Bran

Yeah, personal note, you know, those of you who listen regularly, my wife's got stage four lung cancer, and we've got some great friends who kind of stepped in and have helped us after a diagnosis.

And then just tragically, our friend Bran, his wife Candace, got a rapid advanced form of brain cancer and passed away a year ago.

And so we're going up this weekend to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he is marrying his high school sweetheart who reconnected after his wife died, and they're getting married tomorrow.

That's a beautiful story.

That's amazing! A whole wheat kernel, known as a wheat berry, consists of three main components.

Bran, the insoluble fiber, protein, and abundance of B vitamins and minerals, especially iron.

The germ, a bounty of B and E vitamins, minerals, protein, and unsaturated fats.

The endosperm, that's the white starchy part.

The island of youth could only be known by those who dwelt always within it, and those mortals who had once left it could dwell there no more.

TALES OF THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC by thomas higginson chapter v bran the blessed the mighty king bran a being of gigantic size sat one day on the cliffs of his island in the atlantic ocean near to hades and the gates of night when he saw ships sailing towards him and sent men to ask what they were They were a fleet sent by Mathalwe, the king of Ireland, who had sent to ask for Branwen, Bran's sister, as his wife.

Without moving from his rock, Bran bid the monarch land.

and sent branwen back with him as queen but there came a time when branwen was ill-treated at the palace they sent her into the kitchen and made her cook for the court and they caused the butcher to come every day after he had cut up the meat and give her a blow on the ear they also drew up all their boats on the shore for three years that she might not send for her brother but she reared a starling in the cover of the kneading trough taught it to speak and told it how to find her brother and then she wrote a letter describing her sorrows and bound it to the bird's wing and it flew to the island and alighted on bran's shoulder ruffling its feathers says the welsh legend so that the letter was seen and they knew that the bird had been reared in a domestic manner then bran resolved to cross the sea but he had to wade through the water as no ship had yet been built large enough to hold him and he carried all his musicians pipers on his shoulders as he approached the irish shore men ran to the king saying that they had seen a forest on the sea where there never before had been a tree and that they had also seen a mountain which moved then the king asked branwen the queen what it could be she answered these are the men of the island of the mighty who have come hither to protect me what is the forest they asked the yards and mass of ships what mountain is that by the side of the ships it is bran my brother coming to the shoal water and rising What is the lofty ridge with the lake on each side? That is his nose, she said, and the two lakes are his fierce eyes.

Then the people were terrified.

There was yet a river for Bran to pass, and they broke down the bridge which crossed it.

But Bran laid himself down and said, Who will be a chief? Let him be a bridge.

Then his men laid hurdles on his back, and the whole army crossed over.

Read by Bertha Mason, Nottingham.

His Call to Bran in Myths and Legends Around the World, Collection 11.

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His Call to Bran by Lady Gregory.

And there were some that went to Manannan's country beyond the sea, and that gave an account of it afterwards.

afterwards.One time Bran, son of Feeble, was out by himself near his dun, and he heard music behind him, and it kept always after him, and at last he fell asleep with the sweetness of the sound.

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Mother, are Post 40% Bran Flakes really the best-tasting cereal of them all?

Well, your father says so, and father knows best.

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Yes, it's Father Knows Best, transcribed in Hollywood, starring Robert Young as father.

A half-hour visit with your neighbors, the Andersons, brought to you by America's largest selling bran flakes, Post 40% Bran Flakes, and by Instant Postum, the good-tasting drink that's entirely caffeine-free.

[instrumental music] [audience clapping] When relatives arrive for a visit after a long absence, the opening remarks generally follow a very familiar pattern.

Now, Aunt Thelma, who is stopping off at the Andersons' between trains, isn't one to change things.

[upbeat music] This is a Bramble Jam Podcast.

Hi, I'm Bran, and I love Hallmark Paris shows.

Hi, I'm Jax, and I like Hallmark Paris shows.

I'm Dan, and I despise Hallmark Paris shows, and this is the Deck the Hallmark Podcast.

Deck the Hallmark, it's this podcast.

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Bran, Dan, and friends host this podcast.

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[upbeat music] This is a Bramble Jam Podcast.

Hi, I'm Bran and I love Marvel movies.

Hi, I'm Ryan and I like Marvel movies.

I'm Dan and sometimes I love Marvel movies and sometimes Christian Bale, and this is the Deck the Hallmark Podcast.

Deck the Hallmark, it's this podcast.

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Brandon and friends host this podcast.

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