Tidbits
And thank you Notes
This week I got a little needy on Substack Notes, (app button below). It happens. Substack Notes is the opposite of most social media.
In my experience, Substack Notes is a group of people who enjoy reading and learning. They are supportive of each other and spend the time to comment. It’s not braggy. It’s not photos in that Insta way. Sometimes it’s just words. Imagine!
These lovelies came with words of support…on NOTES of course! I am glad I reached out. I met a bunch of new people!
A midlife Pivot-er Amid Life with Catherine Palmer
A mindful self-help blogger Donna McArthur and The Bright Life
Three Score and More bringing wisdom from her position twenty years ahead of me.
Legendary Heaux with support and tales of wild and wooly women!
Donna Druchunas from Musings of a Crone, a favorite of mine, always with a wise word and sound advice.
Rockstar doc, rode to my emotional rescue Heather Bartos, MD, Midlife unzipped:)
Good Humor by CK Steefel, as always lends an ear and a nudge.
Quin Halloway with such kind words at the right time.
and a special thank you to Get Out of Debt Guy, who was the first to reply to me and had lots of good advice and thoughts….
It’s all there in Notes….
Then again…I do love my Instagram. It makes me laugh and cry and even sells some paintings for me!
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ICYMI
I love this piece from my chat with Eleanor Anstruther
And, I think we can all relate to getting bags of stuff from beloved family members….
Glad you’re here and I hope I was helpful. I do notice that if you’re posting on Notes 10x a day you become one of the popular kids. I’m just not clever enough or don’t want to over share my life. I do share fab essays but no one reads them.
Don’t want to overwhelm so I’ll mention two recommends. Norm T. Leonard and Lee Bacon write wonderful personal stories.
I love Ann Kennedy Smith's "Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society," where she writes "about hidden corners of literature, Cambridge women’s stories from the late 19th century, and the brightest and best from the arts and publishing worlds." It's a gem of discoveries. I also love Lucy Worsley's "My Life in the Past." She's a Nancy Drew of history.
What I work on... Mostly books, and I also share comedic essays about midlife and culture. I'm an inveterate oversharer, but if you're not embarrassing yourself at least once a week, are you really living?