Hello hello! I've seen your lovely name float by several times on Substack and I only just know realize that I've subscribed to, Sparkle on Substack, and not this one yet, haha. I just loved reading this and there were many snippets that I could relate to, from grieving loss to trusting the path ahead. It's been a journey of at least two years where I shifted and evolved and I'm finally beginning to feel more settled in this newness of self. Substack has been such a breath of fresh air and I'm looking forward to expand my world on here this year! And I'm also very much looking forward to all the magic that you will continue to share! ✨🤍 x
Aw hi TJ - I am so excited you're here and it's clear why I have the two spaces. The evolution is uncomfortable at times but in my experience more of a nudge to our soul work and our true north. I'm just sitting here listening to the wind and it's familiar but unnerving and wanted to share that with you. ✨
This is so simply beautiful, I love your deep trust in the nudges to shift into a different phase. I also know I’m going to have such pangs when you are all gathering for Storyfest… next year will be my time. Xx
I love the way that you shifted your usual Note from the Sea when it didn’t feel right and in the most beautiful, truthful and evocative way. Can totally imagine your daughter in the basket! xx
Aw she was so delighted... it's funny because it took me right back to being pregnant with my son in Tuscany and waking up to a sky full of hot air balloons - 10 years ago this year and wow such a sight to behold! Memories are like fairy dust sometimes hey?
Love: goosebumps reading NFTS might have drifted away. Most impressed here with your commitment - and so beautiful the way you describe L and D at the start x x
"the things that might be ready to fall away" is timely for me. Yes, indeed, there are things ready to fall away and the unknown feels welcoming. "Fear of duty" ties expectation(s), real or perceived, with a little self sabotaging sometimes. Onward. Looking forward to reading more of your posts. Thank you.
Oh thanks Mary! Thanks super kind of you to reflect that back to me - it felt big and it was to me and maybe a few long time connections... some people unsubscribed and I know I'm on the right track! ✨
I think sometimes folks end up in your space by accident and then your words affirm their decision or they take the choice it’s not for them - either way I’m happy!!
This post made me smile because I have some great memories associated with hot air balloons. As a kid in Arizona, there was a time in the winter when we would occasionally spot one from the back porch as it made its way across the desert and I can clearly remember my dad calling us out there before school to watch.
And we would spend summers in my dad's hometown in Ohio and they have a big hot air balloon festival every year around 4th of July and I remember going once and seeing them all on the ground getting ready and for the first time understanding how much fabric was involved in their design
And taking a hot air balloon ride was on my sister's bucket list so to speak and a couple of years ago my mom and I went and visited her and made that happen - the four of us (sis's partner also) took a balloon ride in North Carolina and it was special for me because there was a time my anxiety would never have let that happen and yet the whole thing was easy and beautiful and we had a great experience. ... And at the end as we were landing the balloon actually crashed into a tree and tore and all of the neighbors came out to stare and take photos but everyone was safe so it was okay :)
Wow Kathryn this is SUCH A beautiful story! When Dave and I woke up to catch our flight home from Tuscany the view from our window was full of hot air balloons - it was sunrise and still to this day one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen…. I often wonder about the people inside and what took them into their balloons - I’ve been obsessed since I was a kid watching Wizard of Oz! ✨💖✨
Hi Claire, am a new entrant to your online world and have been joyfully soaking up your posts and this was the first thing on my phone when I picked it up this morning - after a rough night of perimenopausal insomnia 😳
Just what I needed to read (and then even better to jump through to your piece for Russell). I too had my second baby in the pandemic (now a boisterous 3 year old which seems mad!) and can massively relate to the sense of creative change & expansion which it feels like I’ve been in for at least the last couple of years after releasing a film I’d been making for ten years and then trying to figure out what comes next. Feels like I’m definitely emerging out into that new phase and Substack will be a part of that for me I’m sure. Thanks for all that you’re doing and look forward to connecting more in 2024 🩷
Hi Vicki, thanks so much for being here - I had some unsubscribes today which is part of life, magic and emailing so I was so heart warmed to read your comment here. A 10 year film sounds absolutely incredible - is it public do you have a link? Do let me know if you need support with Substack - happy to help. ✨
Ah I'm so glad to hear that 💖 I still always feel a little sting when people unsubscribe from my mailing list for the film even though I know it's not really personal (I also know I need to resist the urge to look at the unsubscribes but it's hard not to - like picking a scab!) The film is called 'The Atom: A Love Affair' - about the rollercoaster history of nuclear power - and is on Netflix (or on Vimeo on Demand if you don't have Netflix). Am just actually working on a new Substack post talking a little bit more about the slow journey to make it - will post tomorrow hopefully. And thanks so much again for being a friendly face and guide. I've never really liked social media - always feel slightly strange commenting on stuff from people I don't know in 'the real world' - but this definitely feels much nicer. Got to start being a bit bolder about jumping into comments. And getting such a nice reply from you is a great encouragement to do it more!
Gosh that sounds incredible - I'll search it up. You're so right about this space - it's so spacious and considered and lovely. Pop over to Sparkle on Substack if you want to meet some more Substack enthusiasts? https://sparkleon.substack.com/p/got-time-for-a-cuppa-an-intro-thread ✨
Thanks Claire - I will defo see you soon over on Sparkle. I’m still waiting on three unpaid invoices (two from well before Christmas 🤯) but feel heart-drawn to come hang out in your welcoming creative Substack playground so am planning to commit to a year’s membership just as soon as those funds hit my account. Not too much longer hopefully!
