Nathaniel Oldham
@nathanoldham.bsky.social
Connecticut-based Photographer & Writer. The Quiet Corner: https://open.substack.com/pub/nathanoldham
It's fascinating that the less time I spend chasing the news, the more I write about music, and nature, and the meaning of things.
Not to say we shouldn't stay current, but that stepping back often gives us the perspectives we need to engage in a less reactive manner.
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Not to say we shouldn't stay current, but that stepping back often gives us the perspectives we need to engage in a less reactive manner.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
March 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's fascinating that the less time I spend chasing the news, the more I write about music, and nature, and the meaning of things.
Not to say we shouldn't stay current, but that stepping back often gives us the perspectives we need to engage in a less reactive manner.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Not to say we shouldn't stay current, but that stepping back often gives us the perspectives we need to engage in a less reactive manner.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
I couldn't read There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib without reflecting on #MarchMadness and had to write my own reply to the season as a #UConn fan from the self-proclaimed Basketball Capital of the World.
#writingcommunity #amriting #substack
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#writingcommunity #amriting #substack
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For the Love of March (Madness)
Yes, it's about basketball.
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March 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I couldn't read There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib without reflecting on #MarchMadness and had to write my own reply to the season as a #UConn fan from the self-proclaimed Basketball Capital of the World.
#writingcommunity #amriting #substack
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#writingcommunity #amriting #substack
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I wrote a little bit about almost drowning as a child. But of course it’s about a lot of other things too. Like hoarding mercy, which seems to be a trend right now.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
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#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
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When a River Tries to Kill You.
On panic-buying mercy and stockpiling grace.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wrote a little bit about almost drowning as a child. But of course it’s about a lot of other things too. Like hoarding mercy, which seems to be a trend right now.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
Of the many inconveniences presented by a chronic inner ear problem, limiting time in front of a computer is a new challenge. Most of my ideation and first-draft writing is now by hand. I don’t entirely hate it. Who else does a lot of hand writing?
#amwriting #writing #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writing #writingcommunity
March 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Of the many inconveniences presented by a chronic inner ear problem, limiting time in front of a computer is a new challenge. Most of my ideation and first-draft writing is now by hand. I don’t entirely hate it. Who else does a lot of hand writing?
#amwriting #writing #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writing #writingcommunity
Real New Englanders still have their snowblowers out.
March 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Real New Englanders still have their snowblowers out.
Does anyone else sit down to write on a Monday and think—where did all my words go?! Maybe daylight savings erased my vocabulary recall.
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#amwriting #writingcommunity
March 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Does anyone else sit down to write on a Monday and think—where did all my words go?! Maybe daylight savings erased my vocabulary recall.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Why is it often cheaper to buy a tv and watch brain-rot than it is to subscribe to publications that have deep journalistic integrity and reporting? It’s the same reason highly processed junk food is more affordable and accessible than healthy whole foods.
#donotobeyinadvance #freespeech
#donotobeyinadvance #freespeech
March 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Why is it often cheaper to buy a tv and watch brain-rot than it is to subscribe to publications that have deep journalistic integrity and reporting? It’s the same reason highly processed junk food is more affordable and accessible than healthy whole foods.
#donotobeyinadvance #freespeech
#donotobeyinadvance #freespeech
Polarity leads to profits. Engagement is the currency of any algorithmic platform, so there is an honor system to both our consumption and creation. Regardless of a crowded digital environment, we have to keep our integrity in tact. It matters.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
March 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Polarity leads to profits. Engagement is the currency of any algorithmic platform, so there is an honor system to both our consumption and creation. Regardless of a crowded digital environment, we have to keep our integrity in tact. It matters.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
While reviewing a historical survey of censorship, I’m struck by how intense the fights have been over freedom of speech and expression. We have the same struggles today but truth is buried and smothered rather than burned. For now. Keep writing.
