3 Substack Recommendations

Some Litter, a few Snaps, and the Biggest Threat in the History of Humanity.

Deirdre Lewis — Snaps

“sketches, flash fiction, musings and observations”

She calls her individual essays “snaps,” but I’d gently dispute that. Even when describing a selected photograph, she shoots in old-fashioned rolls. Every post is a chock-a-block Kodak envelope of images capturing the different angles of a scene and, exactly like shooting on film, the feel of a curated day. Judicious. Funny. Sad. Curious — even about the paranormal — and, like the best photographers, modest behind her lens.

If there is a recurring theme in her Snaps it might be to honor. Aging and family are important. Dignity. Here her father at a Steely Dan concert before he died There a uniformed doorman on a ledge kicking his legs like a ten-year-old. A New Orleans dandy on a gilded cane, dollar bills pinned to his suit. Dodger Stadium roars drifting in through an L.A. apartment window. Police at a firing range. A lost cat, an urban coyote. Snap, snap, snap, snap.

Full rolls for each of them.

Wise, but comfort…