Opening Music: Queen Space Baroque

Episode Description:

Sarah explores the art of conscious performance—from telling her first deliberate joke on stage (poems tucked in her bra!) to navigating audience reactions at Wellington Park’s outdoor festival. Sarah rediscovers the beautiful chaos of outdoor family storytelling.

She shares her original tale of the squirrel who finds a golden acorn and hides it away, only to discover decades later that it grew into a magnificent tree—a story about sharing, connection, and the gifts that grow when we let them go.

Sarah Curtis returns with her angelic voice, singing an elegy for someone who “died on Tuesday” and her original song “The Giving and Forgiving Trees.” They chat about baking (pistachio katafi brownies!), upcoming performances, and the cucumber song sung in choir when someone passes. Sarah reads Dylan Thomas’s “Clown in the Moon”—the poem she had tucked in her bra at 777.

Sponsored by: The Snug - A curated creative space at the Red Brick Building, Glastonbury. Every Thursday, midday-4pm. Free coffee, soup, creative materials, and listening posts. A warm winter haven for creativity and connection.

Music Featured:

* Queen Space Baroque (intro)

* Sarah Curtis - “I Know That You Died on Tuesday”

* Andy Skellum -“Lisa’s riding”

* Sarah Curtis - “The Giving and Forgiving Trees”

Events Mentioned:

* The Snug: Thursdays, 12-4pm, Red Brick Building, Glastonbury

* The Songbird Sessions: Friday, November 8th, 7pm doors/7:30 start, Avalon Community Centre, King Street, Glastonbury. Featuring Sarah Curtis and Andy Skellum. Tickets available, homemade cakes!

* GWS Radio: Thursday, October 30th, 5pm - Sarah Curtis live performance

* Women Who Run With The Wolves Wednesdays: 2 spaces remaining

Support the Podcast: Patreon: Mooney’s Mythic Podcast

Themes: Performance craft, conscious vs. intuitive storytelling, outdoor storytelling, death and remembrance, Samhain traditions, trees as gift-givers, sharing vs. hoarding, the spell of story

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