This is Sam. I am the producer of the Fibrant Living podcast that Cynthia writes and records.

The lack of download links on Fibrant Living #1, #2, and #3 are my fault.

I thought that Libsyn’s archive was in perpetuity, but it wasn’t.

Now that they’ve done spring cleaning at Libsyn, Fibrant Living podcast #1, #2, #3 are all gone. I have no backed up copies of these podcasts. My hard drive crash in the summer last year, coupled with Cynthia’s laptop death, means that we as a family don’t have any extant copies of these podcasts.

If you have these, please let me know. Comment here, or send me email at moc.liamgnull@evorgsraeb.

Thank you very much.

The first episode in the new, shorter format, recorded on my very own microphone. Thank you for your patience in waiting for it!

Most of today’s show is about audio entertainment and information, which is great when the fatigue is so bad that listening is one of the few things we can do.

Links:

• Audio Books
  • Audio-Book-Rentals is a blog that compares and reviews the various audiobook rental services that are available.
  • Simply Audiobooks — the only one I’ve tried personally.
  • Kitable — said to have an especially good selection of science fiction and fantasy.
  • BooksFree — has both paperbacks and audiobooks, but they certainly don’t seem to be “free.”
  • Audiobookworld
  • Recorded Books
  • Audible.com
  • LearnOutLoud.com
  • Podiobooks.com — free, original fiction sent to you one chapter a week.
  • IPodder.org’s audiobook category
  • LibriVox is related to Project Gutenberg
• Podcasts
  • Podcast Pickle
  • Podcast Alley
  • Podcast411
  • Yahoo’s Podcast Directory
  • Podcasting News
  • Digital Podcast.com
  • IPodder

Questions for you!

1. Do you prefer shorter or longer podcasts?
2. What topics do you want to hear about?
3. Do you like having music in the show?
4. Do you want me to post transcripts of the shows?

Thank you! And remember, I always love hearing from you. Comment here,
e-mail me, or call me at 206–350-0021.

‘Til next time, be good to yourself!

Fibrant Living is produced by Sam Chupp and is a member of the Fireheart Foundry family of podcasts. Music for the podcast is by Kimo Watanabe, and comes from the Podsafe Music Network.

It isn’t as fancy as the one that I was using, which is my partner’s Very Nice (read: intimidating) microphone. That one, though, sits on the desktop on its own stand. I know this sounds pitiful, but I have trouble staying within proper range of it, because my voice is soft. I have to lean over and up from the chair I’m in, and even then I end up feeling as if I’ve had to nearly shout to record a podcast, which takes far more energy than simply speaking normally and is very stressful, to boot!

That removes one of the main barriers to getting podcasts out on a regular basis. The next is that Sam produces the show for me, but he has a full-time job and is much busier than I am outside the home. Do I dare release the show unedited, brain fog effects and all? What do y’all think?

One of fibromyalgia’s harder lessons has been pacing myself and adjusting to changing (but always lower than before) energy levels and concentration. I know I’m not the only one who isn’t as considerate of myself as I am of others.

I’ve fallen into the perfectionist trap again here, with the podcast. I’ve had a hard time posting unless I feel I have something “important” to say, or to release a new episode of the podcast that isn’t a certain length. I’ve been using things like the length of my partner’s podcast episodes as a standard for myself. We have different abilities and audiences, and his standards aren’t appropriate for me.

Expect an episode soon, in a new format.

Namaste,
Cyn