Thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated all the wonderful artists on this Substack!! Just discovered this. Will restack and recommend to others. Made my day!
Ahem! Amen! Listening through Andrew Bird's piece was my morning salve...coffee in hand in my favorite chair...drizzling out the window. I would have jumped through the portal to listen in the room live if I could.
Speaking of the Great Gatsby, check out this Gatsby-esque cocktail recipe (called the Lambeth Walk Fizz) I adapted from James Beard winning bar Maison Premiere for easy home mixing!
Is anyone else here writing longform narratives in chapters—like a book unfolding over time? I’ve just started sharing Ill Grandeur, a slow-travel memoir about my years living and teaching in China from 2004 onwards. Each chapter stands alone but also builds toward a bigger arc of discovery and displacement.
Still early days, but I’d love to hear from others experimenting with this format—or readers who enjoy stories told this way. Curious whether there’s room for longer-form, slower-burning storytelling here on Substack. If that’s your thing, you might enjoy it too.
It really bothers me how this will highlight part of a story and then give you a link that says "keep reading" only for you to find out that you had actually read the end or middle of the story
Tables & Chairs is the old/new anthem for our troubled times. Andrew Bird can eke out beautiful and haunting sounds from a rock. It’s true, listen to Echolations.
Thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated all the wonderful artists on this Substack!! Just discovered this. Will restack and recommend to others. Made my day!
Collage made me cry. Beautiful.
So much beauty I could hardly believe how moving every thing was the art and the writing the sentimental education
Essay on Gasby the color red the art l am a bit emotional but my eyes are tearing from such beauty
So amazing thank you
Thank you Jacob I will not forget what I have just experienced I think your art has creates a leyline in my heart
Thank you fmso wonderful
Thank you for your kindness peace and love
Thank you so
CHRISTIAN WITH THE TITULAR LINE
ROB WITH THE LEADING PIECE
love to see good pals winning
love to see pals supporting pals 💙
New to Substack and just learning about the weekender. Scrolling through this while listening to Andrew Bird was a delight!
Really enjoyed Andrew Bird.
I’m trying Andrew Bird right now.Thank you.☺️🎈💫
The poetry really got me. So touching.
The last line particularly hitting me.
"If something happens to me, I want you to know that life with you was beautiful."
So well said. A lifetime in a few words. And true.
That moment hit me like a metaphor years later: sometimes in life, we run fast hoping to skip the mess, only to realize we’re already stuck in it.
Ya, I knew. But thanks.
Not sure who on the Substack team read my poem and decided to feature it this week, but: THANK YOU 💙
Ahem! Amen! Listening through Andrew Bird's piece was my morning salve...coffee in hand in my favorite chair...drizzling out the window. I would have jumped through the portal to listen in the room live if I could.
Speaking of the Great Gatsby, check out this Gatsby-esque cocktail recipe (called the Lambeth Walk Fizz) I adapted from James Beard winning bar Maison Premiere for easy home mixing!
check it out:
https://thesecretingredient.substack.com/p/get-james-beard-winner-maison-premieres
lovely picks this week - the art of losing hit
Is anyone else here writing longform narratives in chapters—like a book unfolding over time? I’ve just started sharing Ill Grandeur, a slow-travel memoir about my years living and teaching in China from 2004 onwards. Each chapter stands alone but also builds toward a bigger arc of discovery and displacement.
Still early days, but I’d love to hear from others experimenting with this format—or readers who enjoy stories told this way. Curious whether there’s room for longer-form, slower-burning storytelling here on Substack. If that’s your thing, you might enjoy it too.
It really bothers me how this will highlight part of a story and then give you a link that says "keep reading" only for you to find out that you had actually read the end or middle of the story
So glad the Substack world finally gets to see what an incredible writer Rob is.
Tables & Chairs is the old/new anthem for our troubled times. Andrew Bird can eke out beautiful and haunting sounds from a rock. It’s true, listen to Echolations.
Thanks for this inspiring digest. Great to see Rob Tourtelot featured this week. Love his writing.