For Your Reading Pleasure:
While I relocate
So, this is happening...
We’re pulling up stakes for a move to an interim location while we prep and sell our beloved castle. The goal is to buy the next one without getting into a contingency situation. So, this one must be off the books first. Gracious family members are letting us borrow a place for this latest in-between time.
While I’m in the throws of madness, I thought I would introduce you to some of my favorite Substacks.
Recent Discoveries:
“Anna Comnena”:
This writer is new to Substack. She hasn’t divulged much about herself, but she seems to be a gal after my own heart. She posts articles and imagery of places from off the beaten path. She is also active on Notes. Always with something fascinating to share.
“The Empress of Byzantium”:
With that title, you know I had to investigate. She writes long-from articles on aspects of Byzantine History. Here’s a good place to start:
Jackie is killing me with her informative eye candy:
Kelley has several newsletters of interest. If you’d like some fascinating imagery for your holidays, start here:
Oh, goodness, there are many more, but these should keep you busy for a bit while I pick through all this stuff and decide what to offload, what to stack in PODS, and what to keep at hand for...how long?
Packing up my tiny, newly established studio again is rough. Leaving this house is going to hard. Oof, so much history here. But it is time to move on and let someone else steward it into it’s 100th year.
Farewell, O Syria will ship off to the copy editor in early January. It is due to return in early March. Meanwhile, I’m still brainstorming my plot for Book II. I need a flash of brilliance to close up a small, but critical plot hole.
Dearest Lousanna, I'm without words! Thank you🙏, your were one of my very first friends on Substack and always so encouraging...🫶🫶🫶. I share the same feelings: whenever I pitch my tent I wonder if yours is also there, or have been🌸. I think these critical knots, you feel your plot needs, are already there, just they need to decant may be moving labours will help it. Moving always helps. I wish you everything your ❤️ desires and... waiting for January😄
May you have an easy move!