![[SS-Header-Compost-Heap-Gracie-Klumpp.jpg|From the Compost Heap header. A pencil style illustration of a compost heap with flowers and plants growing around it. A bee buzzes by and a white rabbit hops by.]] ## I thought I would send this. Now I don’t think I will. I need another week in the cocoon. I am still goo. --- ### In the Garden 🌱 We found aster self seeded in the backyard. It’s everything I wanted the erigeron to be so I’ve ordered some aster seeds. Collected more tithonia seeds & hyacinth bean pods. --- ## Books 📖 I’ve never successfully read a seasonal book. I usually end up reading something like Wintering in Summer. 😂 The closest I’ve come was reading The Christmasaurus with David last year, but even so we didn’t finish until January. But this year I planned ahead and I’m reading Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett during spooky season. I love his witch books - not leave of which because one of his first witch books is about a girl who wants to be a wizard defying the gender binary. --- ![[SS-Header-Time-Travel-Gracie-Klumpp.jpg|Time Travel header features an illustrated TARDIS, swirling lines, and stars.]] # This time last year... I started Neurokind, I pressed leaves from a papaya tree that sprouted in the compost, I [removed the paywall](https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/riding-a-creative-wave) on a handful of previously locked posts, and I moved my membership off Substack. (We tried a bunch of platforms before ending up with old school snail mail.) I also wrote [Riding a Creative Wave](https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/riding-a-creative-wave). ## Two Years Ago I was writing about [fluctuating capacity](https://sarahshotts.substack.com/p/fluctuating-capacity). These weekly flashbacks are so illuminating. I always think of autumn as a particularly productive time for me, but perhaps for that reason I seem to overload it and sometimes take on too much. --- *This is a ~~curated~~ collection of tidbits from my overgrown Compost Heap (or digital garden.) [You're welcome to rummage around, turn the heap, and see what you can find for yourself.*](https://publish.obsidian.md/sarahshotts) 🪱🐛🌱 --- ![[SS-Header-Support-Gracie-Klumpp.jpg|Ways to support header includes an illustrated white rabbit hopping into some wildflowers.]] _The Compost Heap is free to all. Thanks for exchanging your time and energy. If you’re feeling particularly generous here are other ways you can lend your support._ - Leave a comment (it’s free!) - Restack or [recommend](https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/5036794583828-How-can-I-recommend-other-publications-on-Substack) on Substack. - Buy [my book](https://www.sarahshotts.com/books). - Forward this email to a friend. - Pledge $3+ on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/sarahshotts) (or upgrade to paid) for monthly snail mail from me. ![[2024-08-29-Spiral-Patreon.jpeg]] --- ![[SS-Header-Chat-Gracie-Klumpp.jpg|Let's chat header includes a hand drawn tin can telephone.]] _The Internet is like a tin can telephone. It’s just a rusty can until someone talks back._ What are you making? What are you growing? What are you finding inspiring? I appreciate you. ![[SS-Sarah-Signature.png]] --- _Illustrations by_ [Gracie Klumpp](https://open.substack.com/users/7450510-gracie-klumpp?utm_source=mentions) _of_ [Leave the Fingerprints](https://open.substack.com/pub/gracieklumpp). 🐞