Big Skies and Small Ponds...with Drew Baxter
Big Skies and Small Ponds… with Drew Baxter.
Come in… sit a while.
This is a storytelling podcast with quiet reflections, real moments and the sort of thoughts that tend to arrive when life slows down.
Each episode is a chapter - a small pond holding a very big sky.
Stories drawn from real life — from memory, from people and from the moments that shape us.
Some are gently humorous, some are thoughtful, and some may touch on grief, love, and what it means to be human.
There’s no rush...just come in and see what you find.
Warm wishes....Drew Baxter
Written and Read by Drew Baxter
Big Skies and Small Ponds...with Drew Baxter
Latest Episodes
Chapter 14 - The Strickle
What do we actually remember — the moment itself, or the story that has grown around it?In this chapter, Andrew begins with a mysterious childhood “strickle”, a runaway reindeer and a possibly indignant encounter with a circus clown, bef...
Chapter 13 - Looking Up
Chapter 13 — Looking UpSometimes the world feels very close. Too close.This chapter is about remembering to lift our eyes a little — to the sky, the stars, the weather, the changing light — and to notice how much bigger life can...
Chapter 12 - Good Neighbours
In this chapter of Big Skies & Small Ponds, Drew reflects on those people he has been able to call ‘neighbour’. He recalls the small acts of kindness and consideration that help turn a collection of houses into something resembling a ...
Chapter 11 - The Pond
In Chapter Eleven, we return to the small ponds, rock pools and muddy ditches of childhood—tiny worlds teeming with life and possibility. From flooded wellies and frogspawn to ducklings outside a crematorium and still water at Chatsworth, The P...
