HeyJaredStarling's Nest with Sara Starling
The story behind The Bubbling Toad Stories, entertainment in anecdotes, writing, snippets of voice recordings and my own take on how to navigate life today finding light and hope in darkening skies.
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Where Do Stories Come From? (opens the original)
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I talk for a living. That’s my job. It’s what you’d expect a voiceover artist to say. But…What lies at the heart of it all, is deep listening. Way back at the start of my career, I was a BBC Radio Studio Manager, a sound engineer. I received professional training in listening. That training still serves me all these years later. Both technically and creatively.Thanks for reading Starling's Nest with Sara Starling! Subscribe for free to receive
There’s a First Time for Everything (opens the original)
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In December 2024, for the very first time, I began writing a series of magical tales - The Bubbling Toad Stories. A first for me. I’ve always written poems, observations, vignettes, but I’d never written anything like this before. Words, sentences, entire paragraphs drifted in like feathers on the breeze.I recorded the first story, and sent it to a friend as a gift. The friend who runs The Bubbling Toad. The back-story for her business. She cried. Insisted on more.</s
Soul Medicine. (opens the original)
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Thirty Two is the Magic Number (opens the original)
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I was chatting with Gayanne, my lovely friend who runs the Bubbling Toad at Vogrie Country Park in Scotland - you know it’s real, right?Anyway, she’s had a wildly busy Summer with so many families brewing potions, inhabiting fairy wings, finding dragons and waving wands. Maybe you’d like to visit sometime? Marvel at the Mother Tree? See the Giant Tricycle? Rumour has it Santa’s returning for more magical mischief this Winter, too!Anyway, Gayanne asked how the stories are going. So, I caught her
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