Blithe came to me, not in flashing red or pink neon, but in pastels… in soft, painterly tones…’ This week, Sally has been inspired by a dream of the word ‘blithe.’ Listen for a meditation on the relationship between words, language, and the memories they ignite. The Muir poem Sally reads can be found here. The music used in the opening and closing section is, respectively, ‘Sunday’ and ‘Thursday’, by Paul Sebastian. This episode was edited and produced by James Bowen. Special thanks to Andrew Smith, Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-reading-life-a-writing-life-with-sally-bayley-5890400/episodes/blithe/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-reading-life-a-writing-life-with-sally-bayley-5890400/blithe.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.