#freespeech #censorship #writingcommunity #writing
#freespeech #censorship #writingcommunity #writing
March 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
While reviewing a historical survey of censorship, I’m struck by how intense the fights have been over freedom of speech and expression. We have the same struggles today but truth is buried and smothered rather than burned. For now. Keep writing.
#freespeech #censorship #writingcommunity #writing
#freespeech #censorship #writingcommunity #writing
Substack is riddled with people looking to turn a buck with content. It had this "for writers" vibe at first and now it feels like another engagement mill. I'm hoping to find other poets and writers who are on there for more than profit. HMU. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #substack #poetry
March 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Substack is riddled with people looking to turn a buck with content. It had this "for writers" vibe at first and now it feels like another engagement mill. I'm hoping to find other poets and writers who are on there for more than profit. HMU. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #substack #poetry
“Pessimism is irresponsible .” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social thank you for bringing your clarity and knowledge to the Connecticut Forum tonight. I sort of hoped you and the Admiral would say we were all overreacting but it’s good to know we are in this together.
March 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
“Pessimism is irresponsible .” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social thank you for bringing your clarity and knowledge to the Connecticut Forum tonight. I sort of hoped you and the Admiral would say we were all overreacting but it’s good to know we are in this together.
Wrote a reflective piece on the protest I photographed yesterday: open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
#amwriting #writingcommunity #protest #politics
#amwriting #writingcommunity #protest #politics
Love is Not a Loyalist
Reflections on a Protest in Hartford, Connecticut.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wrote a reflective piece on the protest I photographed yesterday: open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
#amwriting #writingcommunity #protest #politics
#amwriting #writingcommunity #protest #politics
March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Parents: resistance is teaching our children the difference between patriotism and nationalism, courage and cruelty, virtue and violence, honesty and manipulation. Raising kids to become the bright bold future our world needs IS the work of resistance.
#parenting #resist
#parenting #resist
February 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Parents: resistance is teaching our children the difference between patriotism and nationalism, courage and cruelty, virtue and violence, honesty and manipulation. Raising kids to become the bright bold future our world needs IS the work of resistance.
#parenting #resist
#parenting #resist
February 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
February 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You cannot celebrate grace while withholding it from others, just as you cannot rejoice in mercy while hoarding it for yourself.
February 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You cannot celebrate grace while withholding it from others, just as you cannot rejoice in mercy while hoarding it for yourself.
In response to the whitehouse ASMR video: "When did the sound of chains become a song of celebration?"
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Afterimage
“The heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.” - Mary Oliver
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February 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In response to the whitehouse ASMR video: "When did the sound of chains become a song of celebration?"
open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
February 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“He who saves his country does not violate any law.”
To which I reply: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire
#resist
To which I reply: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire
#resist
February 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“He who saves his country does not violate any law.”
To which I reply: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire
#resist
To which I reply: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire
#resist
I guess this one is for the former church kids. open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
#amwriting #writingcommunity #christianity
#amwriting #writingcommunity #christianity
Cardboard Kids
Thoughts on Bad Habits
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February 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I guess this one is for the former church kids. open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
#amwriting #writingcommunity #christianity
#amwriting #writingcommunity #christianity
Reposted by Nathaniel Oldham
Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this.
Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
February 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this.
Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
First time recording a previously written post. This resonated with people so it seemed like a good place to begin. Mondays.
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Mondays
Listen now | How to Handle Feeling Powerless
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February 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
First time recording a previously written post. This resonated with people so it seemed like a good place to begin. Mondays.
open.substack.com/pub/nathanol... #substack #amwriting #writingcommunity #podcast
open.substack.com/pub/nathanol... #substack #amwriting #writingcommunity #podcast
Licking crumbs off the floor that fell from the king’s table doesn’t make you royalty.
February 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Licking crumbs off the floor that fell from the king’s table doesn’t make you royalty.
Made tea drinking into a big deal in my most recent personal essay- open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
How Drinking Tea Taught Me About Astonishment
Graced by the Ordinary
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February 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Made tea drinking into a big deal in my most recent personal essay- open.substack.com/pub/nathanol...
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting