* Grab the nearest book. * Open the book to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. * Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal along with these instructions. * Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"Well, that's pretty early", said George. "Can you wake up? I am often out at dawn, but you are not used to it". "Of course, we can wake up", said Julian. "Well - here we are back at the beach again - and I'm jolly glad. My arms are awfully tired and I'm so hungry I could eat a whole lardeful of things". From "The Famous Five" by Enid Blyton. Page No 56, the fifth - the tenth sentences.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins today. How are you celebrating? If you're not, how do you plan on guiding your fate over the course of the next year?
The Japanese haiku poet Basho once wrote, "Old pond / a frog jumps / the sound of water." Try writing some of your own haikus about the little things in your life. A haiku generally consists of a five-syllable line, a seven-syllable line and a second five-syllable line. You can also use any combination of ten-to-fourteen syllables.
scared
artistic
excited
nostalgic
bouncy