Letters from Quotidia

Quentin Bega
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For lovers of music, poetry, and the Crack-that most Irish of nouns. Quotidia is that space, that place, where ordinary people lead ordinary lives. But where, from time to time, they encounter the extraordinary.

Episodes

  1. 5D AGO

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 10

    The kids of The Colony had a rare freedom, even for those relaxed times of the 1960s. We swam in the lagoons, fished off the reef, and explored the caves and abandoned phosphate mines of ArubaMore

    17 min

  2. MAY 2

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 9

    . Poets so very often get it right, don’t they? And long may that gentle light return- even though it may seem to stray and vanish. More

    18 min

  3. APR 25

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 8

    I remember Elaine Benes’s on-again-off-again boyfriend David Puddy from the 1990s hit show Seinfeld where he reminds, Elaine, who is an atheist, that she is going to hell for their sexual liaison whereas he gets to skate because he is saved! More

    16 min

  4. APR 18

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 7

    ...let us pause and relax around the flickering light of the campfire at this sweet oasis and talk about Cabbages and Kings or, oh, what about Presidents and Popes...More

    16 min

  5. APR 11

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 6

    I recall from my childhood, images of a devilish red angel with pitchfork and lashing tail whispering malicious enticements into the left ear of the protagonist while into the right ear a glowing white angelic figure whispers contrary advice.More

    16 min

  6. APR 4

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 5

    From Magna Carta, through Susan B Anthony’s magnificent speech in June 1873 declaring the personhood of women and consequently their right to vote under the Constitution, to the D-Day invasion on 4th June 1944, June has been a month of resonant hope to those of us who maintain an optimistic view that the forces of darkness will be ultimately defeated by the light. More

    16 min

  7. MAR 28

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 4

    What if you aren't an ordinary person- or indeed a person at all! Are you an alien? Or perhaps an angel? But I refer neither to aliens nor angels, but to modern AI assistants like Microsoft's Co-Pilot.More

    17 min

  8. MAR 21

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 3

    Welcome to Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 3. Quotidia exists as a safe place for ordinary people who sometimes get to encounter the extraordinary. As the original Letters roll out over the coming months, there will be occasions when the urge to create re-asserts itself. These occasional letters will take the form of weekend…More

    16 min

  9. MAR 14

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 2

    One of the most timeworn genres is the love song. From The Love Song of Shu-Sin 4000 years ago to the latest effusion in the charts, we never tire of the theme in any of its many variations.More

    20 min

  10. MAR 7

    Letters from Quotidia 2025 Weekend Supplement 1 Furor Poeticus

    So where does it come from? This urge to create something new that itches until scratched, wherein a spark ignites a flame that may grow into a conflagration, or which is more likely, merely results in reddened, irritated skin as flaking epithelial cells drift slowly to the floor to accumulate as one of the more harmless components of household dust.More

    14 min
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About

For lovers of music, poetry, and the Crack-that most Irish of nouns. Quotidia is that space, that place, where ordinary people lead ordinary lives. But where, from time to time, they encounter the extraordinary.

Information

  • Creator
    Quentin Bega
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Brian Mitchell 2021
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