This week it's just me, reading three pieces from the Stories. Songs. Seasons. archive.

For the love of dogs
Goldie, a golden Labrador who went to the shop by herself and ran up a bill. Coco, a Lhasa Apso who still gets his cups of tea. Rio, who slept at the bottom of the bed after my night shifts. And Marley, who turned up in my dad's house at the right time.

The year I was stalked by Seamus Heaney's ghost
It started on what would have been Heaney's 85th birthday and carried on for months. Books, the radio, a portrait in the National Concert Hall bar, breakfast in Wicklow and a letter to Marie Heaney. A run of coincidences that got a bit out of hand.

Moya
Moya Brennan died on the night of Monday 13 April. This one is part what I felt that night and part what I'd written about her the year before: a signed lyric sheet for "In a Lifetime" that arrived at my parents' house in 2006, and nights at Club Beo in Leo's Tavern.

Mentioned in this episode

• Ómós Sheamuis, by Zoë Conway and John McIntyre
• "In a Lifetime", Clannad with Bono
• Club Beo, Leo's Tavern, Gweedore
• Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy
• Over Nine Waves by Marie Heaney
• Preoccupations by Seamus Heaney

Send me yours
I'd love to hear your own stories, songs or season. Write to me at storiessongsseasons@gmail.com and tell me about a story that has stayed with you, a song that means something, or the season you love most. I'll read some of them out on the show.

Bonus episodes start 1 November
From 1 November there will be a bonus episode as well as the Friday show. Your emails will help shape them.

Read the written versions
All three are on the Substack: storiessongsseasons.substack.com