Is Substack the new blog? Words, maybe a picture or two, links, comments...as I continue to be disillusioned with social media but crave the connection as winters darkness (and my own) descend I have found myself craving time to sit and read the words of a few there.
Kathrine May, the author of Wintering (highly recommend) wrote about the Norwegian friluftsliv (free-lufts-liv) or "open air life" and linked to THIS Orion article which then lead me to hopping into the hold queue for the book The Open Air Life at my local library. And this is what I crave. Not endless scrolling or perfect kitchen pictures with sourdough rising (also suggest Anne Valley's substack this week on that too and then hop to Meg Conley's older stack on it too) but thoughts, sharing, and reading.
And then a little doing too, on Carson Ellis's post she links to a beautiful recording of an Appalachian singer of old and professes her love of quilting and her burnout on illustrating. It made me think maybe I could figure out what to do with this quilt top my grandma made for my parents wedding AND THEN NEVER DID MORE...
I think I like the thinking. Now I'm off for a walk with a friend.
