I’ve attempted to answer an email from you and don’t really know how to DM on here, but received no reply, it’s about the cards you sent yo everyone, thought I’d emailed my address but never received any, is it because I am in UK?🤔
Hello!!! Happy New Year, Deni!! I’ve sent DM messages to you before but I haven’t heard back either :)) if you go to your message section maybe you will find a bunch of correspondence! all I can say though is that I am sure it will take longer for the international packages to arrive than the domestic ones. I sent 160 packages total and around 30 of them were overseas. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
Thank you so much for posting all the song versions - I really enjoyed them! I've saved this post so I can find them easier to listen to again :-)
I read the post a bit too late to contemplate the last year while it was still around but it is such a good idea to give that even more time - one day for each months of the year is such a good way to do it! I will do that this year. For now I'll do some of it a bit belated..
I have had mostly quiet time in these last two weeks or so now and especially between Christmas and the New Year. I went out to the promenade to look out on the River around Midnight on New Year's Eve - a few people also had that idea and so there was some Happy New Years wish exchanging with random strangers which was nice.
There were three extremely foggy days over Christmas/just after Christmas here - a soup of fog truly with not much to see outside. I think that might be a good metaphor maybe for my state of mind in the last few weeks - hard to see outside of myself and also inside at the moment (I'm preparing for an exam but it also feels like I'm not actually doing that much for it - resting quite a lot).
I usually participate in an end of year drawing/creative online webinar but I forgot to register in time for it this year. It's a really beautiful way of contemplating how the year is gone in a non-thinking/too rational way and preparing for releasing it
Maybe I'll do some of that in the evening on the 8th (my exam is from 8h45-3pm on that day....). I think that's my goal for now. Small steps!
The last half of 2024 has been quite good somehow for me because I found more people to connect with / some more community spirit (even if we don't see each other often, but we work on projects with shared values which is great and I did not realise how connected it can make you feel).
I just returned to my home and found such a lovely and thoughtful bundle waiting for me. Thank you. As I looked at the sharing cards, names immediately sprang to mind as the invitations were so apt.
Everything about your Substack is filled with love and care. I feel so special to be part of it.
Last year I seem to have successfully beaten terminal cancer with supplements and walking. Don’t let anyone tell you this is impossible! The Royal Marsden, my hospital were amazed and said I was a phenomena, of course I’m not, I just did it my way and without drugs.
This year my wife and I move back to our volcanic mountain Acropolis on Lesvos, with our two rescue dogs. Here we will be surrounded by figs and olives and the Aegean Sea. My resolution remains the same to raise awareness of the terrible torture and cruelty taking place in our midst. Both in Palestine, where the horror is unimaginable and in the seas around Europe where those fleeing war and torture are drowned. I pray with each waking breath something will change.
This song is stunning—it brought me to tears—of the good kind. Memories of scenes and experiences…good and not so good. But all life. Your voice is ethereal. 🧡Thank you.
And thank you for the amazing package I received in the mail late last week—the messages and cards are exquisite. I look forward to savoring them and meditating about who shall receive the messages I’ll write within. That’s a goal—continuing from last year—to write letters, cards, and postcards via snail mail to beloveds and people who have touched my life powerfully and meaningfully in some way. You are helping me continue that practice. Happy New Year, Jesse. May you have a magnificent year ahead. 🧡
Thank you for your beautiful post Jesse and for your encouragement and support as we enter into a new year ! I will spend more time reading and reflecting on your words say I have returned to my painting instead of I will return to my painting ! I wish you and everyone here a very happy creative and blessed 2025 ! ⭐️🔔❤️
Happy New Year, Jesse! And for all of these deeply motivating Substack posts. I especially like the thought of moving boldly and creatively into the new year. The performance of Legacies that you and Alana did in Concord at the Umbrella Arts center was beautiful…as was the whole concert!! The lyrics of the song are even more prescient than ever. Such a memorable weekend with Jane Goodall the next day and nature walk at Peter Alden’s house. Wishing you a wonderful and magical 2025!!
