Big Blue Sky Dragonfly

Exploring the thresholds where the sacred meets the ordinary and where becoming is its own kind of magic.

A newsletter about the writerly life: what I've learned (and continue to learn) as a writer and editor, with a focus on the craft of creative writing.

A soft place to land for those with tender hearts and tangled lives, in the messy middle of rewilding.

Where we giggle and frolic and get up to no good...

Musings and pictures, and sometimes poetry, that offer an intimate glimpse into the ongoing process of becoming.

Rooted Resilience is a podcast, blog, and community dialogue series preserving and amplifying intersectional narratives of 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives in Western Massachusetts.

Carolyn Zaikowski is a widely-published fiction writer, poet, and essayist, a death doula, and the Poet Laureate of Easthampton, Massachusetts. Here she shares her latest musings, course offerings, and news. Learn more at www.carolynzaikowski.com.

Explore archesphere and tarot wisdom, ancestral healing, and the living magic that connects all realms—together, we’re ushering in the more relational way.

Poetry in process by Jonathan Potter

*Everybody needs a trans friend.

Qstack ❤️🍊💛💚💙💜🩷🩵🤎🖤🩶 | The LGBTQQIP2SA+ Community, Directory & Platform on Substack - Sharing the BEST of queer newsletter creators direct to your inbox.

Soft Simple Still is a place where, like gentle butterflies that land upon your hand, soft words and meditations will land in your heart for profound healing, stillness and simplicity. Weaving earth based wisdom into simple living and self healing.

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

Tarot, poetry, grief alchemy, and prompts for practice aligned with the shifts of sun and moon inspire this twice-a-lunar-cycle newsletter sent to seekers and creatives by Carolyn A. Cushing

Authentic marketing, joyful productivity, and healthy money for solopreneurs.

A little soul-nurturing on the awakened path.

I write essays & poetry about life insights & philosophies, the LGBTQ Community, & Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease. I collect small things and I am a photographer. I will share all on my Substack.

An invitation to live your deepest values and to witness my podcasts and writings where I live my own.

Poems, prompts, reflections, community

Stories and mindset tips for queer bipoc writers seekers and dreamers

Essays, stories & curiosities | Home of the novel "Lamb" - "The Books We ❤️ Club" - and "The Road to Published" - the choose-your-own-adventure approach to writing and publishing books

writing & artworks & other inspirations from writer / artist / outlaw, pan ellington.

Musings of a witch + free magical events

Welcome to the Bloom Local Dispatch newsletter. We report on highlights & happenings by and for LGBTQIA+ folks and our allies in western Massachusetts and beyond.

I write about creativity, sanity, and wisdom traditions. I also write about books, music, pop culture, and owning too many geese figurines. Come for the kale, stay for the coffee cake.

stories with queer roots

Writing From This Corner of the Universe to Yours // topics on nature, movement, sobriety, family, love, and more