Gems 5.88

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

5.88

Photo, “Jelly Bean and Mommy Morning” by Niki Flow, Kenosha, WI, 1982.  (My first light-filled gem, my oldest daughter ♡ Kelly Jean ♡).

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under1000skies Newsletter 1.2

under1000skies newsletter 1.2
“If you want to be a rebel, be kind.”
  -Pancho Ramos Stierle
Update 17jun19:  Pancho has been released and is in Tijuana with cousins.
“Today give a stranger one of your smiles.  It may be the only sunshine he sees all day.”
   -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Remember, we all stumble.  Every one of us.  That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand-in-hand.”
  -Emily Kimbrough
“Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center of meaningful human experience.”
   -Brené Brown
With a special thank you to TH who helped us update our “About Us” page.
“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”
-Rabindranath Tagore
If you would like to receive our under1000skies Newsletter once a week by email, please send me a note.
I hope you have a great weekend.
♥.

Gems 5.86

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

5.86

Photo by Gerhard Gellinger, Pixabay.   Quote courtesy of GardenGirl.  Thank you!

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF “GEM” ON UNDER1000SKIES?

A young man asked in a letter recently,

“What is the meaning of ‘Gem?” Please explain. I think a good quote is a Gem.”

It was great that he asked.  (Thank you, TH!)  In case you’ve ever wondered, here’s what I wrote in response (and have added to our “About Us” page):

A good quote is a Gem. A photo is a Gem. Poems are Gems. The Gems are especially precious because they are given to us out of kindness, and the ones we love the most have been from our homeless artists. Thank you for asking *hugs* ♥.