Thank you for this and the beautiful song. Taking inspiration from you, from now on I'm noting in my journal that this year I am painting, I am writing etc instead of ' I want to, intend to...', a subtle but huge difference even in the way I feel as I write the words. Again thank you and a blessed Happy New Year to you 🙏🏻
I love this. "My greatest wish today is that we can access our boldness and our confidence in ourselves to arm ourselves with the tools we each need to walk strongly into this new year. I wish us all unwavering confidence in ourselves and belief in our abilities, to become who we are truly meant to be and do the things we are meant to do."
This year my book WILL be available in some format and I WILL move fully into an area of work I enjoy and feel satisfied with and productive in.
In the last hours of 2024, I will write some form of poem/prose to process my thoughts on the coming year(s)
And I said it before, and I will say it again: I love the Legacies track:)
Wishing you and everyone reading this the happiest of New Years - as I wrote that, I think I heard thunder outside, ominous:)
“climb up to the top of the trees and tell me, what do you see?” I see a new year, a new time. Old friends, spring flowers. Loss, love, grief, joy, dark and light pearls on a thread. Hope. Moving forward. Birds, trees, sacred spaces like this one that you’ve created.
What a happy surprise to find the package of pretty cards in my mailbox. (I have already chosen the friends and family members I will send them to.) The tribute to your father made the gift extra special, as did the photo of yourself holding the ferns and smiling your beautiful smile. I have three daughters close to your age, and you remind me so much of them. Your Substack page is such a welcoming and gracious place. Happy New Year, Jesse, and thank you.
I’ve attempted to answer an email from you and don’t really know how to DM on here, but received no reply, it’s about the cards you sent yo everyone, thought I’d emailed my address but never received any, is it because I am in UK?🤔
See the paper airplane icon? That leads you to your message inbox on Substack
Hello!!! Happy New Year, Deni!! I’ve sent DM messages to you before but I haven’t heard back either :)) if you go to your message section maybe you will find a bunch of correspondence! all I can say though is that I am sure it will take longer for the international packages to arrive than the domestic ones. I sent 160 packages total and around 30 of them were overseas. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
Thank you for your prompt reply Jesse, and the information, I will continue to keep my eye on the post🤗happy new year to you too❤️🕊️
Thank you so much for posting all the song versions - I really enjoyed them! I've saved this post so I can find them easier to listen to again :-)
I read the post a bit too late to contemplate the last year while it was still around but it is such a good idea to give that even more time - one day for each months of the year is such a good way to do it! I will do that this year. For now I'll do some of it a bit belated..
I have had mostly quiet time in these last two weeks or so now and especially between Christmas and the New Year. I went out to the promenade to look out on the River around Midnight on New Year's Eve - a few people also had that idea and so there was some Happy New Years wish exchanging with random strangers which was nice.
There were three extremely foggy days over Christmas/just after Christmas here - a soup of fog truly with not much to see outside. I think that might be a good metaphor maybe for my state of mind in the last few weeks - hard to see outside of myself and also inside at the moment (I'm preparing for an exam but it also feels like I'm not actually doing that much for it - resting quite a lot).
I usually participate in an end of year drawing/creative online webinar but I forgot to register in time for it this year. It's a really beautiful way of contemplating how the year is gone in a non-thinking/too rational way and preparing for releasing it
Maybe I'll do some of that in the evening on the 8th (my exam is from 8h45-3pm on that day....). I think that's my goal for now. Small steps!
The last half of 2024 has been quite good somehow for me because I found more people to connect with / some more community spirit (even if we don't see each other often, but we work on projects with shared values which is great and I did not realise how connected it can make you feel).
I just returned to my home and found such a lovely and thoughtful bundle waiting for me. Thank you. As I looked at the sharing cards, names immediately sprang to mind as the invitations were so apt.
Everything about your Substack is filled with love and care. I feel so special to be part of it.
Last year I seem to have successfully beaten terminal cancer with supplements and walking. Don’t let anyone tell you this is impossible! The Royal Marsden, my hospital were amazed and said I was a phenomena, of course I’m not, I just did it my way and without drugs.
