Substacks recommended by Sue Cauhape

Recommended by Sue Cauhape

Get a cartoon MWF from the late, great, Norm Rockwell (the cartoonist, not the painter😀). Norm was a single-panel cartoonist published in magazines the world over. He also worked as a humor writer for Charles Addams & Bob Thaves of Frank and Ernest.

Mental Garden 🌱💭

By Álvaro García

I help you to create your best version of yourself through productivity and psychology, so that you can transform your passion for writing into a purposeful lifestyle.

Tish and Company

By Ellen Anne Chong

Musings and brainpops by Ellen Anne Chong. Let's see where I wind up taking us as I spill my guts.

Dating Dinosaurs - A Memoir

By Wendy Martin

I invite you to join me as I chronicle my 200+ dates as a single mom during the prehistoric days of online dating. Laugh with me, laugh at me, cringe when necessary. Hold on, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

#DavidWrites

By David W. Zoll

A journal of history and discovery, driven by curiosity.

Shalom Auslander's Fetal Position

"Just to spite the world, don’t cry! Just to spite the world, only laugh, only laugh!" - Sholom Aleichem. Amen, Brother.

Grizzly Pear Jr.

By Justus

word art from the suburban desert

Switter’s World

Switter’s World is your one stop shop for everything you need to know about crossing off exotic locales from your adventurecation bucket list, seasoned with occasional Something Wonderfuls to ease your disappointment from letting those dumb dreams die.

Incidental Comics

By Grant Snider

Impossible thoughts and complicated feelings, illustrated. With bonus musings on how to live a creative life.

haver & sparrow

By Charlene Storey

Weekly letters from my island home in Shetland: slow-ish living with a hot pink punk rock edge. Forever obsessed with storytelling and capturing little joys in words, photos & art. *Nov 2024: Rebel Readers a book club dedicated to women's stories*

Summer writes and reads her essays. Her accent lifts the words right off the page and into your soul.

- Sue Cauhape

Dandelion Seeds: Illustrated Essays

By Candace Rose Rardon

Once a week, I share a short illustrated essay, hand-painted and hand-lettered, from my desk to yours. Like wishing on a dandelion, I hope it’ll bring a moment of beauty and wonder to your day.

Candace paints and writes lovely short pieces that go right to the heart.

- Sue Cauhape

the lovely road

By Mackenzie

Taking the road less travelled while writing about it.

Becoming

By Fran Gardner

Go slow now. Take time, feel gratitude, forgive. Be authentic.

Dear Reader, I'm lost

By Rebecca Holden

Letters from a writer navigating the world with absolutely no sense of direction.

Poetic Outlaws

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

A sampling of the best poetry every week.

- Sue Cauhape

Juke

By Tonya Morton

A creative journal with dirt in the corners.

Tonya writes the most poignant and incisive stories from her life and the people she's met. Her skill with showing the most vulnerable interpersonal relationships is astounding.

- Sue Cauhape

LEAVES

By Sharron Bassano

Short character-driven fiction, evocative travel tales, memoirs and a lot of laughs. Always free. 🌿LEAVES are proven to be better for your mental health than the daily newspaper or social media.

The Open Road

By Paul Vlachos

The Road, The Long and The Short of It

Escape from Clowntown | Comics of E.R. Flynn

Comics, cartoons, humor, podcast and mostly-true tales of comedy from award winning cartoonist and satirist, E.R. Flynn.

Dispatches From the Basement

By Joseph Massey

I offer poetry that seeks out the sacred in the ordinary, accompanied by original photography. No politics, no hot takes, just poetry.

Weirdo Poetry

By Jason McBride

Cozy essays about walks through real and imagined landscapes, searching for wonder while making room for the melancholy and bittersweet found along the way.

Letters of Note

By Shaun Usher

Nothing but history's most interesting letters.

She shares letters from famous people that are comical, thought-provoking, sad, serious, or inspiring.

- Sue Cauhape