There is so much encouragement in this post that I’m floored by your resilience and strength. I’m proud that you and your daughter-in-law are able to display your artwork. It’s a shame that you couldn’t use your first choice but you’ve come up with a Plan B and I say “brava” to that. I also have to strongly disagree that you should have been ashamed to remain in your car until the police arrived. You never know a thing about people until it’s too late. The guy could have been out on bail for beating somebody’s brains out. Even if he drove away and never was taken to task, the important thing is that you took the precautions to keep yourself physically safe. I’m really glad that you were able to ditch the painkillers and get back to the gym so quickly. That’s amazing. We’re the same age and my three games of bowling each week sometimes leaves me in traction, so to speak. I just ordered a new, lighter ball and I’m hoping to drill it this weekend. I’m fortunate that I’m set up to drill balls in my own basement. The most basic drill setup costs around $8,000 and I got the whole works for $20 when they quit selling balls where I used to work. I have something else to say, about subscribers. I suspect that a lot of people will subscribe with good intentions but they find that they don’t have the time to read and comment on every post. So I think they just scroll down, hit the like button, then go pick up the dry cleaning, go to their kid’s dance recital, or make dinner and make sure their kids are getting their homework done. I’m not condemning anyone for this; I think most people have good intentions but life is so busy these days and after a while they just drift away from reading and thinking about what they’ve read. Number of subscribers is not an indicator of the quality of your work, nor is it a measure of the way you’ve touched some people and established a real connection. Some people are great at racking up lots of subscribers but how many people are actually reading the posts? We’ll never know. But if your words and your visuals make a genuine connection here and there, who’s to say what’s more genuine? You are one of the very first friends I’ve found on Substack and it’s always a joy to see what you’ve written and drawn. It doesn’t matter to me whether you post five times or fifty times a year, so long as I know you’re happy,safe and well. The Lord be with you, your family and your friends. Amen.
There is so much encouragement in this post that I’m floored by your resilience and strength. I’m proud that you and your daughter-in-law are able to display your artwork. It’s a shame that you couldn’t use your first choice but you’ve come up with a Plan B and I say “brava” to that. I also have to strongly disagree that you should have been ashamed to remain in your car until the police arrived. You never know a thing about people until it’s too late. The guy could have been out on bail for beating somebody’s brains out. Even if he drove away and never was taken to task, the important thing is that you took the precautions to keep yourself physically safe. I’m really glad that you were able to ditch the painkillers and get back to the gym so quickly. That’s amazing. We’re the same age and my three games of bowling each week sometimes leaves me in traction, so to speak. I just ordered a new, lighter ball and I’m hoping to drill it this weekend. I’m fortunate that I’m set up to drill balls in my own basement. The most basic drill setup costs around $8,000 and I got the whole works for $20 when they quit selling balls where I used to work. I have something else to say, about subscribers. I suspect that a lot of people will subscribe with good intentions but they find that they don’t have the time to read and comment on every post. So I think they just scroll down, hit the like button, then go pick up the dry cleaning, go to their kid’s dance recital, or make dinner and make sure their kids are getting their homework done. I’m not condemning anyone for this; I think most people have good intentions but life is so busy these days and after a while they just drift away from reading and thinking about what they’ve read. Number of subscribers is not an indicator of the quality of your work, nor is it a measure of the way you’ve touched some people and established a real connection. Some people are great at racking up lots of subscribers but how many people are actually reading the posts? We’ll never know. But if your words and your visuals make a genuine connection here and there, who’s to say what’s more genuine? You are one of the very first friends I’ve found on Substack and it’s always a joy to see what you’ve written and drawn. It doesn’t matter to me whether you post five times or fifty times a year, so long as I know you’re happy,safe and well. The Lord be with you, your family and your friends. Amen.
Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement ever since we met on the stack. I hope October is treating you and Bonnie well!
I’m glad to hear you bounced back quickly! Congratulations on the showing!! Also love this format of writing/storytelling.
Oh Jo, so sorry this happened to you!
I love your sneaky library art! And the man in the forest. 🌳