Substacks recommended by Jill Homer

Recommended by Jill Homer

The Mountains are Calling

Ramblings about writing, hiking, and the outdoors

Kent’s Substack

By Kent Peterson

I usually type about one page a day here on an old manual typewriter.

Sunsets are the only given

By Carrot Quinn

I wrote Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart and The Sunset Route, plus eleven thousand miles of daily hiking blogs at carrotquinn.com. This is a weekly-ish newsletter where I yammer about my dogs, living in Alaska, and the various arguments of being alive.

Unfinished Journeys

By Emily Chappell

Rewriting our stories about cycling, travel, people and identities

On Texas Nature

By Misti Little

Notes and Musings about the Natural World from Texas

Everything Is Horrible

By Noah Berlatsky

Culture, politics, and misery.

Badreads

By Lauren Hough

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

Lauren is a fantastic writer — caustic, funny, and a keen observer of the weirdness of life.

- Jill Homer

Shangrilogs

By Kelton Wright

High altitude relocation, recreation, and renovation in a town of 180 people (and 51 dogs.)

Mountain Running & Living

By Sarah Lavender Smith

Personal essays with practical advice about trail running, mountain life & midlife grit.

I’ve followed Sarah’s ultrarunning blog for years. She has great insight into training and mountain running.

- Jill Homer

OK Doomer

By Jessica Wildfire

A safe place to doom and chill.

Yes, the world is ending, but at least we can build a cathartic sense of community in the meantime.

- Jill Homer

Amystery

By Amy Marie Turner

Updates on the Voyage of the Pleiades and A Garden of Shadows. Essays about life, nature, etc.

Amy is a historic fiction author in Salida. She shares tidbits about her writing process and publishing woes.

- Jill Homer

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Essays from women, mostly over the age of 50. Very relatable content for those of us facing down the second half of life.

- Jill Homer

Still looking for the Joke

By Merrill Markoe

I probably started writing the piece you are about to read because I thought it contained something funny. Fingers crossed I was correct in this assumption.

Adventure Unpacked

Recommended by Jill Homer