Girl With a Book Substack
Patresa HartmanA place to talk about books and ideas and stories and music and the world. "Never underestimate the power of a girl with a book." - Ruth Bader Ginsberg
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[REPOST + commentary] Story & Song: Asleep in the House of Perseus
I’m reposting a short story and song I wrote two years ago: Asleep in the House of Perseus (with song draft, Asteria). It was part of the Story & Song series. It feels like a good time to repost this particular story and song for two reason...
"Don't forget the funnels."
I took my teenage son and my elderly, disabled dog to South Dakota last week, and my car started to overheat somewhere between Deadwood and Spearfish. It was 100+ degrees outside. We’d spent the day wandering up and down, in and around, the...
Cutie Pie Little Lady in the Commercial School Machine
We’re getting a new tub and shower tomorrow. It’s long overdue. The current one is old and moldy and all the hardware is corroded. I didn’t do a lot of research or planning before picking the company and the product and signing on. I just w...
Lost at Scarborough Fair
A song about the unattainable (probably)
[Here is Edna, watching me with disdain and sitting on my purple pen — which is why I had to switch to green until she lost interest and went away.]
Crap Mountain
On July 28, 2026, at the Des Moines Arts Festival during our Story & Song songwriter round, fellow Substacker and singer-songwriter, Chip Albright, asked me why I write songs, and I said these groundbreaking words:
“I don’t know.”
It’s mo...
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"Never underestimate the power of a girl with a book." - Ruth Bader Ginsberg Reader. Writer. Singer-songwriter. Mom. School Psychologist. Reading = curiosity and empathy. Here: Book reports, Stories, Songs, & Stuff
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