Podcast 76 - But in the midst of my vagueness, I have a clear memory of the novel I’m writing, a novel that thrice in the early morning hours, I’ve awakened with clear ideas about...
I won't mind if you lose your mind again in one of your future columns. It's quite entertaining...On a more serious note, I suspect almost all of us over 60 have our "senior moments", just not so dramatically...
I wish criteria for subscribing to your writing included the option of "pay what you feel is fair," rather than you still seemingly wanting to stay rich as you can. Apologies if I am widely off the mark. Your rebuttal will/would likely be sharper and stinging than mine to you . Maybe you have lots of debts. What do I know. I just feel some of us ought to try the economics of care, without dollar signs. What think you? A decades long fan, Linda L. in Eau Claire
Linda, these columns and podcasts don’t just spring from a writer’s mind into the internet! There are several staff members who are involved with the technological and other aspects of putting it out there. I would re-think the snarky remark, “stay as rich as you can,” as you can’t know what goes into putting out a product which you clearly enjoy. There’s a universe of writers out there (including here at Substack), blogging away for the love of it, whose work you can read for free…but you like THIS writer, and if the product has a cost, you have the choice of paying for the full experience or just enjoying the free version.
Should every creative person whose output you like donate their services to the world? How would they support themselves on that? They’d need money-making employment of some kind, that that would eat into their ability to produce the product you like! Not only that, it would cut down on their ability to get even better at what you appreciate about their output.
Many exasperated artists have used this example, but there’s a reason it comes up in each discussion of this ilk: “You’re a dermatologist/cardiologist/psychiatrist, and I’d like a diagnosis of my rash/shortness of breath/depression, but don’t want to pay for it! Can’t you just take a look at it and tell me if it’s serious? And maybe call in a prescription?”
Radio was never a big buck rodeo, especially after the #metoo! foot stomping.
GK remains a tent pole for a lot of people’s livelihood, in addition to his own. I saw the percentage of paid vs. unpaid readers once: pitiful. I’ve also seen the state of his sneakers, and the thought “now there’s a filthy-rich money-grubbing oligarch” never crossed my mind.
Thanks, I laughed out loud. I needed that today.
I won't mind if you lose your mind again in one of your future columns. It's quite entertaining...On a more serious note, I suspect almost all of us over 60 have our "senior moments", just not so dramatically...
I too am a low church episcopalian! You no doubt have heard the joke...
"Episcopalians are just Catholics without the guilt*
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I wish criteria for subscribing to your writing included the option of "pay what you feel is fair," rather than you still seemingly wanting to stay rich as you can. Apologies if I am widely off the mark. Your rebuttal will/would likely be sharper and stinging than mine to you . Maybe you have lots of debts. What do I know. I just feel some of us ought to try the economics of care, without dollar signs. What think you? A decades long fan, Linda L. in Eau Claire
Linda, these columns and podcasts don’t just spring from a writer’s mind into the internet! There are several staff members who are involved with the technological and other aspects of putting it out there. I would re-think the snarky remark, “stay as rich as you can,” as you can’t know what goes into putting out a product which you clearly enjoy. There’s a universe of writers out there (including here at Substack), blogging away for the love of it, whose work you can read for free…but you like THIS writer, and if the product has a cost, you have the choice of paying for the full experience or just enjoying the free version.
Should every creative person whose output you like donate their services to the world? How would they support themselves on that? They’d need money-making employment of some kind, that that would eat into their ability to produce the product you like! Not only that, it would cut down on their ability to get even better at what you appreciate about their output.
Many exasperated artists have used this example, but there’s a reason it comes up in each discussion of this ilk: “You’re a dermatologist/cardiologist/psychiatrist, and I’d like a diagnosis of my rash/shortness of breath/depression, but don’t want to pay for it! Can’t you just take a look at it and tell me if it’s serious? And maybe call in a prescription?”
Radio was never a big buck rodeo, especially after the #metoo! foot stomping.
GK remains a tent pole for a lot of people’s livelihood, in addition to his own. I saw the percentage of paid vs. unpaid readers once: pitiful. I’ve also seen the state of his sneakers, and the thought “now there’s a filthy-rich money-grubbing oligarch” never crossed my mind.
Love and prayers. Hang in there, dear friend.
Garrison, please take care of yourself. We need you out here, old buddy.