The Soulfaring Library: Where to Begin
All my posts and essays categorised for easy reading
If you are new around here and want to find the next thing to read, here are all my essays categorised so you can find what you like.
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Introduction
About me and my publication Soulfaring.
Recovering from burnout through nature, writing, and a small sailboat
A letter of thank you to my subscribers, a welcome to new faces and gifts to new paid subscribers
Nature Writing
Stories about belonging and finding connection to ourselves and the world, through sailing and the elements.
On finding deep connection with nature through the cadence of rivers
In which I dream of deep time and belonging as I sail to the Summer Isles
Reflections on our place in the world from the Isle of Skye
A soul healing sailing voyage around Scotland where myths and legends come alive
Poems
Lyrical poems about nature, mental health, belonging and the sea.
![[Poem] Passage Through Night](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cYui!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff96c725b-80cb-439d-8204-5764b047e29e_2016x1512.jpeg)
A villanelle written as a companion piece to my essay The Soul of the Sea
![[Poem] A Wounded Bird](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b-B9!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c774270-1970-4ae6-9d2d-7cdc07671227_2643x2686.jpeg)
An Ode to my sailing boat Kismet written in blank verse
Memoir & Mental Health
Stories from the sea and my life about burnout, my sailing boat Kismet, and sailing her around Scotland to heal.
My unlikely journey into sailing, and how you could do it too.
Read the prologue for my memoir on the beauty and difficulties of being alone at sea
The transformative power of a passion project and the “free” boat that saved my soul
