Vera Herself | Stories from Istanbul
Vera, Wolf, T.S., John Muntges, Brian.hadfield, Hummingbird Hatchling, Nick Grills, John Hutchins, Cats of Istanbul, Stuart AndersonVera Herself is a literary travel and culture publication from Istanbul, exploring bookstores, poetry, places, and the stories that make us feel at home in the world.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 156 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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What we talk about when we talk about love?
“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we’re talking about when we talk about love.” — Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
It always amazes me how differently, and sometimes even oppositely,...
“But hope still springs eternal, for soon will be the vernal, and love, once dead, will bloom as spirits raise.”
Seasons change, and so do we.
This week, on the 23rd of September, we will mark the autumn equinox, when day and night are almost equally divided. From then on, the days will gradually become shorter, while the nights grow longer.
What we...
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
The more thoughts have been occupying my mind over the last two weeks, the less capable I feel of putting them into words—which is rare for me, because I have never been someone who struggles to express my thoughts.
The more thoughts have...
“When you've been disrespected by a cat, there is just no coming back from that.”
Dear Friends,
Dear Friends,
The Path Is Still Mine
On social anxiety, still finding the joy and learning to live with it.
Can social anxiety and being present in the moment coexist?
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Istanbullu by heart • Storyteller by choice • Co-founder of EWA Studio \ud83d\udce9 [email protected]
I am a Witch, a retired Technomage, a Socialist, an Anti-Capitalist, the father of twins, Swing dancer, poet, writer, comic art lover, Groucho-Marxist, and an uprooted New Yorker. Merry Meet!
How to live in a world our minds weren’t built for and thrive in deep alignment. 20+ years reshaping the deep unconscious. Practitioner by choice, poet at heart.
I enjoy walking, reading, performing music and writing (poetry and fiction).
A perpetual seeker and sometime finder. A former teacher, bartender, banker, and technologist. Guided by humor, driven by desire, and a lover of life.
Practicing artist and poet--you will see my style shifting and changing as I find my voice--and my imaginary animals are evolving, too! My posts so far are open to everyone, but I greatly appreciate contributions, comments and restacks.
I write Short Story Section, one original short story a week and the story of how it was written.
Mostly at sea
The most populous cat publication on Substack: Cats of Istanbul. In other words, Catstantinople. \ud83d\udc08 By John the Cat Photographer.
I have taught physics, mathematics, and engineering at the University of Washington since 1987. In 2010 I won the Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry of the Sacred. I like to write poems about ideas, situations, and responses.
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