Life in a Strong Town…
is where you can read about the small, day-to-day adventures and encounters that make living—really living—in your place worthwhile and beautiful.
Skip the news and enjoy stories from people who live in towns and cities of all kinds, across North America. Discover new ways to love your own place. Then leave this Substack, and the rest of the internet, behind. A good life awaits you in your very own neighborhood.
Life in a Strong Town publishes twice weekly. Look for the Neighborhood Storyteller column on Tuesdays, and more stories on Thursdays.
We’re currently beta testing, so please pardon us as we work on this site and get things just right. :)
The Neighborhood Storyteller
Karla Theilen is the Neighborhood Storyteller at Strong Towns. Karla is a writer, storyteller, and Registered Nurse based out of Missoula, Montana. Her penchant to explore wild places informed early career choices as a trail builder in the Grand Canyon, and a forest fire lookout in Idaho. Her current writing inspiration comes from a different kind of wilderness, navigating healing journeys with her patients in far-flung places where she works as a travel nurse. Her writing has been featured on NPR, and select stories and essays have been anthologized. She has been Facebook-free since 1972.
Life in a Strong Town is a companion publication to Strong Towns. Learn about the Strong Towns movement here.