Hello hello! I've seen your lovely name float by several times on Substack and I only just know realize that I've subscribed to, Sparkle on Substack, and not this one yet, haha. I just loved reading this and there were many snippets that I could relate to, from grieving loss to trusting the path ahead. It's been a journey of at least two years where I shifted and evolved and I'm finally beginning to feel more settled in this newness of self. Substack has been such a breath of fresh air and I'm looking forward to expand my world on here this year! And I'm also very much looking forward to all the magic that you will continue to share! ✨🤍 x
Aw hi TJ - I am so excited you're here and it's clear why I have the two spaces. The evolution is uncomfortable at times but in my experience more of a nudge to our soul work and our true north. I'm just sitting here listening to the wind and it's familiar but unnerving and wanted to share that with you. ✨
This is so simply beautiful, I love your deep trust in the nudges to shift into a different phase. I also know I’m going to have such pangs when you are all gathering for Storyfest… next year will be my time. Xx
It will and it will be glorious!!! Thanks Lauren - appreciate you.
I love the way that you shifted your usual Note from the Sea when it didn’t feel right and in the most beautiful, truthful and evocative way. Can totally imagine your daughter in the basket! xx
Aw she was so delighted... it's funny because it took me right back to being pregnant with my son in Tuscany and waking up to a sky full of hot air balloons - 10 years ago this year and wow such a sight to behold! Memories are like fairy dust sometimes hey?
Absolutely and the balloon sky sounds like total magic xx
Love: goosebumps reading NFTS might have drifted away. Most impressed here with your commitment - and so beautiful the way you describe L and D at the start x x
Thanks Laura darling. 💕
"the things that might be ready to fall away" is timely for me. Yes, indeed, there are things ready to fall away and the unknown feels welcoming. "Fear of duty" ties expectation(s), real or perceived, with a little self sabotaging sometimes. Onward. Looking forward to reading more of your posts. Thank you.
Oh thanks Mary! Thanks super kind of you to reflect that back to me - it felt big and it was to me and maybe a few long time connections... some people unsubscribed and I know I'm on the right track! ✨
You're welcome, and interesting that some unsubscribed, and how that can totally validate what you're doing/writing/saying!
I think sometimes folks end up in your space by accident and then your words affirm their decision or they take the choice it’s not for them - either way I’m happy!!
This post made me smile because I have some great memories associated with hot air balloons. As a kid in Arizona, there was a time in the winter when we would occasionally spot one from the back porch as it made its way across the desert and I can clearly remember my dad calling us out there before school to watch.
And we would spend summers in my dad's hometown in Ohio and they have a big hot air balloon festival every year around 4th of July and I remember going once and seeing them all on the ground getting ready and for the first time understanding how much fabric was involved in their design
And taking a hot air balloon ride was on my sister's bucket list so to speak and a couple of years ago my mom and I went and visited her and made that happen - the four of us (sis's partner also) took a balloon ride in North Carolina and it was special for me because there was a time my anxiety would never have let that happen and yet the whole thing was easy and beautiful and we had a great experience. ... And at the end as we were landing the balloon actually crashed into a tree and tore and all of the neighbors came out to stare and take photos but everyone was safe so it was okay :)
Wow Kathryn this is SUCH A beautiful story! When Dave and I woke up to catch our flight home from Tuscany the view from our window was full of hot air balloons - it was sunrise and still to this day one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen…. I often wonder about the people inside and what took them into their balloons - I’ve been obsessed since I was a kid watching Wizard of Oz! ✨💖✨
Aww no more notes by the sea - what an end of an era! .... What’s coming next? 😲
I know - I was too far in my grief hole to text you - it's been A LOT!
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Hi Claire, am a new entrant to your online world and have been joyfully soaking up your posts and this was the first thing on my phone when I picked it up this morning - after a rough night of perimenopausal insomnia 😳
Just what I needed to read (and then even better to jump through to your piece for Russell). I too had my second baby in the pandemic (now a boisterous 3 year old which seems mad!) and can massively relate to the sense of creative change & expansion which it feels like I’ve been in for at least the last couple of years after releasing a film I’d been making for ten years and then trying to figure out what comes next. Feels like I’m definitely emerging out into that new phase and Substack will be a part of that for me I’m sure. Thanks for all that you’re doing and look forward to connecting more in 2024 🩷
Hi Vicki, thanks so much for being here - I had some unsubscribes today which is part of life, magic and emailing so I was so heart warmed to read your comment here. A 10 year film sounds absolutely incredible - is it public do you have a link? Do let me know if you need support with Substack - happy to help. ✨
Ah I'm so glad to hear that 💖 I still always feel a little sting when people unsubscribe from my mailing list for the film even though I know it's not really personal (I also know I need to resist the urge to look at the unsubscribes but it's hard not to - like picking a scab!) The film is called 'The Atom: A Love Affair' - about the rollercoaster history of nuclear power - and is on Netflix (or on Vimeo on Demand if you don't have Netflix). Am just actually working on a new Substack post talking a little bit more about the slow journey to make it - will post tomorrow hopefully. And thanks so much again for being a friendly face and guide. I've never really liked social media - always feel slightly strange commenting on stuff from people I don't know in 'the real world' - but this definitely feels much nicer. Got to start being a bit bolder about jumping into comments. And getting such a nice reply from you is a great encouragement to do it more!
Gosh that sounds incredible - I'll search it up. You're so right about this space - it's so spacious and considered and lovely. Pop over to Sparkle on Substack if you want to meet some more Substack enthusiasts? https://sparkleon.substack.com/p/got-time-for-a-cuppa-an-intro-thread ✨
Thanks Claire - I will defo see you soon over on Sparkle. I’m still waiting on three unpaid invoices (two from well before Christmas 🤯) but feel heart-drawn to come hang out in your welcoming creative Substack playground so am planning to commit to a year’s membership just as soon as those funds hit my account. Not too much longer hopefully!