Substack is a publishing platform, acting a bit like a blog. But it dies do something a bit different in the way that readers can subscribe to newsletters. Now, that is something of an oversimplification but I have to confess that I haven’t got fully to grips with it yet.
Why do I want to get to grips with another publishing platform? It’s really being driven by two things; Gilbert White and the u3a. Whilst I publish the Letters to Steve every week, here, what I would like is a consolidated resource where they are all available together. I understand that there is a categorisation facility within Substack that would allow me to group them. I’m going to try that.
The other thing, is u3a. If you read my post a few days back, here’s the link; https://localitystories.com/2026/05/04/1984-a-u3a-review/,
You would have noticed that against Geology, I don’t have a task, well I do now. It’s a long term task. It involves the beach at Stokes Bay. I’m not going to go into a lot of detail here. Ironically, I think that’s for a post in substack, but I will link to it here.
Using substack means that I can go into detail with my Archaeology Project, which I labeled as the “Society Project”, which also deserves a post explaining what it is all about, and what I would like to do. It’s like I say in the review post. There is no commitment, exvcept a personal one, there is no timeline. I can take as long as I like, and if I choose to abandon a project, then so be it.
The header picture will give you an idea of what I will be looking at on the beach. Wait for the project “proposal” which I am planning to write soon, and will post a link here. This is of course assuming that substack works the way I want it to.
And there you go, it’s midnight plus 5 (0005), so my post count is reset to zero. Please excuse me whilst I go and scream somewhere where my wife can’t hear me.
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