Poetry prompts. Tips. The occasional free book.

Hopeful stories, poems, and prayers by Tanner Olson.

We help women become the authors of their lives.

I write to pass on insights gleaned from decades of living on how I learned to hold joy and sadness, confusion and clarity, loss and gain, in the same space.

Life happens. We get interrupted. When my husband died, grief opened my heart. Writing, like grieving, is an act of love. I got interrupted, but I didn't give up. Join me! A Substack Featured Publication.

A monthly Saturday morning companion to all things On Being, with heads-up on new episodes, special offerings, event invitations, recommendations, and reflections from Krista all year round.

I almost died. Now, I’m finding my way back. Poetry and prose for YOU at the intersection of art, faith, and belonging.

A newsletter about the joys of creating worlds on the page, and the transformative power of writing memoir and fiction!

Meredith Lee and I were sitting on the back deck a few weeks ago, she was telling me a story and stopped to ask, What are you looking at?" I guess I'd left eye-contact or something. I answered, "Everything."

Writing on the inner conditions of serious creative work

Welcome! And thank you for your interest and support as my writing/speaking journey continues. I'll be posting devotionals, snippets of my wrting, current projects and events, and a wee bit about Livy's life. (She's my lovely loyal Burne-doodle. Enjoy! :)

Tales of Longing and Wonder

Musings, memories and myth-making from the edges of a long and grateful life; a lantern in one hand and a pen in the other; always digging for the soul beneath the story.

Reconnecting us with nature and our home planet for grounding, hope, inspiration and healing. Plants are my people, writing is my jam.

Why poetry? You might as well ask, Why chocolate?

Poetry from the Rabbit Room community.

thoughts on the in-between

Building a toolkit of lifeways and practices to bring presence, growth, and peace into the living of these days.

Your poetry practice starts here...

Each week I share poems, essays, and writing prompts meant to open the heart and nourish the soul.

My husband of 40 years is living and dying with FTD, a rare form of dementia. My name is Patricia Paddey. I search for God in the midst of our days, and through this Substack, process my learnings on this uninvited, unanticipated, and unwelcome journey.

From Dust, New Lore. A storytelling community seeking transcendence.

Celebrating discovery in art, writing and the moment as it flies

Open your world with poetry