Hello everyone, and welcome to Speaking with Joy, a podcast to fill your soul, challenge your mind,

and make you brave. I'm your host, Joy Clarkson, and an evangelist for all things good, true, and beautiful.

So make yourself a cup of tea, find somewhere comfortable, and let's dive in to this week's episode.

Even if I don't see it again, nor ever feel it, I know it is, and that if once it hailed me it ever

does, and so it is myself I want to turn in that direction, not as towards a place, but it was a

tilting within myself, as one turns a mirror to flash the light where it isn't.

I was blinded like that, and swam and what shone on me, only able to endure it by being no one,

and so specifically myself, I thought I'd die from being loved like that.

That is the enunciation by Marie Howe. Well, welcome back to speaking with joy, everyone.

This is a part in my series which I've been calling in my own mind,

the escape cast, good and wholesome distraction amidst the ordeal,

which we shall not name. I am so excited today to have

not just one guest, but three on the show. This has been a while in plotting and planning,

and I am excited to welcome, you don't have a name, you're not a band, I guess guess you could form a band we're all bored enough to do that but a collection of friends who are collected around

doing exciting projects and lots of other things so welcome to the show um women of the

linton project I'll call it that. Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

I have with me, Shanty and Carolyn and Larissa.

I am so delighted to have you guys.

Why don't we just go around and you all say a bit about yourselves, say your name first so we can

kind of recognize your voices and then where you are what you're studying because you're all

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