The Lowdown #1

News and happenings around the Southlands

When the new year begins, one of the top items on my to-do list is begin formal planning for the first print issue of Southlands—and that’s got me eager to revamp this newsletter as the digital arm of that print publication. (It’s in hibernation, but if time allows I’m going to shift my more personal writings over to this other Substack—as if you don’t have enough subscriptions in your life.) That means relaunching my old bi-weekly news round-up,¹ so here’s edition #1