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Alexander M Crow's avatar

I cannot thank you enough for all the encouraging and sharing you do. It really means a lot to me--and to many others, too--and it is not something I take for granted. Thank you so much.

(As you can see, I'm almost caught up with my Notes feed! Nearly! Then I can try and somehow catch up with my reading, too.)

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Wow! So much inspiration is to be found on these pages, Barrie. Thank you! I absolutely adore the Bicycle Boy watercolors. So delicate and harmonious in their palette.

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Love all the stories those watercolours touch on. Thank you so much for reading, Sharron.

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Mark Diacono's avatar

HNY you two - and thank you for another instalment of brilliance x

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

And a happy new year to you too, Mark. Thank you for the encouragement 💛🙏x

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Claudia Befu's avatar

The other dad, my mother in law told my husband that his 97 years old grandmother cooked Mexican beans the other day and they thought of him. The tastes of home. Beautiful collection of inspiring reads.

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

So happy it found you, Claudia and lovely that a story connected in that way. Good memories are so powerful.

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Barrie this is more than marvellous - thank you for mentioning me in your first issue of 'The Encouragement Files' what an honour!

I have been mulling over the idea of a sort of Substack magazine recently too, of course, as is so infuriatingly often the case, the idea was filed in the slot marked 'too time consuming' with a side note of retirement project!

I love, Field Notes for Curious Minds and I love even more that you have time to do that which I don't!

I will be taking notes for when I do!

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Great minds, and all that jazz. I am brimful of ‘time on my hands’! Looking forward to reading yours when it arrives. It’ll be all the better for percolating for a while. Thanks so much for the kind encouragement.

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Barrie, thank you!

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

A wonderful celebration of Substackers and so new Stacks to join for me!

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Ah, so happy it found you. More next week. Thanks for peeking in, Pamela.

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Such a pleasure to share the gorgeous stuff. Happy Sunday, Luisa.

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