Substacks recommended by Mark VanLaeys

Recommended by Mark VanLaeys

Switter’s World is your one stop shop for everything you need to know about crossing off exotic locales from your adventurecation bucket list, seasoned with occasional Something Wonderfuls to ease your disappointment from letting those dumb dreams die.

Mr. Switter is a renaissance man who shares from a great depth of experience - and we're the benefactors.

- Mark VanLaeys

Rx Nature

By Jeanne Malmgren

Field notes of a psychotherapist whose office is in the woods

Jeanne, with her background, looks at her connection with nature, in terms of relationship. Almost parallel to the relationship we might have with those around us, but not necessarily appreciate. Her writing encourages us to work on that relationship be it in our own yard or beyond.

- Mark VanLaeys

Voices of the Hopeful

By Joyce Wycoff

What Howard Zinn said ... "To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacriﬁce, courage, kindness."

Joyce's blog is a breath of fresh air - especially for those of us who feel like we're trapped over a smokestack of negativity

- Mark VanLaeys

LEAVES

By Sharron Bassano

Short character-driven fiction, evocative travel tales, memoirs and a lot of laughs. Always free. 🌿LEAVES are proven to be better for your mental health than the daily newspaper or social media.

Sharron writes from the heart and draws from a very deep well. Please pay her a visit - she will not disappoint.

- Mark VanLaeys

Along the Hudson

By Justin Deming

Original fiction delivered from my home along the Hudson River.

Justin Deming is a gifted author of short fictional pieces who has always left me in a better place for consuming his craft.

- Mark VanLaeys

The Cottage

By Diana Butler Bass

Part retreat, part think tank. A place for inspiration and ideas about culture, faith, and spirit.

Diana Butler Bass has a special gift of blending reality with context - both refreshing and thought provoking

- Mark VanLaeys

the examined family

By Courtney Martin

figuring out how to be and care for ethical, joyful humans in beautiful, horrible times

This comment by Courtney on January 13th, 2021 is a classic example of the type of insight that flows from her writing - " . . . Racist, antisemitic patriarchy is experiencing what we might understand as an extinction burst—a last flailing attempt at asserting their need for significance and belonging."

- Mark VanLaeys

Us AND Them

Recommended by Mark VanLaeys