I spent the day trying to figure out how to help our friends in Japan, Hawaii, and other areas devastated by today's earthquake and tsunami(s). I am just one person, but I realized with the network of talented poets I've built over the years, I actually have a lot to offer. Not enough time to …
Maybe the fortune was for the Zhu Zhu pets.
This morning, you handed me my fortune. "All your hard work is about to pay off." Okay. I could look at this one of two ways. 1. Oh goody, my time has finally come! 2. This fortune is six months old. You found it at the bottom of my hot pink purse, which you emptied …
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Don’t Blink Project: Day 1
365 Days of Living Deliberately How insignificant we seem; how trivial our troubles become, when our world is seen from high above the clouds. We are but a small speck in the palm of this great galaxy, yet each of us leaves our mark on every living creature we touch, talk to, type to— even …
What Christmas Means to Me
Look what arrived in the mail yesterday--the certificate for the latest Gift of Education donation I made on behalf of readers of Where the Butterflies Go and Leap. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and wishes for a 2011 filled with love, laughter and good surprises for all my other readers. Thanks so much to …
When Freedom Stands (Author Reading -mp3)
Babies are born and lovers lie; We’ll make plans, when Freedom stands. Do not let their stories die. We teach the how, perhaps the why; Teach to repeat, to ace exams; Heart and truth would make them cry. He stayed inside, in search of his brother. The second plane hit, lens on his mother. They …
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Heather Grace Stewart 