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Jun 29, 2023

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Here are a few lovely and thought-provoking Substacks in case you missed them:

Knots in the String

Hiraeth...

It’s a beautiful, wistful word. It whispers of mists, of myth and legend. When we first moved away from my island home, the longing for home was so strong that I was almost sick with it, pining for a place where I had roots that went back to convict times. I had a history there and it mattered…

2 years ago · 10 likes · 16 comments · prue batten

A Considerable Age

My Room With a View

Many readers and friends of A Considerable Age have asked why I don’t publish more of my own stories. The truth is I love to share a diverse range of voices. However, another reason has kept me from sharing my stories—a memoir that has consumed my writing time. The memoir unravels the journey of a woman who, late in life, at a considerable age, discover…

2 years ago · 39 likes · 25 comments · Alice Goldbloom

PaanPrintables by Patti Petersen

An Honest Review of Life North of 60

The wealthy retire easily. Others work forty years, plan ahead, and retire. Trust fund surfers stop trying to make it look good and retire. Lottery winners retire. And eventually the declining mind, body, and spirit are forced into retirement. A few refuse to retire. They cling to their work like drowning men holding on to a life raft in fear their ide…

2 years ago · 1 like · 8 comments · Patti

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