# River Ruminations

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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: 2025-11-30T14:00:39+00:00
Episode link: https://readinglifewritinglife.podbean.com/e/river-ruminations/
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Duration seconds: 922

## Resource

‘Writing for me is always an embodied experience of flow…’ This week we join Sally at home, as she prepares to start her day, thinking in particular about her morning swim. Listen for a meditation on writing and reflecting on one’s environment, embodiment, and the interaction between thought and space, featuring James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922). The wonderful piano music in the opening section is ‘Tuesday’, by Paul Seba. More information on Paul and his work can be found here. This episode was edited and produced by James Bowen. Special thanks to Andrew Smith, Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus.

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