Episode 98 - Friendship is the Muse

It’s coming up for three years since I started this Uncivil Savant, and for the first time in many months, I have been taking a look through some of the pieces from the years before I opened this particular writing space. The space before this one was letters and emails to my dear friends and trusted colleagues. Thinking in conversation. It’s still a joy, but with so many of my gang of friends now writing, both here and in our books, I find I miss the daily and weekly typed missives, punctuated with the occasional phone call.At least fifty such fragments, filed away on my laptop, have found their way into the pieces here over the years. Each month I share one of my favourite archive pieces, and there’ll be one later this month. For now, you can investigate my whole archive here and all my recorded voiceovers in my podcast here. This week’s podcast contains writing from the last few years, I hope you enjoy it. This podcast was first published with full transcript, footnotes, images and links here on Substack on 11th August 2025. I don’t use AI to make my writing or art. Get full access to Uncivil Savant at carolineross.substack.com/subscribe