HeyJaredEmma Finlayson-Palmer
Autistic, working class Writer, Artist, Editor, former SEN TA, lunchtime supervisor, Gothic aesthetic appreciater and Tombstone Tourist 🪦
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Notes from the Graveyard Shift (opens the original)
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Buried metal, borrowed history, school-lunch carnage and one unexpectedly viral graveyard post. This week’s Notes from the Graveyard Shift has been about finding joy beneath the surface, learning when to dig deeper, and knowing when certain things are probably best left buried.There’s a scene in Detectorists where the club chairman sits back with tears in his eyes, looking across a field full of detectorists and quietly taking in the people around him. His people. A slightly dysfunctional little
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Panic attacks, ancient stones, charity-shop treasure and one increasingly possessed printer. This week’s Notes from the Graveyard Shift has been about running dangerously low on reserves, finding small pockets of comfort wherever I can, and remembering that sometimes getting through the week is achievement enough.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zopK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.c
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Metal detectorists, medieval graves, Mothman and the return of the tomato sauce terrorists. This week’s Notes from the Graveyard Shift has been about digging beneath the surface, following the things that spark joy, and wondering whether sometimes the clues to where we’re going next have been there all along.I did something rather brave this week. At least, brave by my standards. I went somewhere completely new, met a room full of strangers, and talked about my newest obsession… metal detecting.
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New routines, old stones, creative sparks and a surprisingly gentle return to school. This week’s Notes from the Graveyard Shift is about discovering that not every new beginning has to feel like a threat, especially when there are good people, good books and the occasional graveyard to help you through it.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QJiY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpu
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Roman ruins, literary graveyards, new beginnings and the return of the school bell. This week’s Notes from the Graveyard Shift has been about stepping into September, following the things that make me feel most alive, and wondering whether a new season might also be a chance to reshape the life I’m building.September… I shuddered slightly writing that. How can it possibly be September already? Though I am very ready for autumn. I am considerably less ready for the return to routine, school, work
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