“I can’t do much about all the suffering in the world, but all I can do is perhaps add a little touch of creativity, hope, ‘beauty and magic’, that I hope may uplift and encourage others…even if it’s just ONE person.”

INSPIRE

picture from

https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/just-received-my-royalty-check/

“I can’t do much about all the suffering in the world, but all I can do is perhaps add a little touch of creativity, hope, ‘beauty and magic’, that I hope may uplift and encourage others…even if it’s just ONE person.”

https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/5028/

and

https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/i-cant-do-much-about-all-the-suffering-in-the-world-but-all-i-can-do-is-perhaps-add-a-little-touch-of-creativity-hope-beauty-and-magic-that-i-hope-may-uplift-an-3/

from

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=%E2%80%9CI+can%E2%80%99t+do+much+about+all+the+suffering+in+the+world%2C+but+all+I+can+do+is+perhaps+add+a+little+touch+of+creativity%2C+hope%2C+%E2%80%98beauty+and+magic%E2%80%99%2C+that+I+hope+may+uplift+and+encourage+others%E2%80%A6even+if+it%E2%80%99s+just+ONE+person.%E2%80%9D&rlz=1C1CHBD_enNZ698NZ698&oq=%E2%80%9CI+can%E2%80%99t+do+much+about+all+the+suffering+in+the+world%2C+but+all+I+can+do+is+perhaps+add+a+little+touch+of+creativity%2C+hope%2C+%E2%80%98beauty+and+magic%E2%80%99%2C+that+I+hope+may+uplift+and+encourage+others%E2%80%A6even+if+it%E2%80%99s+just+ONE+person.%E2%80%9D&aqs=chrome..69i57.2293j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

“If I can throw a single ray of light across the darkened pathway of another…”

https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2017/09/09/if-i-can-throw-a-single-ray-of-light-across-the-darkened-pathway-of-another-3/

“Sharing, supporting, informing,  enlightening, “entertaining”(??), encouraging, empowering, enriching, igniting, uplifting (and perhaps even) inspiring”

enough there for now, c!

picture (below) from

http://www.lifeisgodsnovel.wordpress.com

Hopefully putting a smile on some peoples faces

SHARE, INFORM, IMPACT, UPLIFT, IGNITE, ENCOURAGE and (perhaps even) INSPIRE

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I Dreamed a Dream (by Susan Boyle)

A Tale of Two Cities

BooKs by cRaig loCk

Source: A Tale of Two Cities

and http://www.craigswritingjourney.wordpress.com

picture from

https://lifeisgodsnovel.wordpress.com/

PPS

Don’t worry about the world ending today…

as it’s already tomorrow in scenic and tranquil ‘little’ New Zealand

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The Sabah House Rules

Nicholas Andriani

It was nearly a year ago that I discovered the Sabah Dealer.

A chance meeting on Twitter led me to this exotic, almost whimsical Instagram where I was transported to Anatolia. To the bazaars, the buskers and baksheesh and medieval villages. To a world still crafted by hand.

I soon found that behind the Sabah Dealer’s travels were shoes–Sabah’s themselves–hand stitched slippers crafted from calfskin and buffalo leather in the countryside of Turkey.

In other words–I was moved! Moved by a bloody pair of shoes that hit my like a Sufi poem.

At some point I shared my newfound passion for Sabah’s with Jaclyn and, with a trip to NYC in the near future, she emailed The Dealer. His reply came swift and his demeanor warm. He described his story:

“This style of shoe (and more importantly the construction technique) was once the chosen footwear of southeastern Turkey and Syria (dating back nearly…

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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”