Mary E. Swigonski

Now Available on Amazon: Letters from Eleanor Roosevelt. Set in the 60s, Joan Zatańczy stumbles & triumphs as she finds wisdom in the letters from her mother's pen pal #EleanorRoosevelt. #historicalFiction #womensfiction #BookTwitter #booklovers amazon.com/Letters-Eleanor-R…

does anyone know who holds the copyright to the poem Talisman by @SuheirHammad1 ? how can I get permission to use it in a book?

So I was thinking about #enlightenment and the zen injunction to wake up. We can wake up every morning. It's not so much a once & done thing. It is an everyday, ongoing practice, this waking up, this enlightenment. May grace & joy pave your path...

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. George Santayana #mindfulness

Happy 2024. May we all be happy, safe & and unconditionally loved.

I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down. #puns #amreading

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. #WinniethePooh, "Pooh's Little Instruction Book" #mindfulness #amreading #amwriting

Phillis Wheatley said, in every human breast, God has implanted a principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of oppression, and pants for deliverance. ME: I think those are apt words to be remembered in this moment. #strongwomen #amreading #amwriting

I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. Martha Washington ME: today I choose to be disposed to happiness & kindness #KindnessMatters #BeKind

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. #MayaAngelou ME: and that, I think, is where mindfulness meditation can really help. Breathing in that momentary gap between event and reaction. Just Breath!! #Mindfulness

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. Charles Dickens Me: so let's all do something useful today & share some random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. The world can certainly use some! #bekind

For years, decades even, I've said, love is all these is. This poem is a powerful reminder that love is not enough... #poetry #Mindfulness #amreading #amwriting

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. #CarlSagan #awe

Of all the things that are beyond my power, I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. Baruch #Spinoza #mindfulness #amreading #amwriting

It's a crazy world out there. Be curious #StephenHawking #mindfulness #amreading #amwriting

1960. Barnard College. Joan is determined to graduate, and yet makes every mistake possible. Will she succeed? How will a sack of Letters from Eleanor Roosevelt help her? amzn.to/3FdwaBO #BooksWorthReading #historicalfiction #womensfiction

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense. Tom Clancy #amwriting #amreading

#EstherPerel In relationships, trust isn’t a promise to never hurt each other. It’s the risk that we will hurt each other and the confidence that, if we do, we will come together to heal. Me: here's to healing together. #mindfulness #amreading #amwriting

#MatthewFox -- the test of a true prophet is one who can. When all is said and done, laugh. Me: seems to me we are in need of some true prophets.... #mindfulness #amreading #amwriting

Unless circumstances are unusually favorable, the attainment of happiness or any kind of achievement presupposes taking risks and making efforts. #KarenHorney Me: here's to taking risks for happiness & well-being!! #mindfulness #amreading #amwriting