You may be pleased to know I survived then night without air conditioning. I even slept well - which is remarkable. @Ken Hyra asked in his note yesterday about mowing the lawn about appreciating the ordinary - I appreciate sleep. It's not something I take for granted but it is something I sincerely enjoy. The ritual for falling asleep - that I'm able to stay asleep all night and then thee waking up. Those moments between asleep and awake. Then the morning nuzzle from my dog who has sensed this could be it. Do you feel it too? Notes, I mean. When we read through the notes shared and get to glimpse into the lives of others - be encouraged - be challenged to experience something from a new angle - or simple to consider something differently. It is one of the things I love so much about Substack. Everyone has such interesting things to share - sometimes I laugh - sometimes I'll just sit with something for a long time and let it float around. @Deborah Oppenehim mentioned something in her note yesterday about not one more thing - which speaks to me of going to the edge and then letting whatever the last thing was expand on its own. I just love that image in my mind though I'm having a moment trying to explain it. It's like this for me with all of your notes... Someone once said that notes on Substack are like little therapy sessions you don't have to pay for. How about you - do you enjoy them as much as I do? 🎍👠🎳🥁🪅🥁🎳👠🎍 The utility of notes versus Chat on Substack When Substack first came out with notes & Chat - I have to admit I was really confused. I didn't understand why have both. Now I think of them as serving two completely different purposes. Notes are for discovery. They're the conversations happening out in the village square where anyone wandering by can stumble across an idea, join the discussion, or discover someone new to follow. They're public, they're searchable, and they have a surprisingly long lifespan because every new comment can bring an older Note back into circulation.

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