I loved this poem the first time you read/shared it, and I love it still.
While I miss your missives on the weeks that they are not, I think the Ents have it right. "We Ents never say anything, unless it is worth taking a long time to say."
Emily is wise, that all posts need not be full-blown essays, but reducing frequency to keep your potency seems a good trade-off!
I find your essays are always well worth reading. I love the muscular ideas and the energy in the language and the splay of light. It's exactly the kind of essay I want in a book of essays (and somehow the physical format is always easier for me). I struggle to find time to read all the things worth reading, but I keep all of yours in my inbox for someday, and ones I've read to someday reread (while I purge a lot of things just to keep a short list for that slower day.) I always struggle with what is appropriate for different venues, myself, so this isn't probably helpful as regards what is the best way to run a substack. I only know that while I wind up deleting a lot of things I wish I had time to read, I always save yours for when I can make time, and it's always worthwhile.
I loved this poem the first time you read/shared it, and I love it still.
While I miss your missives on the weeks that they are not, I think the Ents have it right. "We Ents never say anything, unless it is worth taking a long time to say."
Emily is wise, that all posts need not be full-blown essays, but reducing frequency to keep your potency seems a good trade-off!
I love this poem very much.
I find your essays are always well worth reading. I love the muscular ideas and the energy in the language and the splay of light. It's exactly the kind of essay I want in a book of essays (and somehow the physical format is always easier for me). I struggle to find time to read all the things worth reading, but I keep all of yours in my inbox for someday, and ones I've read to someday reread (while I purge a lot of things just to keep a short list for that slower day.) I always struggle with what is appropriate for different venues, myself, so this isn't probably helpful as regards what is the best way to run a substack. I only know that while I wind up deleting a lot of things I wish I had time to read, I always save yours for when I can make time, and it's always worthwhile.