Deana Sanders
@deanasanders.bsky.social
Career clarity seeker, essayist, and lover of quiet symbolism. I write about legacy, resilience, and the story our objects tell us.
Currently reading: *War and Peace*
https://cadenceandecho.substack.com
Currently reading: *War and Peace*
https://cadenceandecho.substack.com
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Deana Sanders
@deanasanders.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Cadence & Echo | Deana Sanders | Substack
Dispatches from the sovereign edge of tech, governance, and symbolic leadership. Click to read Cadence & Echo, by Deana Sanders, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.
Cadenceandecho.substack.com
Recent echos: *Trust*, Blanton Museum, Mosque-Cathedral, *Perspective(s)*
Book reviews as resonance anchors.
Civic essays as symbolic scaffolding.
I write at Cadence & Echo.
Cadenceandecho.substack.com
Book reviews as resonance anchors.
Civic essays as symbolic scaffolding.
I write at Cadence & Echo.
Cadenceandecho.substack.com
Reading War and Peace slowly — week by week, season by season — was the right choice. Petya’s death, Andrei’s resignation, Pierre’s rebirth. Tolstoy gives reckoning, not comfort.
“The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience.”
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/war-and-pe...
#booksky
“The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience.”
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/war-and-pe...
#booksky
War and Peace
Time, Patience, and Living After Loss
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December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Reading War and Peace slowly — week by week, season by season — was the right choice. Petya’s death, Andrei’s resignation, Pierre’s rebirth. Tolstoy gives reckoning, not comfort.
“The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience.”
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/war-and-pe...
#booksky
“The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience.”
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/war-and-pe...
#booksky
Not every pause is a reckoning. Sometimes it’s just a pause — and sometimes it becomes a story. Read my latest meditation.
The Thingie That Wouldn’t Pop Up cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/the-thingi...
#writing #essay
The Thingie That Wouldn’t Pop Up cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/the-thingi...
#writing #essay
The Thingie That Wouldn’t Pop Up
A Meditation on Pauses, Screens, and Human Comedy
cadenceandecho.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Not every pause is a reckoning. Sometimes it’s just a pause — and sometimes it becomes a story. Read my latest meditation.
The Thingie That Wouldn’t Pop Up cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/the-thingi...
#writing #essay
The Thingie That Wouldn’t Pop Up cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/the-thingi...
#writing #essay
The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert
Alma Whitaker studied mosses — quiet persistence, overlooked resilience.
Her life mirrored evolution: competition, survival, the will to endure.
The Signature of All Things surprised me, but I really liked it.
#booksky #historicalfiction #botany
Elizabeth Gilbert
Alma Whitaker studied mosses — quiet persistence, overlooked resilience.
Her life mirrored evolution: competition, survival, the will to endure.
The Signature of All Things surprised me, but I really liked it.
#booksky #historicalfiction #botany
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert
Alma Whitaker studied mosses — quiet persistence, overlooked resilience.
Her life mirrored evolution: competition, survival, the will to endure.
The Signature of All Things surprised me, but I really liked it.
#booksky #historicalfiction #botany
Elizabeth Gilbert
Alma Whitaker studied mosses — quiet persistence, overlooked resilience.
Her life mirrored evolution: competition, survival, the will to endure.
The Signature of All Things surprised me, but I really liked it.
#booksky #historicalfiction #botany
Not a poinsettia, not a pine. Just a cactus that knows when to show up.
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Not a poinsettia, not a pine. Just a cactus that knows when to show up.
Refracted Revolution — my essay on watching Ken Burns’s American Revolution, layering Outlander fiction and my own travel maps. The truth bombs hit differently as an adult.
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/refracted-...
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/refracted-...
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Refracted Revolution — my essay on watching Ken Burns’s American Revolution, layering Outlander fiction and my own travel maps. The truth bombs hit differently as an adult.
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/refracted-...
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/refracted-...
25 yrs since I left Boulder. No return this fall, but I remembered: the ribbon of light on Hwy 36, the sliver of the Flatirons. Austin is home.
New essay: Home, Revisited
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New essay: Home, Revisited
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/home-revis...
Home, Revisited
The Ribbon of Light and the Quiet Recognition of Place
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November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
25 yrs since I left Boulder. No return this fall, but I remembered: the ribbon of light on Hwy 36, the sliver of the Flatirons. Austin is home.
New essay: Home, Revisited
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/home-revis...
New essay: Home, Revisited
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/home-revis...
Dinner with friends reminded me: the joyful work of turning colleagues into companions is worth the effort.
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dinner with friends reminded me: the joyful work of turning colleagues into companions is worth the effort.
A recent day off gave me space I thought I’d use to boost Substack — important, not urgent. Instead, I put up lights to redirect the cat, baked cookies, reviewed resumes. Sometimes the urgent creates joy, and the not urgent builds legacy.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A recent day off gave me space I thought I’d use to boost Substack — important, not urgent. Instead, I put up lights to redirect the cat, baked cookies, reviewed resumes. Sometimes the urgent creates joy, and the not urgent builds legacy.
Recent echos: *Trust*, Blanton Museum, Mosque-Cathedral, *Perspective(s)*
Book reviews as resonance anchors.
Civic essays as symbolic scaffolding.
I write at Cadence & Echo.
Cadenceandecho.substack.com
Book reviews as resonance anchors.
Civic essays as symbolic scaffolding.
I write at Cadence & Echo.
