Quarterly Review | Q2 2024
With five Sundays in June, here's a catch-up of some of my most popular posts from the last three months.
Believe it or not, I’m just coming to the end of my first three months on Substack! I’ve really loved writing and posting here, but also building such a special and beautiful community of like-minded people. For me, writing is always a joy, but it’s cathartic too, offering an opportunity to reflect on the past, the present, and that which is still to come.
Having carefully planned out a schedule of posts, I realised that of course, some months have five weeks in them, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to re-share some of the most popular posts from the past quarter, some you may have missed, and some perhaps you’d like to read again. Do let me know in the comments which you’ve enjoyed most, and perhaps you have some ideas for things you’d like me to write about in the future? If you’d like to read about why I started Rediscover · Reconnect · Re-Emerge on Substack, then here is my very first post:
Welcome to My Community
In days past, many of our ancestors spent their whole lives travelling no further than the often tiny parish of their birth. At best, they might venture to the nearest market town, and in rare cases, make pilgrimages to spiritual and historical sites. Nowadays, we can travel the world with relative ease. We crisscross the country barely thinking of the …
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In many respects, I had no real idea what I was going to post when I started Rediscover · Reconnect · Re-Emerge, but I’ve been surprised how quickly I’ve settled into a rhythm of posting, cycling weekly through four different themed pieces.
In Beyond the Notes, I share some of the pieces of music which have meant the most to me in my life, and the stories behind why they resonate so strongly within a life lived slowly and simply:
Beyond the Notes | 03
A cat on a seat, a milk churn, more than a few puffs of steam, and an elegy for a time passing into history, where no one departs, and no one arrives.
Community, and creating a sense of community, is so important to me, and to the world. In Inspirations & Connections, taking a particular theme, I want to share with you some of the inspirations, connections and other communities which have enriched my life, in the hope that they may do the same for you too:
Inspirations & Connections | II. Age
In our never-ending nostalgic quest to relive the 'Golden Age’ (which never really existed), we realise that ultimately, we are here for a finite time. What does age really mean to us?
In Reflections on a Simple Past, I look back at some of the people, places and things which have so richly influenced and inspired my love of all things simple:
Reflections on a Simple Past | 03
Quintessential afternoons, crusts off, thinly sliced, and a sacred institution which might just be making a comeback.
In Slow & Simple Moments, I share some of the things I’ve been getting up to, places I’ve been, and other beautiful and special slow and simple moments from the past month:
Slow & Simple Moments | 05.24
Roses, rain, gentle movement, embracing seasonality, simplicity, and beautiful moments of reflection.
Thank you so much for sharing this journey with me, and I look forward to bringing you more thoughts and reflections in the months and seasons to come.
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