Hi. I’m Gary Varner.

I spend my time writing, sketching, pondering, and occasionally immersing in nature. Still love to travel when I can, but these days exploration is more into words, insights, and making sense of things, than scenic wonders.

I migrated this Substack (select posts) from my previous Ghost-hosted site, lured by the potential for greater community and exposure here. Wanted to launch a hybrid post/newsletter: part original article, part sharing cool stuff I stumble on. Ghost could not (easily) do this, so I packed up the dishes, called the digital movers, and migrated to Substack.

What you’ll find here typically falls within my tag categories of learning, life, nature, poetry, travel, and writing. I now publish Odd Socks here, my alternate-Fridays newsletter with a few articles plus cool bonus sections. Subscribe below to get on the list for the newsletter when it publishes.

Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I enjoy our green springs yet love our rejuvenating and restorative white winters! (Yeah, last part's weird to most people.)

I retired at the end of 2018 to close out a corporate career immersed in writing, publications, graphic design, and inter-company communications. To see what I did once free from the 9-to-5 life, check this out. My latest big project is relaunching my online stationery shop, Notegeist, where I feature curated stationery goods from quality brands at great prices.

I hope you enjoy my writing. If you need to contact me: inkmuser at gmail dot com.

Favorite Article Posts

A short list to help new readers/subscribers to garyvarner.com get started.

• Curatives for the Soul – part 1 Journaling, part 2 Meditation, part 3 Nature Immersion

• The Silence of Solitude

• Who Wants to Live Forever?

• The Iciness of Routine

• Mortality’s Shadow

• A Guide to Fine Whines

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