🏔️ A Highland inn, a long-shadowed loch, and a quiet season of remembering how to begin again.In the last week of August, nineteen hundred and three, Morag MacLeod arrives alone at the Brae House, a small white-washed inn set above a sea loch in the western Highlands. She has come north to write a book of folklore and to put the quiet of Edinburgh behind her. The garden wall is half-finished, the heather is just coming into bloom, and the loch is the colour of pewter. A man is working in the kitchen garden when she arrives. His name is Calum Forsyth. He is patient, and weathered, and he speaks only as much as the day requires.Over the weeks that follow, the two of them learn the small language of an inn in late summer — shared tea, walks along the shore, evenings when the rain keeps them both by the fire. She finds a folio of pressed ferns. He tells her, without sentiment, what the loch sounds like when the frost comes. There is no thunder in this story. There is only the slow arrival of tenderness between two people who had each thought their own had ended.In this episode:00:00 — Arrival at the Brae House, a man in the garden04:20 — Tea in the parlour, the folio of pressed ferns09:15 — The first walk to the ruined chapel on the point14:30 — A wet evening, the kitchen fire, the first real conversation19:40 — A folio of watercolours, and a Sunday at the loch24:50 — The wall is finished; the season turns29:10 — A decision is made; the road narrows above a small coveTender, slow, and rich with the texture of a Highland autumn — the smell of peat, the long light, the quiet patience of a stone wall. A woman learning to begin again. A man learning to stay.This episode was created with AI assistance. The biographical details were sourced from verified accounts, narrated with appropriate historical context.DISCLAIMER 📢Bedtime Sleep Stories For Grownups is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates.Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law.This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos.👉 Check our Patreon👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7!🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

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