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This is not a single story, but a series of unique explorations that celebrate the search for meaning in our lives. Join us in discovering a new book with every episode, and let your spirit blossom with the wisdom and wonder contained within these captivating tales.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7164132/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Copyright Social Science Genre</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg</url><title>Blue Flower</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/blue-flower--7164132</link></image><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:19:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Social Science Genre</itunes:name><itunes:email>spreaker86@podcastlibrary.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Immerse yourself in the delicate beauty of the human experience as "Blue Flower" unfolds a collection of stories that bloom with themes of introspection, connection, and the pursuit of inner joy. Each episode features a new complete audiobook,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Immerse yourself in the delicate beauty of the human experience as "Blue Flower" unfolds a collection of stories that bloom with themes of introspection, connection, and the pursuit of inner joy. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, inviting you to explore narratives that resonate with the universal quest for happiness and understanding. Like flowers growing in a vibrant garden, these tales intertwine the old and the new, transcending time and place to reveal the intricacies of life’s journey. Through a rich tapestry of voices and perspectives, listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own paths and the moments of grace that define them. This is not a single story, but a series of unique explorations that celebrate the search for meaning in our lives. Join us in discovering a new book with every episode, and let your spirit blossom with the wisdom and wonder contained within these captivating tales.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>fbb42391-a9ec-581a-9c25-fc651f22ee6b</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Our Village, Volume 1-Mary Russell Mitford</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-village-volume-1-mary-russell-mitford--74621532</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74621532</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:02:33 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74621532/our_village_volume_1_mary_russell_mitford.mp3" length="285522323" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>35655</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Black Dog and Other Stories-A. E. Coppard</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-dog-and-other-stories-a-e-coppard--74589408</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74589408</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74589408/black_dog_and_other_stories_a_e_coppard.mp3" length="215442919" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>26904</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Lancelot Biggs Collection-Nelson Bond</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/lancelot-biggs-collection-nelson-bond--74558779</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74558779</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:02:43 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74558779/lancelot_biggs_collection_nelson_bond.mp3" length="258913022" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. 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So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>32332</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Triumph of the Egg A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and Poems-Sherwood Anderson</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/triumph-of-the-egg-a-book-of-impressions-from-american-life-in-tales-and-poems-sherwood-anderson--74527182</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74527182</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:08:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74527182/triumph_of_the_egg_a_book_of_impressions_from_american_life_in_tales_and_poems_sherwood_anderson.mp3" length="205326710" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>25640</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Peasant Tales of Russia-Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/peasant-tales-of-russia-vasily-nemirovich-danchenko--74496903</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74496903</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:08:36 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74496903/7714_peasant_tales_of_russia_vasily_nemirovich_danchenko.mp3" length="116415815" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>14538</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Race Of The Swift-Edwin Carlile Litsey</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/race-of-the-swift-edwin-carlile-litsey--74457613</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. 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Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>7604</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Sonnets-Edna St. Vincent Millay</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/sonnets-edna-st-vincent-millay--74425895</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74425895</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:08:41 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74425895/sonnets_edna_st_vincent_millay.mp3" length="26619271" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. 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So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3324</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Among the Night People-Clara Dillingham Pierson</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/among-the-night-people-clara-dillingham-pierson--74381693</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74381693</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74381693/among_the_night_people_clara_dillingham_pierson.mp3" length="100156692" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>12507</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Dozen Ways of Love-Lily Dougall</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/dozen-ways-of-love-lily-dougall--74342101</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. It is the idea of the search for inward happiness, which all men who are really alive are following, along what various paths, and with what different fortunes! Glimpses of this idea, traces of this search, I thought that I could see in certain tales that were in my mind,—tales of times old and new, of lands near and far away. So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74342101</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:47:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74342101/dozen_ways_of_love_lily_dougall.mp3" length="233403159" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Henry van Dyke</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. 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So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>29147</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>If I May (Version 2)-A. A. Milne</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-i-may-version-2-a-a-milne--74200359</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. 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So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>11553</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Son of the Wolf-Jack London</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/son-of-the-wolf-jack-london--74113008</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of course, they really belong to one another, because they have the same life in them. ...There is such a thought in this book. 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So I tried to tell them, as best as I could, hoping that other men, being also seekers, might find some meaning in them" (Summary by from the preface)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>16301</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70ac6fccf3fc389dc0950f481c6c52c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Astrophel and Stella-Sir Philip Sidney</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/astrophel-and-stella-sir-philip-sidney--73420110</link><description><![CDATA["Astrophel and Stella" by Sir Philip Sidney is a poignant exploration of love, desire, and the complexities of the human heart, captured through a sequence of sonnets that reflect the deep emotional struggles of the speaker, Astrophel. 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