near the river in Elwood a couple

of years ago and I remember one kind of in the middle of the night one night we went for a walk along the river, and it was so nice and peaceful.

It made me feel kind of at peace.

I really like going on walks when I'm writing stuff, and when I'm...

I do stand-up comedy, and I like to go on a walk before I have... kind of an important comedy thing and I'm really nervous and I can just go over it in my head or out loud if there's not that many people around or if there are people and they can think I'm crazy.

I like all of the people that walk along it and, like, all the people and the cyclists and the birds, the trees and, like, the roots of the trees at the edge of it.

And it's just such a nice walk for me to think.

Now here's Izzy Bausted reading her piece Cook's River, I Want to Swim in You.