4/3
Gave a $25 Kiva loan to Las Rosas de Chipaj Group, Guatemala
4/4
Gifted 25 Simbis (30 minutes or about 15 pages) worth of transcription to a new client.
4/5
Created an inspiring graphic.
4/6
Gifted the library with a box of books.
4/7
Sent a poem to a friend I miss.
4/8
Created an elder-buddy card.
4/9
Gave away household items.
Photo by Pezibear, Pixabay
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
3/27
Transcribed part of another Awakin Call
3/28
Created a gift for a friend.
3/29
Sent a funny joke to a friend.
3/30
Told someone “I love you.”
3/31
Created a funny birthday card for a loved one.
4/1
Sent an electronic birthday card to a loved one.
4/2
Sent healing vibes and prayers to someone who lost a pet.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
3/20
Created a Happy Spring card for my friend.
3/21
Created a card for sick kids to send out with the next batch.
3/22
Sent an e-card to a friend.
3/23
Healing meditation for a sick friend.
3/24
Forgave. Began again.
3/25
Called a sick friend.
3/26
Transcribed part of an Awakin Call.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Day 1/365: The Wish
Day 2/365: The Day
Day 3/365: The List
Day 4/365: The Name
Day 5/365: The Meaning
Day 6/365: The Alphabet
Day 7/365: The Date
Day 8/365: The Rock
Day 9/365: The Note
Day 10/365: The Letter
Day 11/365: The Card
Day 12/365: The Marathon
Day 13/365: The Loan
14/365: 3/6 The Memoriam
15/365: 3/7 The Mirror
16/365: 3/8 The Share
17/365: 3/9 The Buddy
18/365: 3/10 The Postcard
19/365: 3/11 The Kiss
20/365: 3/12 The Text
21/365: 3/13 The Song
Recorded a song for my sons and uploaded it.
22/365: 3/14 The Pie
Sent pie jokes to my daughter and granddaughters (email) for Pi(e) Day (3.14).
23/365: 3/15 The Email.
Sent a letter of encouragement to a friend.
24/365: 3/16 The Call
Called Mom for a chat.
25/365: 3/17 The Hug
Hugged me. Needed it.
26/365: 3/18 The Decision
Took a step back from a longterm project to re-evaluate everything.
27/365: 3/19 The Frame
Created a frame for an old pic of my dad and his siblings for my mom
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo by Lisa Runnels, Pixabay
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Photo by Hannibal Height, Pixabay
“Set a goal each week for your writing and work to reach it. Wake up every morning and treat it like a job. It’s all about regularity. Read back what you’ve written and ask yourself, ‘Do I enjoy this? Does it work?’ If you’re stumbling over something as you read it, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite!” – Sharon Grenham-Thompson, author of Jail Bird
If you know any homeless artists who would like their poems, photos or art featured on under1000skies, on our social media accounts and through our email list, please pass on our information. Thank you!
We’re also always gratefully accepting photos, art, poems or quotes or any Gems anyone might want to share. Special thanks today and always to everyone who has shared these so generously over the years since we began.
Have a great weekend.
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serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo “Hamlet and Yorick” by Chris Reading, Pixabay
“As for your use of language: Remember that two great masters of language, William Shakespeare and James Joyce, wrote sentences which were almost childlike when their subjects were most profound. ‘To be or not to be?’ asks Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The longest word is three letters long.” —Kurt Vonnegut
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serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo by Jonny Linder, Pixabay
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☼ A “Giftivism” Initiative ☼
We are photographers,
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serving and connecting
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Starting on February 28th, every week on Tuesday, there will be a special Gem here on under1000skies under a category called “Tuesday, Full of Grace.” Ben and I were both born on a Tuesday. I feel the grace of love intertwined always with the sadness. I feel the grace of support and compassion from friends. I feel the grace of peace, whenever I reach out, from the source of all Love. So this weekly “Full of Grace” Gem will be a list of the SAoKs (small acts of kindness) the week before. I’ll include a photo for each whenever possible.
The three-year anniversary of Benjamin’s disappearance was on March 2nd. I believe this 365-day challenge will help me stay focused on light, love, and gratitude. It will help me stay connected to others rather than isolating and slipping into grief. It will also get the word out to more people about Ben’s story. On the back of every card will be the words, “Picture him home again, safe at last.” When he was a little boy, Ben’s favorite book, which he asked me to read, again and again, was The Spooky Old Tree with the Bernstein Bears. I loved those story times together. The last line in the book was one he would always say with me as we finished:
“Home again, safe at last.”
3/6 The Memoriam
3/7 The Mirror
3/8 The Share
3/9 The Buddy
3/10 The Postcard
3/11 The Kiss
3/12 The Text
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo by Dorthe, Pixabay
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serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
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