Cadenceandecho.substack.com
Cadence & Echo | Deana Sanders | Substack
Dispatches from the sovereign edge of tech, governance, and symbolic leadership. Click to read Cadence & Echo, by Deana Sanders, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.
Cadenceandecho.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Recent echos: *Trust*, Blanton Museum, Mosque-Cathedral, *Perspective(s)*
Book reviews as resonance anchors.
Civic essays as symbolic scaffolding.
I write at Cadence & Echo.
Cadenceandecho.substack.com
Book reviews as resonance anchors.
Civic essays as symbolic scaffolding.
I write at Cadence & Echo.
Cadenceandecho.substack.com
Perspective(s) unfolds like a fresco -- slow, deliberate, and emotionally layered.
Florence, murder, Michelangelo, Vasari.
#PerspectiveNovel #LaurentBinet #RenaissanceMystery #FlorenceReads #EpistolaryNovel #ArtHistory #Booksky
Florence, murder, Michelangelo, Vasari.
#PerspectiveNovel #LaurentBinet #RenaissanceMystery #FlorenceReads #EpistolaryNovel #ArtHistory #Booksky
Perspective(s) by Laurent Binet
When I heard about this Renaissance murder mystery set in Florence with the Medicis, Michelangelo, and Vasari, I couldn’t resist.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Perspective(s) unfolds like a fresco -- slow, deliberate, and emotionally layered.
Florence, murder, Michelangelo, Vasari.
#PerspectiveNovel #LaurentBinet #RenaissanceMystery #FlorenceReads #EpistolaryNovel #ArtHistory #Booksky
Florence, murder, Michelangelo, Vasari.
#PerspectiveNovel #LaurentBinet #RenaissanceMystery #FlorenceReads #EpistolaryNovel #ArtHistory #Booksky
New dispatch: Spirit and Splendor at the Blanton: A Quiet Reckoning
I went to the Blanton for art. I left metabolizing empire. A quiet museum visit, threaded with dynastic overlays, emotional yield, and sovereign resonance.
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#art #Spanishhistory #museum
I went to the Blanton for art. I left metabolizing empire. A quiet museum visit, threaded with dynastic overlays, emotional yield, and sovereign resonance.
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/spirit-and...
#art #Spanishhistory #museum
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New dispatch: Spirit and Splendor at the Blanton: A Quiet Reckoning
I went to the Blanton for art. I left metabolizing empire. A quiet museum visit, threaded with dynastic overlays, emotional yield, and sovereign resonance.
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/spirit-and...
#art #Spanishhistory #museum
I went to the Blanton for art. I left metabolizing empire. A quiet museum visit, threaded with dynastic overlays, emotional yield, and sovereign resonance.
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/spirit-and...
#art #Spanishhistory #museum
A reflection on scale, intent, and what we build when we’re resourced and clear.
One lifts the eye. One moves product.
Only one invites silence.
One lifts the eye. One moves product.
Only one invites silence.
Vaulted Arches and Pallet Rows
A Reflection on Scale and Intent
cadenceandecho.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A reflection on scale, intent, and what we build when we’re resourced and clear.
One lifts the eye. One moves product.
Only one invites silence.
One lifts the eye. One moves product.
Only one invites silence.
Visible Empire settled in like summer heat: slow, deliberate, and emotionally layered. Grief, inheritance, and awakening.
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/visible-em...
#VisibleEmpire #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook #GriefAndInheritance #SouthernLiterature #Booksky
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/visible-em...
#VisibleEmpire #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook #GriefAndInheritance #SouthernLiterature #Booksky
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Visible Empire settled in like summer heat: slow, deliberate, and emotionally layered. Grief, inheritance, and awakening.
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/visible-em...
#VisibleEmpire #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook #GriefAndInheritance #SouthernLiterature #Booksky
cadenceandecho.substack.com/p/visible-em...
#VisibleEmpire #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook #GriefAndInheritance #SouthernLiterature #Booksky
Fall, in three voices.
Strings, percussion, harmony.
The patio held the score. I just showed up.
Strings, percussion, harmony.
The patio held the score. I just showed up.
September 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fall, in three voices.
Strings, percussion, harmony.
The patio held the score. I just showed up.
Strings, percussion, harmony.
The patio held the score. I just showed up.
Setup begins. No finish line—just the first step.
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Setup begins. No finish line—just the first step.
Still in transit. The space waited.
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Still in transit. The space waited.
Legacy, dusted. Input waiting for cadence.
September 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Legacy, dusted. Input waiting for cadence.
No centerpiece. Just presence.
September 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
No centerpiece. Just presence.
No cabinets yet. The stove held what it could.
September 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
No cabinets yet. The stove held what it could.
Clean surface. Warm food. The return begins.
September 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Clean surface. Warm food. The return begins.
Back in the Austin Women in Tech mentoring program.
I show up because others did.
Legacy isn’t loud—it’s consistent.
I show up because others did.
Legacy isn’t loud—it’s consistent.
September 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Back in the Austin Women in Tech mentoring program.
I show up because others did.
Legacy isn’t loud—it’s consistent.
I show up because others did.
Legacy isn’t loud—it’s consistent.
Chip at the bowl. Not displaced. Not dramatic. Just home.
Substack drops on Sunday.
Substack drops on Sunday.
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Chip at the bowl. Not displaced. Not dramatic. Just home.
Substack drops on Sunday.
Substack drops on Sunday.
Knives placed. Rhythm restored. Drawer ready.
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Knives placed. Rhythm restored. Drawer ready.
Door opened wrong. Cadence off. Held the line.
September 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Door opened wrong. Cadence off. Held the line.