I love this story because it reminds me that one person can make a difference.
In 1979, Jadav Payeng began planting a tree every day for 37 years — results are stunning
Boosting again because the thread comments are both fantastic & horrid. Adding to the love! As someone who works in publishing, we hear all the time from readers (especially kids) how much it means to see themselves in illustrations & art. @Saturday_am is doing something special
After HuffPost laid off more than 40 of my beloved colleagues last year, I gave them a workshop on freelancing so they had the tools & knowledge to get started. If you were laid off this week & you're interested in a similar free workshop, DM me & I'll set one up (please RT)!
A lovely review that honors Paulsen’s ability to write stories that connect us to nature and to ourselves. “…having direction is far more important than having a destination when one’s journey is into the unknown.”
Readers of Gary Paulsen's "Northwind" are left with an overwhelming sense that the ocean has a heartbeat, that all things in and around it are not just connected but essential, and that we, too, can be a part of it, if only we take the time to learn how. https://t.co/OVfACjIzK1
Some of us might have full-on burnout after a year-plus of loss, grief and pandemic challenges. Here are some ways to get your motivation back. https://t.co/ig1RKsHx1s
western cultures believe we must be alive for a purpose. to work, to make money. some indigenous cultures believe we're alive just as nature is alive: to be here, to be beautiful & strange. we don't need to achieve anything to be valid in our humanness.
My whole feed tonight is fellow authors whose life work was shaped by Beverly Cleary.
She didn't just give us Ramona and a way to feel less alone. She inspired us to share our own stories - our own versions of Ramona - to reach all kinds of kids. That, my friends, is a legacy.