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Jo Barnes
Jun 10, 2026
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(I kid you not…)

Palm Springs here we come.

Well later today anyway. The homeowner we’ve been sitting for returns this afternoon & Rhett’s offered to go pick her up from the airport (he’ll do anything for a 5* review! 😉)

Then it’s off to the desert, where BBC weather has reliably informed me it will be twice the temperature it is here!

From 20°(c) to 40!!! 🥵

I’m looking forward to sending pics & updates! 😎

But first, I wanted to brighten your day with some sage advice from my younger self!

I’ve decided I want to add YouTube to my mix of content.

Why the heck would I do that on top of everything else you may ask?

Well, it works super well with Substack (any lives I record automatically get posted on YouTube). It’s a search engine in its own right. Long form content has been proven to create more engagement with an audience than short form, and with the benefit of AI, every video can be easily chopped into clips, so you can gather more attention with short form also!

All I need to do is record…

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