“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” – Lionel Hampton   Julia hosts a special Thanksgiving program...

“You’ll never find rainbows if you are looking down.” Charlie Chaplin Did you read Waiting for Godot by the Irish playwright, Samual...

“Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known".  -Carl Sagan   As humanity ventures deeper into space, a big...

“Young people are not just the leaders of tomorrow; they are the change-makers of today.” – Barack Obama   Julia and Keerthi host this...

“I go to visit the chrysanthemums. They are indeed, the most universal, the most diverse of flowers.” Comte Maurice Maeterlinck, Nobel...

“Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination” - Daniel Bell   Saanvi Phaneendra, host for today’s AI...

By Cynthia Brian   “Magnificent Autumn… It is the funeral anthem of the dying year.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   When I was young, I was...

“Volunteering is at the core of being a human.” - Heather French Henry Hosts Julia, Keerthi, and Sharanya, along with volunteers Ella and...

https://open.substack.com/pub/cynthiabrian/p/deer-dear ?  "We are part of the earth, and it is part of us… the deer, the horse, the great...

Keerthi hosts this program with Be the Star You Are!® to discuss the parade, Pear and Wine Festival on September 28. Sean, our...

“Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow”Audrey Hepburn   With the intense heat of this past summer, a cooler fall...

“Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution -- more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us...

“Nature loves to hide.” Heraclitus In the winter, these ladies are wrapped in lush green manteaus that glisten in the rain. When warmer...

"Grandparents are both our past and our future. In some ways, they are what has gone before, and in others, they are what we will...

“I farm the soil which yields my food, I share creation. Kings can do no more.” Chinese Proverb Last week I hosted “Nonie Camp” for my...

“Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first.” –Matthew Jacobson   Our parents are like our first...

When we think about animals, we often imagine them as playful companions or majestic creatures in the wild. Host, Keerthi tells us that...

https://open.substack.com/pub/cynthiabrian/p/back-to-school-kindness ? Press Pass: https://www.vapresspass.com/2024/08/12/kindness-for-ba...

" Be not afraid   of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."— Chinese Proverb   Teens are often told to think about the...

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” John Steinbeck It is still hot, yet a cool breeze...