Announcing our first "Show & Share"!
Running through July in our chat space
Ready . . . set . . . create!
In July, The Raft will host its first “Show & Share,” a fun online gallery of creative projects (finished or in progress) done by you and your fellow Rafters.
Define “creative” any way you’d like: poetry, gardening, quilting, photography, crocheting, cooking, music, journaling, painting, reinventing your life . . .
Here’s the scoop:
The “Show & Share” will run July 1-31.
Post your original creative work in this chat thread (text, pictures, links).
Comment on the creative efforts of other Rafters in the thread.
By posting your own work, you’ll be entered in a random drawing for a free gift from my store at the end of July. (Each Rafter can win once per year.)
This is a group effort! At least 20 Rafters must post in July in order for the drawing to be held. Let’s create together!
What the heck is a “chat thread”?
A “chat thread’ is a virtual conversation in a designated space (link) on The Raft. It’s where we can support and inspire one another to live more creatively from our true spots and share our joy!
Give chatting a try by saying “hi.”
Practice chatting in advance of “Show & Share.” How? By introducing yourself to other Rafters on this “say hi” chat thread. Here’s the post with which I started it:
To add your hello to the chat thread, you have several options. Either click “Reply” beneath my post, hop on the thread here, or use this button:
Next, click either “Open in app” or “Join the conversation on the web” (beneath my post).
If you join on the web: you might then need to login to Substack with your email address (if you haven’t already). If you want to join on your phone: first get the app (available for both iOS and Android). Then open the app and tap the chat icon in the bottom bar (it looks like two bubbles). Tap on the appropriate chat thread.
Once on the chat thread, say hi! Tell us briefly who you are, where you’re from, a few of the creative things you like to do and make, and/or maybe who has inspired you lately. If you’d like, attach a fun photo or a link, just for practice. You can also react to other readers' replies.
Questions? Check out Substack’s chat FAQ.
See you on the chat soon!
I am late to the "Share and Show party"--it's "Octobrrrrrr,", not July (as I was out kayaking most of that month) but I felt like sharing a poem today. Our family of outdoor enthusiasts canoed, boated, and sailed. My brother taught me to read a river when I was in high school. He lived on the edge and always sought out fast-running, spring-run-off rivers. One spring he took me on a roiling river near our hometown of Wausau, WI where I learned in a hurry! Here's a poem that was published In "Portage Magazine" (a lit. mag. from Carroll Univ. in Wis.) this year about those lessons he taught me and that have served me well for many years of canoeing and kayaking. https://portagemagazine.org/reading-a-river/