Welcome to Stephen Sovie’s World Newsletter

This is me as of November 2024

My name is Stephen Sovie, but my friends call me Steve. I am retired after a long healthcare career. I now live near Rochester, New York, but I spent my working years in Boston. After retirement, I moved to Malaysia, where I met my husband. When it became legal for us to marry, we did so and moved back to the U.S.

I discovered blogging while retired and living in Penang, Malaysia. I never made much money, but I enjoyed it. Over six years ago, I joined Medium, where I continued to blog, but this time, I began to earn a little money. With the recent decline in earnings and respect on Medium, I moved to Substack.

Being a retired, married, gay person, I have many interests that keep me active. One of these is politics. At this particular point in my life, I am worried. I am afraid that under this fascist administration, I may lose my right to be married to my husband, as well as other rights granted to gay people in the past. I am afraid for my husband, as he is an immigrant. With immigrants being targeted and attacked by this new government, I worry for him, even though he is a US citizen.

I am afraid of losing my healthcare and my Social Security, which both are under attack from Trump. I am not sure if I could survive without them. I am afraid that the economy of our country will be destroyed, along with our democracy.

With these fears, I find it important to voice my thoughts and opinions on what is happening in our country. That is why I have started this newsletter.

I will post articles about my opinions of what is happening in the country that would affect my fellow citizens and me. I will write about politics, social issues, and even specific events I have encountered in everyday life. I may even rant and rave about something that I don’t like.

Writing and blogging are my hobbies, not my new line of work. I hope people will find my work interesting and worthwhile enough to subscribe to my newsletter. I am offering only free subscriptions now, but I hope to offer paid subscriptions to those who choose to support my work in the future. I am sharing my Substack posts on Medium, but when I offer paid subscriptions, my article will exclusively appear in my newsletter.

Other than writing, I have another interest. I love animals, especially my CattleDog, Cato, my saltwater fish, and my two parrots, Blue and Gizmo. As a bonus, I may include articles about them or the neighborhood creatures I may encounter.

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Retired old guy who likes to write about what's important to him, mainly politics and social issues.