I've published 20 Mundane to Insane blogposts in the past three years. A rather paltry start, and certainly not that many for a "real" blogger, but at least I peeked "out there."
This post is the third for 2023. Just a couple of weeks ago, I was reading Annie Fenn's Brain Health Kitchen newsletter, published on Substack. Annie, a physician who specialized in Obstetrics & Gynecology with a focus on the health and wellbeing of older women, is now also a specialist in culinary arts and nutrition. I've followed her trajectory for several years from > her work with Martha Stearn, a local Internal Medicine doctor with a Cognitive Health practice, to > a partnership with Dr. Martha Clare Morris, a scientist at Rush University who created the MIND diet and wrote a fabulous book about it, to > her current growing concentration on promoting brain health with appropriate nutrition. I feature the healthy eating research and implementation promoted by Annie Fenn and Martha Clare Morris in the Kitchens 'n' Such domain on my website, Mundane to Insane.
In order to read Annie's newsletter, I needed an account with Substack.
At the bottom of a post of hers that I read two months ago was a link button:
I love to write. I thought and thought, and mulled and mulled, and perseverated and perseverated
for six more weeks before I finally clicked on that button.
It turned out that the free Substack account I signed up for to read Annie's newsletter also allows any account holder to publish for free on Substack. That "start writing" link appears at the bottom of all Substack posts. No one pays for an account unless they charge a subscription fee to those who read their posts, or if they sell anything from their Substack site. I certainly have no intention of doing any such thing, nor will I ever sell anything from my website domain full of lots of diverse content, hosted by Wix. Both sites are a means of sharing experiences and learned knowledge from the treasure trove of my life, in the hopes that something may pique the interest of readers, as mine was piqued by reading Annie's newsletter.
An excerpt from my first post on Substack:
(At the beginning, I included some information published on my website, including this very important note -- I continue to struggle with how to keep alive and share all of the above parts of myself. While it has been pretty much on hold for months, I'm hoping this website will soon serve as the hub, once again, of my many interests and provide inspiration to others who cherish their life experiences.)
"I’ve had a website for about five years, and a blog for more than three. They’ve both always been private, and really only read by fewer than 10 people. My website curates some of my paintings, provides recipes for many of my own concoctions and some that have been in my family for 3+ generations, is my soapbox for health and wellness, and largely serves as a personal journal. I think I have some things to share. This is my launch into the public arena.
I’m not looking to sell anything!!! I intend to post at least weekly, although I can’t specify a certain day, as I’m retired and reserve the right to do whatever I like on any given day :-) I invite anyone who is interested to subscribe for free below. I will respond to every email that I receive. You’ll receive only an acknowledgment of or response to your content, along with a link to my full website (which also doesn’t sell anything)."
I invite you to read my notes on Substack, along with the content on my website. Go to my two-week-old newsletter vicki.rosenberg.substack.com for comments on all things mundane to insane. Since you'll have to sign up for a free Substack account, you'll also have access to Substack Reads, which offers a selected list of published posts from a variety of authors, some of which you can subscribe to (like mine) for free.
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