The Robin and the Green Gauge Tree

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I'm going to be taking a little break over the summer from producing new episodes just for a few weeks just to rest and reset. And I'm also running my first retreat, which you may well have heard about, but if not, do have a look on my website to learn more about it. The Robin has come to see me in the green gauge tree now, which feels like a lovely time to say goodbye because he and I are buddies now, my mates, and I've got some bonding to do.

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week, Katherine talks to Ross Gay about finding delight in dark times.

Ross’s practice of writing down a daily delight - a small surprise or pleasure that might otherwise go unnoticed - is the foundation of The Book of Delights, his bestselling essay collection. Here, he talks about the way that delight can sit alongside our fear, anger, frustration and grief, not to block them out, but to find a way to survive them. Along the way, we touch on fleeting moments of human connection, the joy of tending a garden, and childlike art of noticing.

In a first for The Wintering Session, Ross closes with a beautiful reading that meditates on the softness of living in a male body.

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