Warrior of the Light - A Place in Paradise

Warrior of the Light - Issue 110
Christmas Story: A Place in Paradise
By Paulo Coelho

Paulo's latest edition of Warrior of the Light tells a heart-warming Christmas story about how a miracle in one poor family's life happened not quite the way you would expect.

The full issue is now available for download from the Smink Works Books site

QUOTE: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

from the book Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

New author blog advocates writing for therapy

The Nursing Home Fugitive author Georgiann Baldino considers writing as a means of therapy in her new contemplative blog begun this week.

The first open and insightful posts reveal how she wrote a book against a background of good and bad experiences - including being treated for cancer - and reveal some solid advice for cancer sufferers.

"Putting [your] feelings down on paper has a healing quality," she says, adding that it is "hard to understand until you try it."

Read the blog here

QUOTE: Hermann Hesse

"If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us."

From the book Demian by Hermann Hesse

Warrior of the Light - Crises and their booby traps

Warrior of the Light Issue 109
Crises and their booby traps
by Paulo Coelho

Sobering advice from Paulo on being aware, how to act and communicate properly in the face of a crisis. He says it is most important to ask for help - don't be afraid to be vulnerable.

The full issue is now available for download from the Smink Works Books site

Thoreau Trust seeks funds for author house restoration

The Thoreau Farm Trust is seeking funds to restore the house where Walden author Henry David Thoreau was born.

The Trust is aiming to amass $40,000 as part of its annual fund campaign in order to restore the house for use as an educational center and community meeting resource.

The house needs $800,000 work and funds are used to build advocacy, seek grants and raise the extra money needed.

Thoreau Farm Trust