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Camilla Sanderson's avatar

Love this Sally, thanks for writing โœ๏ธ it. And happy Substack anniversaryโœจ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒท๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ•Š

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Thank you Camilla! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿชท๐ŸŒฑ

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Terri Seddon's avatar

What a heartfelt and encouraging commentary Sally. Iโ€™m still dithering over Substack, reading heaps, recommending lots, especially through my little โ€˜Stories in our Timesโ€™ group. But I recognise your experience of Substack in camaraderie and conversations in that โ€˜Storiesโ€™ activity. Itโ€™s another prompt to action. Thank you.

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Thank you Terri, I do hope you take the leap, it sounds like you are nearly there or should I say here!

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Terri Seddon's avatar

Here and there perhaps ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Jane Pike's avatar

Thank you so much for your generous mention Sally. It has been such a joy and honour to have these conversations with you, and to share in your insightful and hopeful writing- thank you xx

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Maggie Turp's avatar

This is great, Sally! I love your posts regularly dropping into my inbox. Always fresh and from the heart. I'm still mooting getting a substack account of my own going revolving around cli-fi and eco-fiction, intertwined with the personal. One day...

Meanwhile, I shall continue to look forward to and enjoy your offerings. Warm wishes, Maggie

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Thanks so much Maggie, I am so sorry I missed your webinar last week hope to make it to the next one if it happens. Sounds like it was a great conversation ๐Ÿ’š

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Linda Hartley's avatar

Thank you Sally. I have just dived in with my first post and your writing is deeply encouraging and nourishing. During my first few weeks on Substack I am loving finding the resonances between people, across the world, an affirmation of the collective consciousness I believe is growing strongly during our troubled times

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Thank you Linda, so pleased you are here adding to the weave of eco-grounded conscious change

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Catherine's avatar

Thank you for this, just what I needed to read today, as I had a wobble about why I am here.... I came because I had words trying to tumble out of me that needed somewhere to land, but found a world full of beautiful voices and a community trying to grow something more meaningful... This reminded me being a part of that no matter how small is something special... X

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Hi Catherine, I love your Newsletter and why you are here on Substack. Your nature practices are beautiful and you write them up with such a warm invitation. Small is indeed beautiful and very much what is needed ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’š

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Catherine's avatar

Thank you. That's really lovely to hear โ˜บ๏ธ

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Suzanne's avatar

Hi Sally, thank you for sharing these reflections on your writing process with Substack. It is good to see that you are not only giving - but gaining! - so much from your engagement here. My own relationship with Substack I am finding at present is perhaps closer to the role of 'quiet witness' to some of the many amazing writers active here. I am so glad that your beautiful piece Psyche's Nest was instrumental in your arrival on Substack too. Onwards! ๐Ÿค—๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’›

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Thanks you Suzanne ! Your invitation to write Psycheโ€™s Nest for Quadrant was such an opening for me , I am very grateful. Quiet witness is a beautiful way of being here, but do hope that one day you might consider jumping in with a Newsletter as you have so much to contribute to community ๐Ÿ’š

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Suzanne's avatar

Thanks for that encouragement Sally. Life seems to be requiring my energy in other directions during what's been a very long transitional phase, while I continue to listen with discernment to follow Psyche's call.

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Priscilla Stuckey's avatar

Happy anniversary, Sally! Iโ€™m glad youโ€™re here and that I get to know you.

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Thanks Priscilla, connecting with you ha been such a delight and encouragement in this first year here

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Jan's avatar

The dive

The splash

The emerging

Ah the connect

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Aah this is it exactly, thank you Jan, love this๐Ÿ’š

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Brigid Lowry's avatar

blessings upon you! your posts are wonderful! here's to the mysterious journeys of our psyches, our writing and our lives xxx

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Gillian & Li'l Bean's avatar

โ€œThe old binary between being inside or outside, in human world or in โ€˜natureโ€™, has given way to a continuum of connectionโ€ what a lovely way to describe it! Congrats again. Xo

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Thank you Gillian !

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

๐Ÿ™ May there be many year sโ€™more in your company Brigid ๐Ÿ’š

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Leonie Reisberg's avatar

Patience, perserverance, perceiving and portraying

Someone once said "If you don't turn up nothing happens" Sal, you turn up all the time XX

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Sally Gillespie's avatar

Thank you Leonie, I have learnt so much about turning up from you, in studio, garden and life! ๐Ÿ’ž

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