Gabriela & The Inn Between

When the guest is just a little bit extra strange. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes monthly on the first quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Check out our podcast host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-6f8ef6 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Gabriela & The Inn Between.

I introduce you to an evergreen tree and explain what happened to all those bananas last fall...Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a botany lover, in her job keeping a vaguely magical inn near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes monthly on the first quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Special thanks to local poet and woodcrafter, Chris Kleinfelter for letting me read his poem “Unseen Legends” for our guestbook segment. Chris has been writing the last 30 years, since he returned to college at age 40, which brought out his love for writing. After winning a poetry award in Thoughts Beyond Insanity, the campus literary journal, he has been writing ever since. His work has been featured in Harrisburg Review, The Villager, Tidepools Magazine, Sixfold Poetry Summer 2020, and Corona Global Lockdown as well as the Olympic Peninsula Writers Association 2022 anthology. You can find more of his work on his poetry blog poetinplace.com Submit your work! Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

No man (or woman) is an island. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Special thanks to Yewande Akinse for her poem "Son of Soil." You can find her at https://yewande.me or on Twitter (@ADwande). Yewande Akinse is a Nigerian Lawyer, Storyteller, Poet, and Author of two collections of poetry titled ‘A tale of being, of green and of ing..’ (2019) and Voices: A collection of poems that tell stories’ (2016). Her poems have appeared in Afritondo, Trampset, Galleyway, Lumiere Review, Floodlight Poetry, and elsewhere. Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

A livestream to remember. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Submit your prose or poetry for season 2! Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises Music and sound effects courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

When the scariest thing is what's on the news. Warning: the following episode contains explosive and other unpleasant sounds--literal, figurative, and satirical. Proceed with caution or follow along with the transcript here. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content A huge thank you to our voice actors for their performances! IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: Carl TuckersonCarmenKaren ShelleyFrank SimmonsJohnny Brown Submit your prose and poetry to be featured on season two! Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / All music and sound effects courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

Thank goodness, I'm a cat person. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Another special thank you to Faerily Rowanwind for her collaboration. Faerily is a collector and recorder of stories that need to be told. Sometimes it comes in the form of letters or poems or actual stories or actual things. In her off time, she masquerades as one Chasity Anderson. A young woman who has a BFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Afterward, through a series of serendipitous events, she became a Teacher of the Visually Impaired. She has been in her current occupation as a teacher for around ten years. If you needed to locate her she lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and removes the mask at night. You can follow her on Instagram at @faerilyrowanwind. Submit your prose and poetry for season two! Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

Keep calm and drink a pumpkin spice latte. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content. A special thank’s to Faerily Rowanwind for contributing the beautiful letter featured in this episode. Faerily is a collector and recorder of stories that need to be told. Sometimes it comes in the form of letters or poems or actual stories or actual things. In her off time, she masquerades as one Chasity Anderson. A young woman who has a BFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Afterward, through a series of serendipitous events, she became a Teacher of the Visually Impaired. She has been in her current occupation as a teacher for around ten years. If you needed to locate her she lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and removes the mask at night. You can follow her on Instagram at @faerilyrowanwind. Submit your prose and poetry for season two! Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

Why we don't let the dog in the house. Content Warning: minor, non-graphic descriptions of animal death and violence. The scene starts at the 7:13 minute mark and ends at 11:10 so please listen at your own discretion. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content A special thanks to my Australian shepherd, Sochi, for providing the voice of Dog this week. Also an extra special thanks to Michael Medler, this episode’s special cameo and guestbook contributor with his poem Dungeness Wood. Michael writes because Nature wills him to it. He recently left a dystopian suburb of Seattle and retreated to the knee-hills of the Olympic Mountains, cut the cable, and bought whiskey. Now he finds inspiration from deep woods, less so from demons. You can find both of his poetry volumes on Amazon. Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

Swans don't have teeth; at least most don't. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content This episode’s guestbook entry is an excerpt from Pacific Northwest: Daydreams and Paintings by Mary B. Truly! Mary B. Truly has been painting for a while. It’s how she herself and others smile. She has traveled the country from Maryland, Mountains trees, rivers, sea, and sand. Seeing the states far and wide, Letting nature be her guide. When inspiration finders her, she must act soon. It may come from anywhere, under the sun or moon. Huge thanks Mary, for letting me read your work aloud! You can find Mary’s books and artwork at marybtruly.com. Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

