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HEART MAGIC, KEEPING LOVE ALIVE & WELL

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When I wrote Scrapper's Christmas Story, I was thinking about what i once heard a psychic say, \"Animals are not angels but they are close to them. They are here to teach us unconditional love and other important lessons....

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In a year, your heart beats around 40 million times. By the time you reach the age of 80, it will have beaten three billion times. How many times has YOUR heart beat so far? In the three minutes that will pass as...

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/thanksgiving-thoughts","title":" Thanksgiving Thoughts","summary":" In a year, your heart beats around 40 million times. By the time you reach the age of 80, it will have beaten three billion times. How many times has YOUR heart beat so far? In the three minutes that will pass as...","date_modified":"2025-11-13T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/national-hispanic-heritage-month","html_content":"

During National Hispanic Heritage Month we celebrate Hispanic writers in America who have inspired countless readers with their story telling and poetry. One of my favorites is Jorge Carrera Andrade an Ecuadorian poet, h...

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/national-hispanic-heritage-month","title":"National Hispanic Heritage Month","summary":"During National Hispanic Heritage Month we celebrate Hispanic writers in America who have inspired countless readers with their story telling and poetry. One of my favorites is Jorge Carrera Andrade an Ecuadorian poet, h...","date_modified":"2025-10-14T01:25:04Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/international-day-of-peace","html_content":"

DEAR LIGHT BRINGERS-\n     You probably know that today Sept 21st, 2025 is named the - The International Day of Peace. \n\nYou already probably send your love and vision of peace to the world.  This day is a more conscious ...

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On writing a novel. \"Hooked on the First Page!\" Maria Andrade Interview

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Summer is here and we hear the call of water, taking us to the sea, a river, a spring, a pool, or the bath tub. We are called by water especially when the weather reaches scorching numbers.

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/your-life-began-in-water","title":"YOUR LIFE BEGAN IN WATER","summary":"Summer is here and we hear the call of water, taking us to the sea, a river, a spring, a pool, or the bath tub. We are called by water especially when the weather reaches scorching numbers.","date_modified":"2025-06-30T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/the-heart-magic-skills-to-a-lasting-love","html_content":"

There are three basic things we are not taught to do well in life:

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IN CELEBRATION OF YOUR AMAZING LIFE I GIVE YOU

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/happy-summer-solstice","title":"HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE!","summary":"IN CELEBRATION OF YOUR AMAZING LIFE I GIVE YOU ","date_modified":"2025-06-21T19:32:07Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/the-care-and-feeding-of-god","html_content":"

You see her walking on the city streets,

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THE RETURN, A TIME NATURE SEEKS JUSTICE

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/out-of-this-world-for-dad","title":" OUT OF THIS WORLD FOR DAD!","summary":"THE RETURN, A TIME NATURE SEEKS JUSTICE","date_modified":"2025-06-11T09:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/a-garden-of-verses-poetry-festival","html_content":"

The California Botanic Garden welcomes you to celebrate words amongst the wildflowers with A Garden of Verses Poetry Festival.

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I am a mother of two sons and a daughter, and a grandmother of five wonderful grandchildren who I am close to.

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/remembering-mother","title":"REMEMBERING MOTHER","summary":"I am a mother of two sons and a daughter, and a grandmother of five wonderful grandchildren who I am close to.","date_modified":"2024-05-14T23:59:39Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/and-they-lived-happily-ever-after","html_content":"

Valentine's Day Every Day!

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/and-they-lived-happily-ever-after","title":"And They Lived Happily Ever After...","summary":"Valentine's Day Every Day!","date_modified":"2024-02-13T21:27:21Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/a-cat-named-%E2%80%9Cdestiny%E2%80%9D","html_content":"

What was the first non-human you had a love affair with? I was nine years old and in my case, it was a black mutt with a sweet face, and longing eyes named, \"Dinah\". She taught me caring, responsibility, and loss. Hers w...

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/a-cat-named-%E2%80%9Cdestiny%E2%80%9D","title":"A Cat Named “Destiny”","summary":"What was the first non-human you had a love affair with? I was nine years old and in my case, it was a black mutt with a sweet face, and longing eyes named, \"Dinah\". She taught me caring, responsibility, and loss. Hers w...","date_modified":"2024-01-29T23:52:32Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/personal-transformation-the-qero-medicine-wheel","html_content":"

I gave a Zoom workshop this week on the Q'ero Medicine Wheel of the Inca of Peru. Like all shamanic medicine wheel ceremonies the Great Spirit is called in the form of four different animals representing the four directi...

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/personal-transformation-the-qero-medicine-wheel","title":"Personal Transformation & The Q'ero Medicine Wheel","summary":"I gave a Zoom workshop this week on the Q'ero Medicine Wheel of the Inca of Peru. Like all shamanic medicine wheel ceremonies the Great Spirit is called in the form of four different animals representing the four directi...","date_modified":"2023-11-03T19:20:18Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/did-you-ever-receive-help-from-a-stranger","html_content":"

DID YOU EVER RECEIVE HELP FROM A STRANGER?

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/did-you-ever-receive-help-from-a-stranger","title":"DID YOU EVER RECEIVE HELP FROM A STRANGER?","summary":"DID YOU EVER RECEIVE HELP FROM A STRANGER?","date_modified":"2023-10-09T18:41:03Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/the-autumn-equinox","html_content":"

WHERE DO YOU NEED MORE BALANCE?

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The Sun Caught In a Cup

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/a-poem-for-you","title":"A Poem For You","summary":"The Sun Caught In a Cup","date_modified":"2023-09-16T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/homo-luminous","html_content":"

You are not who you think you are. Your body, a miraculous field of energy that nourishes itself, reproduces itself, and removes toxins every second of the day, runs by the power of light from which it originated. It is ...

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/homo-luminous","title":"Homo Luminous","summary":"You are not who you think you are. Your body, a miraculous field of energy that nourishes itself, reproduces itself, and removes toxins every second of the day, runs by the power of light from which it originated. It is ...","date_modified":"2023-09-08T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/the-garden-where-time-disappears","html_content":"

I planted a Victory Garden during the Covid 19 pandemic. The world stopped and we were all forced to retreat inward or to our private worlds. I chose writing and planting vegetables and flowers. On each side of our...

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/the-garden-where-time-disappears","title":"The Garden Where Time Disappears","summary":" I planted a Victory Garden during the Covid 19 pandemic. The world stopped and we were all forced to retreat inward or to our private worlds. I chose writing and planting vegetables and flowers. On each side of our...","date_modified":"2023-08-16T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/holding-suffering-and-gratitude","html_content":"

Most spiritual philosophies agree that there is no way to live on earth and not experience suffering. The longer we live, the more important it is to hold both the personal suffering in our own lives and the collective s...

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/holding-suffering-and-gratitude","title":"Holding Suffering and Gratitude","summary":"Most spiritual philosophies agree that there is no way to live on earth and not experience suffering. The longer we live, the more important it is to hold both the personal suffering in our own lives and the collective s...","date_modified":"2023-08-13T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/books-as-friends","html_content":"

As a child growing up in New York City, I loved the excitement and variety of cultures and people I was exposed to and the hustle and bustle of that city that never slept. But sometimes I also sought out places of o...

","url":"https://booksasfriends.com/f/books-as-friends","title":"Books as Friends","summary":" As a child growing up in New York City, I loved the excitement and variety of cultures and people I was exposed to and the hustle and bustle of that city that never slept. But sometimes I also sought out places of o...","date_modified":"2023-08-03T18:42:41Z"}]}