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Friday Boost: Hope and Joy

Accentuating the positive in trying times

Ramona Grigg
Mar 4, 2022
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Welcome to Friday Boost. I’ve been a real downer lately, I know, and I wouldn’t blame you if you see this in your inbox and just pass it by. But wait! Don’t!

Consider this your Friday R&R. Your end-of-the-week rest and relaxation. The real world can wait while we take a break and just enjoy.

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Some of the writers today are new to me, but maybe not to you. I found most of them in the comment section of Substack’s great Thursday Shout-Out Thread, a monthly Office Hours feature where writers can introduce themselves, as well as brag up other Substack writers. I found so many I could have shared, but I wanted to stick with ‘Hope and Joy’ today. So here are my picks.

If you like what you read on our Friday Boosts, let me know here, but be sure to let the writers know, too. This is all about them!


In “Writing Something Joyful”, Anna Codrea-Rado writes this: “What I realise now is that I wrote that piece because I needed to read it.” I plucked that one sentence out of so many others I could have chosen, but you’ll just have to read it. I’m going back now to read it again…

Lance
Writing something joyful
Over the course of this newsletter’s lifespan, my levels of organisation behind-the-scenes have greatly varied. I’ve had seasons in which I’ve maintained a well-stocked spreadsheet, full of content ideas and scheduled my posts well in advance. Just call me Jacqueline Carlyle. Then there have been long stretches when I’ve flown by…
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a year ago · 7 likes · 4 comments · Anna Codrea-Rado

Josh Pillay at ‘Wait! Just Listen’ writes about the value of kindness in times of turmoil. He looked at video livestreams by ordinary citizens in war-torn settings and came away with hope.

Wait! Just Listen
The army of kindness
Wait! Just Listen is a weekly *Sunday newsletter on living a purposeful and meaningful life, in a digitised world of opinion polarisation, gratuitous commentary and click-bait. Subscribe with one-click to receive my musings right in your inbox. If you want access to topics and recordings more attuned to the craft of writing and ideation, do consider opt…
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a year ago · 8 likes · 2 comments · Josh Pillay

In TypeTown, Neil Barraclough writes about typewriters. That’s it. All about typewriters—and I’m in heaven! You know how I love typewriters (see below). I found it hard to choose just one essay, so when you get over there be sure to look around.

TypeTown
TypeTown #2: This place raises the bar
[Click here to subscribe to TypeTown and receive every issue direct to your inbox. It’s 100% free.] Hello, hello. Well, that went better than expected. A huge thanks to everyone who subscribed or sent encouraging messages since issue #1 went live. I’ve got the perfect place to celebrate…
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a year ago · 2 likes · Neil Barraclough

I found Ami McKay’s ‘Lost and Found’ and I couldn’t be happier! I chose her essay, ‘The Cure for Longing’ right away because, why wouldn’t I? It seemed to fit right in. And the pictures… Sublime. But, what? Typewriters? Seriously? Yes. Seriously.

The Cure for Longing
lost and found
February 28, 2022 Hello You, I hope you’re finding ways to keep going during these times of turbulent change and relentless worry. This last week was heartbreaking, terrifying beyond belief. As news reports continue to roll in from Ukraine, I hold my breath before each update. A refrain that’s been howling in my heart the past two years during the pandemi…
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a year ago · 9 likes · 6 comments · Ami McKay

So, because the theme seems to be typewriters, I thought I’d throw in my own essay about the love of my typing life.

Writer Everlasting
Writing on Real Paper With White-Out
WELCOME WRITERS. To those of you who have signed on for emails, thank you! If you’ve just stumbled onto Writer Everlasting and you like what you read here, please consider subscribing so you won’t miss a thing! This is a home, a safe place for writers, and if anyone should have a voice, it’s writers…
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a year ago · 4 likes · 7 comments · Ramona Grigg

¡Hola Papi! is just insane fun, and John Paul Brammer takes us on a wacky ride in ‘Six Sentences I Can’t Forget’. If you think his Abuelo is a hoot, wait till you meet his Abuela. And all the others.

¡Hola Papi!
Six Sentences I Can't Forget
If all of life is a song, these are the lyrics that stick with us and rattle around in our heads long after they’re said. I have a certain criteria for these words. They aren’t merely memorable sentences. One probably wouldn’t forget, for example, the first time a romantic partner said “I love you,” or the first time they were called a slur. These are m…
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3 years ago · 302 likes · John Paul Brammer

See you soon, Everlastings. As always, I’m thrilled that you’re here! But now you really need to get back to your writing. 😘


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Bex Sinden
Writes Obsessed!
Mar 4, 2022Liked by Ramona Grigg

Lovely choices, Ramona. Thank you for accentuating the positive.

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Linda Moran
Writes Two Crones' Initiative
Mar 4, 2022Liked by Ramona Grigg

Great choices! I need to set aside more reading time!!!

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