Author: Leigh Hopkins

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What’s on my Nightstand: November 2016

Adult Fiction

Artful, by Ali Smith

Swing Time, by Zadie Smith

The Art Lover, by Carole Maso

The Elegant Gathering of White Snows, by Kris Radish

Young Adult Fiction

Beholding Bee, by Kimberly Newton Fusco

Poetry

Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, by Joy Harjo

Why I Wake Early, by Mary Oliver

Non-fiction

Beauvoir and The Second Sex – Feminism, Race, and the Origins of Existentialism, by Margaret A. Simons

Break Every Rule, by Carole Maso

Memoir

The Pink Marine, by Greg Cope White

Truth and Beauty, by Ann Patchett

Magazine

The New Yorker

The Week

Newspaper

The New York Times

Bookmark

“May your day be as beautiful as you are,” by scrane1970

Lip balm

HURRAW! moon balm

Pin

Dream Girl, by PINtervention

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We woke to shadows draped in robes of sun,
Lips pressed to frozen towers of glass as one.

Plundered pearl of crescent blue
A crimson gash across your moon

Do not grow weary of doing good.
Rattle the ghosts of dreams – hold fast!

The dog needs letting out.
This bed has not been made.

All lives matter.
All voices count.

This is our fire song.
This is our lighthouse.

The you that is she that is me that is
We – más fuertes juntos, podemos sí!

Today we cry together as one.
Tomorrow we rise together as one.

© Leigh Hopkins, November 9, 2016

The Ghazal (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: غزل) is a poetic form used to express the pain of separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.

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Postage from Kelley

This is the true story
of a glorious woman
who breathes through her heart
lights up the world with her truth
who dares to find out what happens
when you stop being afraid
and start living love.

Happy Birthday, Kelley!

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Postage from Audrey: Trump Quote/Curious George Mash-Up

Dear Audrey,

Thank you for the adorable book inspired by Curious George illustrations: Keep Curious and Carry a Banana, along with the Donald Trump Coloring Book! In that same spirit, I made this mash-up of Curious George illustrations and Donald Trump quotes. #VOTE2016

CuriousGeorge_books

“My IQ is one of the highest — and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure; it’s not your fault.” – Twitter
Curious_George_pirate
 “I will be so good at the military your head will spin.” – The Hugh Hewitt Show, 2015
CuriousGeorge_Bicycle
 “If I ever ran for office, I’d do better as a Democrat than as a Republican – and that’s not because I’d be more liberal, because I’m conservative. But the working guy would elect me. He likes me. When I walk down the street, those cabbies start yelling out their windows.” – Playboy, 1990
Curious_George_astronaut
“I love NASA. I love what it represents, I love what it stands for, and I hope that someday in the not-too-distant future, we can get that going. Space is terrific.” – New Hampshire, 2015
CuriousGeorge_mirror
Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser — having a healthy ego, or high opinion of yourself, is a real positive in life!” – Facebook, 2013
Curious_George_Darwin

“It would take an hour and a half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles. … I think I know most of it anyway.” – The Washington Post, 1985

Curious_George_globe
 “I probably visited Mar-a-Lago, my 118-room house in Palm Beach, no more than two dozen times in the years I’ve owned it. As for my yacht, The Trump Princess, it is a dazzling trophy and a terrific business tool, but it never really became part of my personal life. For me, you see, the important thing is the getting … not the having.” – Trump: Surviving at the Top, 1990
CuriousGeorge_hat_hiding
 “Hillary is smart, tough and a very nice person, and so is her husband. Bill Clinton was a great President. They are fine people. Hillary was roughed up by the media, and it was a tough campaign for her, but she’s a great trooper. Her history is far from being over.”        – Trump University Blog, 2008
curious-george_smiling banana
 “You think I’m going to change? I’m not changing.” – Trump, Press Conference, 2016

I'mWithHer

Love Trumps Hate

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Postage from Brenda

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Greetings from Philadelphia!

Home of…
The Declaration of Independence

City of…
Brotherly Love & Sisterly Affection

Famous for…
Cheesesteaks and Tastycakes

Filming location of…
Rocky and The Sixth Sense

Proud host to…
The 2016 Democratic National Convention

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Postage from Morgana

Salutations

(for Morgana)

Stand
at the mountain
with the sun
at your
heart

Open
to the
world
in gentle
salute

Bend
for the softening
give gratitude
for the
descent

Lift
in remembrance,
the press of life
at your
root

Surrender
to the earth
ego’s
offering –
a reminder

Drink!
lift your gaze
breathe in the
wonder
of your power

Exhale
crouch, conserve
fall to your
knees
if you must

(This child is you
This child is yours
This child is ours
This child is
every
one
of
us)

Inhale
rise again!
as you will
as you are
as you have

Soften
your grasp
you are
stronger
than you know

Look!
she has risen
still she rises
how she
shines

Return
to the center
to your heart
may you
rise.

sunsalutations

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Postage from Cara

Knowing that there is an aspect of us that has a direct connection to the All-Knowingness helps to release the grippers, doesn’t it?

I have always appreciated this definition:

“Higher Self” is a word used to define when you, at the personality level, can express your soul’s light and the light of the Divine Self through your words, thoughts, actions, and all that you are and do. – Sanaya Roman

From my Higher Self to yours … thank you!

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Postage from Lori Anne

Since 30,000 BC the first of our kind reached out to communicate to whomever came after by drawing on the walls of a cave.

Maybe they were drawing to speak to themselves, to understand their own evidence better, but others followed.

Since the beginning, there was the word, and our need to connect to one another. For some reason, it was not enough to simply exist side by side. We needed more. To exchange thoughts, feelings, stories, to share ourselves in this way…

(Read the entire letter above.)

Listen to my response to Lori Anne’s letter, below.

Visit the comment section below to learn more about “Canon for Lori Anne.”

 

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Postage from Nancy

“Say, Pooh, why aren’t you busy?” I said. 
“Because it’s a nice day,” said Pooh.
“Yes, but -”
“Why ruin it?” he said.
“But you could be doing something Important,” I said.
“I am, ” said Pooh.
“Oh? Doing what?”
“Listening,” he said.
“Listening to what?”
“To the birds. And that squirrel over there.”
“What are they saying?” I asked.
“That it’s a nice day,” said Pooh.
“But you know that already,” I said.
“Yes, but it’s always good to hear that somebody else thinks so, too,” he replied.

– From The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Happy Earth Day, to Mama Earth, and to my Mama, Nancy.

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