This year my wife and I move back to our volcanic mountain Acropolis on Lesvos, with our two rescue dogs. Here we will be surrounded by figs and olives and the Aegean Sea. My resolution remains the same to raise awareness of the terrible torture and cruelty taking place in our midst. Both in Palestine, where the horror is unimaginable and in the seas around Europe where those fleeing war and torture are drowned. I pray with each waking breath something will change.
Thank you Jesse for your kindness.
Teresa
This song is stunning—it brought me to tears—of the good kind. Memories of scenes and experiences…good and not so good. But all life. Your voice is ethereal. 🧡Thank you.
And thank you for the amazing package I received in the mail late last week—the messages and cards are exquisite. I look forward to savoring them and meditating about who shall receive the messages I’ll write within. That’s a goal—continuing from last year—to write letters, cards, and postcards via snail mail to beloveds and people who have touched my life powerfully and meaningfully in some way. You are helping me continue that practice. Happy New Year, Jesse. May you have a magnificent year ahead. 🧡
A very gorgeous music and song 🌟🔥
Thank you for your beautiful post Jesse and for your encouragement and support as we enter into a new year ! I will spend more time reading and reflecting on your words say I have returned to my painting instead of I will return to my painting ! I wish you and everyone here a very happy creative and blessed 2025 ! ⭐️🔔❤️
A gracious and good and happy new year to you Jesse. New Year's Day - Greens are cooked
black-eyed peas simmering - next is the cornbread...a very traditional southern meal for
New Year's Day. On this gloriously sunny afternoon, gratitude reigns. Thank you for all your
thoughtful posts over the last year, and for your music, and the music of others you were
generous to share. You and your work are much appreciated. I wish you All the best.
Happy New Year, Jesse! And for all of these deeply motivating Substack posts. I especially like the thought of moving boldly and creatively into the new year. The performance of Legacies that you and Alana did in Concord at the Umbrella Arts center was beautiful…as was the whole concert!! The lyrics of the song are even more prescient than ever. Such a memorable weekend with Jane Goodall the next day and nature walk at Peter Alden’s house. Wishing you a wonderful and magical 2025!!
Thank you for this and the beautiful song. Taking inspiration from you, from now on I'm noting in my journal that this year I am painting, I am writing etc instead of ' I want to, intend to...', a subtle but huge difference even in the way I feel as I write the words. Again thank you and a blessed Happy New Year to you 🙏🏻
Lovely thank you Jesse. I wish you and your family a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year 🙏
Beautiful song! Happy New Year dear Jesse!
Maybe you'd like to read my first post?
https://open.substack.com/pub/ahscot/p/my-sliding-door-moment?r=lhwse&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish
Happy New Year!!! Thankyou for all your loving
Content, sharings, perspectives and offerings.
Much love to you and fulfillment, adventure, sacred time and happy aha moments, pleasure and ease.
I love this. "My greatest wish today is that we can access our boldness and our confidence in ourselves to arm ourselves with the tools we each need to walk strongly into this new year. I wish us all unwavering confidence in ourselves and belief in our abilities, to become who we are truly meant to be and do the things we are meant to do."
This year my book WILL be available in some format and I WILL move fully into an area of work I enjoy and feel satisfied with and productive in.
In the last hours of 2024, I will write some form of poem/prose to process my thoughts on the coming year(s)
And I said it before, and I will say it again: I love the Legacies track:)
Wishing you and everyone reading this the happiest of New Years - as I wrote that, I think I heard thunder outside, ominous:)
I curled up in your voice. What a place to hear.
“climb up to the top of the trees and tell me, what do you see?” I see a new year, a new time. Old friends, spring flowers. Loss, love, grief, joy, dark and light pearls on a thread. Hope. Moving forward. Birds, trees, sacred spaces like this one that you’ve created.
What a happy surprise to find the package of pretty cards in my mailbox. (I have already chosen the friends and family members I will send them to.) The tribute to your father made the gift extra special, as did the photo of yourself holding the ferns and smiling your beautiful smile. I have three daughters close to your age, and you remind me so much of them. Your Substack page is such a welcoming and gracious place. Happy New Year, Jesse, and thank you.