The one where everyone loses and finds some things in the woods. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content An extra special thanks to Michael Medler, this week’s guestbook contributor, podcast supporter, and the inspiration for this episode’s cameo. Michael writes because Nature wills him to it. He recently left a dystopian suburb of Seattle and retreated to the knee-hills of the Olympic Mountains, cut the cable, and bought whiskey. Now he finds inspiration from deep woods, less so from demons. Though they are there. His poem “Reflection” comes from his poetry collection Boundary Points, and both of his poetry volumes can be purchased here on Amazon. Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

The loudest holiday of the year. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Special thanks to local poet and woodcrafter, Chris Kleinfelter for letting me read his poem “Buzzing Well.” Chris has been writing college for the last 30 years since he returned to college at age 40, which brought out his love for writing. After winning a poetry award in Thoughts Beyond Insanity, the campus literary journal, he has been writing ever since. His work has been featured in Harrisburg Review, The Villager, Tidepools Magazine, Sixfold Poetry Summer 2020, and Corona Global Lockdown as well as the Olympic Peninsula Writers Association 2022 anthology. You can find more of his work on his poetry blog poetinplace.com, his other prose blogs Adventures in Antiquing or Seward Adventures, or his YouTube channel. When he is not squeezing words into poems, he spends his time woodworking. Thanks for working with me, Chris! Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

A tale of tourists, breakfast philosophies and feathered dreams. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Special thanks to an extra special guest book contributor, Hannah Wright. Hannah Wright is a storyteller, a chemist, and the writer and director of the fiction podcast Inn Between, which can be found at TheGoblinsHead.com. When she's not writing, she's playing Dungeons & Dragons, watching birds, or listening to audio drama. She has never once been cool and does not plan to start anytime soon. Hannah is here to make friends and drink coffee, and she's all out of coffee. Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

An occupied bathroom and ill-timed bodily functions. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Special thanks to Colin and his poem, “Subtopia,” for contributing to our guestbook. Colin James has a couple of chapbooks of poetry published: Dreams Of The Really Annoying from Writing Knights Press and A Thoroughness Not Deprived of Absurdity from Piski's Porch Press along with a book of poems, Resisting Probability, from Sagging Meniscus Press. Formerly from the UK, he now lives in Massachusetts. Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

It was only a chair. Or so you would think, as any rational person would-- Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content GUESTBOOK SEGMENT: Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

The dog has been summoned! It only took bushy creatures and some malicious mists-- Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless Special thanks to Bastion Loveless for providing the voice of Doctor Perry Wrinkle. TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Special Thanks to Stephanie Sallis, this episode's Guestbook contributor and her short story. Writer by night, Stephanie transitioned from mainly writing short poems to novels and is now working on her first children’s novel, The Secret of Wixham Woods. When she’s not writing or reading, she can be found in her herb garden with her two children. You can follow along with Stephanie and her work on Instagram @meetmeinmalkovich. Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook

The dreaded thing all graduates fear most of all: a notice in the mail. Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content GUESTBOOK SEGMENT: Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

Old woman, young woman, travels-by-moonlight woman-- Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Special thanks to guestbook writer Michele Mekel and her poem "Tainted." Michele wears many hats of her choosing: writer and editor; educator and bioethicist; poetess and creatrix; cat herder and chief can opener; witch and woman; and, above all, human. With more than 125 poems published, her work has appeared in various academic and creative publications, including being featured on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac and nominated for Best of the Net. Her poetry has also been translated into Cherokee. She is co-principal investigator for the Viral Imaginations: COVID-19 project (viralimaginations.psu.edu). Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

An empty inn, a girl of smoke, and a burly-armed shopkeeper-- Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad, in her new job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content Special thanks to guestbook contributor Shannon Cosgrove for her short story titled “The Day She Set Out.” Shannon wants to be known as fancy, without any sartorial proof to offer. She writes all the time and finds magic in her chosen home. Visit her on Instagram @scosgrove15, where she'll keep you apprised of local and internal happenings. Read guestbook submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook

Welcome, weary travelers, to The Inn Between, a scripted audio drama. Join Gabriela Jones, a recent botany undergrad who takes a job as Innkeeper near the rural town of Shearwater. The trees are green, the rooms are cozy, and the guests are just a little bit strange. New episodes bi-weekly on the quarter moon. Written and read by Bailey Loveless TIP YOUR INNKEEPER at Ko-Fi to keep the show advertisement free and access bonus content GUESTBOOK SEGMENT: Read submission guidelines here LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This podcast is inspired by and recorded on the Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. We celebrate and honor these ancestral lands and their stewards--past, present, and future. THEME MUSIC: Yonder Dale / Tiny Surprises / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Follow on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook