Wow.. stunning pictures! Very cool to read about your trip back to your childhood home, and all the thoughts and feelings it evoked.
Two comments: I agree that the wildfires in Canada, particularly in my home province of Quebec where it has been the rainiest summer ever, are very suspicious. And all the same people who were pandemic-zombi…
Wow.. stunning pictures! Very cool to read about your trip back to your childhood home, and all the thoughts and feelings it evoked.
Two comments: I agree that the wildfires in Canada, particularly in my home province of Quebec where it has been the rainiest summer ever, are very suspicious. And all the same people who were pandemic-zombies going around repeating "Climate change climate change climate change"...
The part that hit home most for me was this: A house is hardly just a cold concrete thing. If a house feels lived in and loved, it’ll keep itself going for its inhabitant’s sake. Its spirit won’t let it mold up and crumble because it knows it’s needed and wanted.
Perhaps I will attempt to compose a stack using that as a jumping off point, and what thoughts it inspires in me.
(oh, and just fyi, I did finally complete the first draft of my novel, it was finished at the beginning of August. I'm taking a one-month break and focusing on another project, and in September I will begin the arduous task of editing and re-writing etc etc. And someday eventually take up the challenge of sending out query letters to publishers and literary agents. Just having completed the thing was a Huge sense of accomplishment though. But a very different type of 'writing' as compared to writing substacks.)
Thanks for this post, sharing some of your travel experiences ❤️
Major kudos on finishing up your first draft. You have a ready to go reader in me. And if you don’t find a publisher and you aren’t too turned off by the likes of Amazon, you can always self publish: either the whole book to be purchased on Amazon or chapter by chapter on Substack.
Thanks for reading the whole long thing and yes, would love to read anything it inspires. Especially about the notions of home. Been a big theme for me lately.
Wow.. stunning pictures! Very cool to read about your trip back to your childhood home, and all the thoughts and feelings it evoked.
Two comments: I agree that the wildfires in Canada, particularly in my home province of Quebec where it has been the rainiest summer ever, are very suspicious. And all the same people who were pandemic-zombies going around repeating "Climate change climate change climate change"...
The part that hit home most for me was this: A house is hardly just a cold concrete thing. If a house feels lived in and loved, it’ll keep itself going for its inhabitant’s sake. Its spirit won’t let it mold up and crumble because it knows it’s needed and wanted.
Perhaps I will attempt to compose a stack using that as a jumping off point, and what thoughts it inspires in me.
(oh, and just fyi, I did finally complete the first draft of my novel, it was finished at the beginning of August. I'm taking a one-month break and focusing on another project, and in September I will begin the arduous task of editing and re-writing etc etc. And someday eventually take up the challenge of sending out query letters to publishers and literary agents. Just having completed the thing was a Huge sense of accomplishment though. But a very different type of 'writing' as compared to writing substacks.)
Thanks for this post, sharing some of your travel experiences ❤️
Major kudos on finishing up your first draft. You have a ready to go reader in me. And if you don’t find a publisher and you aren’t too turned off by the likes of Amazon, you can always self publish: either the whole book to be purchased on Amazon or chapter by chapter on Substack.
Thanks for reading the whole long thing and yes, would love to read anything it inspires. Especially about the notions of home. Been a big theme for me lately.