SPRING ETERNAL 04/11/2011
 We lift our voices above the sorrows of the earth. We recite a poem by Father's favorite poet, Man Giac: Spring arrives, and a hundred flowers follow; Spring returns with another hundred blooms. My eyes watch the passing seasons; My hair grays with the years. But this spring not all the flowers faded. Last night, a plum blossomed near my door. -from a moment in CLOUDS, a chapter in MORNING SUN by Mia. Thinking of Japan. We wrap our arms around hope. ❤ from Naoko Stoop, March 21, 2011: Thank you for letting me be a part of this wonderful H๏Pモ post. I am grateful that many people have responded to me through my HELP JAPAN PROJECT. Earthquake will calm down soon in Japan, but it will be a long effort to rebuild the country. It's very little one can do, but I believe every little bit will become a big hope together. ❤ from Ken Crane, April 4, 2011: Thank you very much everybody, for supporting my country!! Love & Peace, Ken Mia, I will like to say to you a great thanks for supporting Japan. I always feel we are not alone on this planet when I hear or read a message like you say and write. -in an email from Ken Spring arrives. With the touch and kiss of hope. A hundred flowers bloom.  PHOTOS ABOVE: Spring Blossoms and Spring Essence, by Mia. Comments04/11/2011 10:53am
How beautiful! These flower pictures delighted me. Now I really miss Cherry Blossoms in Japan, my home. Thank you for sharing! 04/12/2011 4:34pm
A moment that takes my breath away, how beautiful. 04/12/2011 8:23pm
༄*¨*•.¸¸❀ ((Kelly, Naoko, and Jane)) Thanks so much for being here. Thank you for adding your beauty and blossoms to the journeys of hope. The treasure box of wishes and cranes will soon be on its way to Japan. Will let you know when it happens via a post here and a tweet on Twitter. All in April. ❀ 04/13/2011 5:18pm
Thankyou Mia, looking forward to! Love, and Very Best Wishes to all Leave a Reply |  ✶CONNECTING AND SHARING OUR JOURNEYS through the moments, travels, stories, treasures and dreams. ✶AT FOUR DAYS A WEEK. ✶Aspiring and inspiring. FROM HERE TO THERE. ✶LET'S DO. DREAM. BELIEVE.✶ -Mia T. Starr
CONTRIBUTORS & GUESTS
_✶ Click here for our special guests posts since 2010, or click on an image above to take you there. ✶
NEWS & NOTES
✶ This year's special guests include: ✶Donald Verger, award-winning photographer; ✶Melissa Sawatsky, writer, poet, and editor; and more to come (✶Jade Webber, painter, teacher, and environmental activist; and ✶Matt Michaels, graduate journalism student at Northwestern University).
✶ Cheers to Naoko Stoop (one of our special guests) on her new book, All Creatures Great and Small. Well done, Naoko!
✶ Stephen Webber, an excellent writing teacher who helped Mia with her MORNING SUN in Tuscany, is offering Wellness and Writing Immersion ~ Online Writing Classes.
✶ Gems along the way for MORNING SUN, a historical fiction in progress. No matter how dark the morning, the sun always rises. -Mia T. Starr
   SWEET TWEETS
✶ We treasure your tweets, comments, and emails. Thanks so much for sharing and sending them. Thanks for being here and making this corner of the World Wide Web a special one. ✶
TOP STORIES The posts and stories that captured your hearts and imagination, here and at Anita's Finding Inspiration Daily, The Becoming Daily, and other online papers. Thank you so much. ❤ ✶*¨¨*•*¨*✶☼
✶ In Venice ~ an awakening. In a swirl of art and joy. Above the grandeur. Photos, moments, and poetry.
✶ A daughter makes a visit to her father's village of Mong Phu in Vietnam. A family passage.
✶ HG handed the story to Mom and said, "Put it in my packpack. Please. I want to read it in school. Okay?"
✶ MORE TOP STORIES ✶ ƒ๏ℓℓ๏ω YOUR HEART AND INTUITION ✶ experience ✶ TAKING FLIGHT WITH LIFE ✶ something new ✶ BEYOND THE TRAIL ✶ THE WAY TO THE SKY, THE WAY TO THE STARS ✶ AN IMMERSION into Writing, Bliss, and the ARTFUL LIFE ✶ AM WRITING MORNING SUN ✶ MOM'S GARDEN From Vietnam to Michigan ✶SPRING ETERNAL ✶ WISHES AND CRANES WITH LOVE ✶ JOURNEYS OF HOPE ✶IF YOU FOLD A Thousand Cranes ✶ PRELUDE TO MORNING SUN ✶ A HISTORICAL FICTION In Progress ✶¨*✶•*¨*☼✶
READERS SHARE
✶ I loved your post and your description of the secret garden! Your words to me right there. :) Thank you for that experience. -Carolyn CJ Jones
✶ Beautiful post! You have such an excellent ability to impart the feeling of the retreat experience. I love this. -Stephen
✶ Mia, you do such beautiful and inspiring things. Simple, effective, wonderful. Thank you. -Stan Stewart
✶ dearest mia, your presence is breath-
taking. as is your writing, your face, your pictures. -Rachel Awes 
✶ Action! I can almost hear the director pulling this film together, firm voice rising above the din. I know, it's a book. But you write with the taste and feel of film. The gift of vivid, clean storytelling. I look forward to the next installment! Thanks for sharing this. @virtualDavis
✶ How lovely, Mia! Thank you for sharing these poignant thoughts about
your beautiful, strong grandmother and the excerpt from your WIP. It
reads like poetry. -Caron Guillo
✶ Mia, what an amazing thing to wake up to ... that was the most beautiful imagery I've ever seen ... and your words, as beautiful as your spirit ... I can't thank you enough for sharing it. And to think I never would have seen it if it weren't for lovely you ... -Jennifer Valentine
✶ Thank you for sharing the wonderful story about how you found my artwork ... these comments are treasure for me as well as it's fuel for my next creation. -Naoko Stoop
✶ Thank you for your kind comments about my post "expanding my horizons" ... I popped over to your site for a visit, what a wonderful place you have there! I am adding you to my blog roll, I definitely need to visit, often ... -Kelly Letky
✶ Mia, you are such an inspiration with your writing, travel, advocacy and all. I am so happy to have met you here. Bless you! -Anita Bondi
BELIEVING AND FOLLOWING OUR BLISS. FROM HERE TO THERE.
  TREASURES ALONG THE WAY ~ DOING WHAT YOU LOVE.
 
Lush little book by Naoko Stoop.
 Freedom by Kate.
 Vintage assemblage jewelry by Sacred Cake.
 In 1965 a nine-year-old son gave his mom a magnolia tree and planted it in front of their home in Toledo, Ohio. Each spring the tree grew and blossomed, carrying with it the spirit of life. This year the flowers of the tree were dancing to the winds on a clear, blue sky day. Photo by Beth Bingle.
 
GIVE VOICE TO YOUR DREAMS.
LEAP FEARLESSLY. In being fearless
you are not without fear, rather you are withstanding fear. You are moving forward in spite of it. -Meredith Pignon MUSINGS CATEGORIESAll  Become a possibilitarian.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities-- always see them, for they're always there. -Dr. Norman Peale- ✶ PHOTO CREDITS ✶
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