Debbie, I subscribed a while ago by email, and I read your posts every week as they come into my inbox. I think you’ve gone in a worthwhile, important direction with your Substack, so keep doing the good work. Don’t worry about followers (I know, easy for me to say when I don’t have any yet, but the same thing happens whenever I post anything political on Bluesky. The right audience will eventually find you). You’ve also inspired me to get my own Substack going this weekend. When I get home later tonight, I’m going to upload a short political poem that I recorded and posted this time last year on another platform. Once again, it is the 4th of July, things in the US are even more bleak than they were a year ago, and the time is right. Thank you for motivating me to get started.
I was delighted when you subscribed, Evie.Thanks so much for your solidarity.
I won’t always write about politics, sometimes I just want to write about walking at the beach or sitting in the garden, or anything else but. However, with all that’s going on in the world, it’s impossible to be apolitical, impossible to ignore things. Sometimes I just want to rant and scream and other times I want to protest, tell the world I’m watching, I care, find others who feel the same. This is a good place to do that, I think. And you’re right about finding your tribe, I’m sure. I’ve made some lovely connections here. The numbers don’t bother me at all, but if people stop reading and connecting, I think that will. It becomes shouting into the void again and I’m not sure I have the will for that right now.
I look forward to reading your posts and am delighted that anything I’ve done could have inspired your action on that.
Debbie, I subscribed a while ago by email, and I read your posts every week as they come into my inbox. I think you’ve gone in a worthwhile, important direction with your Substack, so keep doing the good work. Don’t worry about followers (I know, easy for me to say when I don’t have any yet, but the same thing happens whenever I post anything political on Bluesky. The right audience will eventually find you). You’ve also inspired me to get my own Substack going this weekend. When I get home later tonight, I’m going to upload a short political poem that I recorded and posted this time last year on another platform. Once again, it is the 4th of July, things in the US are even more bleak than they were a year ago, and the time is right. Thank you for motivating me to get started.
I was delighted when you subscribed, Evie.Thanks so much for your solidarity.
I won’t always write about politics, sometimes I just want to write about walking at the beach or sitting in the garden, or anything else but. However, with all that’s going on in the world, it’s impossible to be apolitical, impossible to ignore things. Sometimes I just want to rant and scream and other times I want to protest, tell the world I’m watching, I care, find others who feel the same. This is a good place to do that, I think. And you’re right about finding your tribe, I’m sure. I’ve made some lovely connections here. The numbers don’t bother me at all, but if people stop reading and connecting, I think that will. It becomes shouting into the void again and I’m not sure I have the will for that right now.
I look forward to reading your posts and am delighted that anything I’ve done could have inspired your action on that.
Thank you for engaging. I’m glad you’re here.