Strands Podcast

Even when we plan for something we know will eventually happen, the best-laid plans often go awry, as Robbie Burns once said, and as Rachel, our blogger recently discovered.

Hear how, as she dealt with the practical tasks of bereavement, she realized that, like her father, who we featured on a recent podcast episode, her mother was also an Everyday Hero, and why when we lose a loved one, we gain other, subtle things....

Your last goodbye doesn't have to be an ending, but the start of a beautiful memoir, to be saved and enriched forever at yarns.life....

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Just when you think you’ve learned to live with a loss, something random can bring back bittersweet memories.⁠

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Did you know that marking birthdays is a relatively recent phenomenon in human history? Hear all about it in this episode. 

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The power of taste memories.⁠

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The 11th November is the annual landmark when we take time to remember the sacrifices of past generations. In this week’s episode, we hear how Rachel’s father survived Operation Perch during the D-Day landings in 1944.

Over 75 years later, ordinary people are still doing extraordinary things every day - against a new invisible enemy as we confront a new foe - Covid-19. Honour your own everyday hero at yarns.life.

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In this episode, Rachel's Mum recalls the first time she’d ever been to a ballet. It was the 8th May 1945…

“I’ve seen a lot”, my mother commented to me the other day. At the ripe old of age of 94, she certainly has a fair few tales to tell, and in this occasional series I’ll share the best of them with you.