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Heartwings Love Notes 1000 - How It All Began

Heartwings says," Beginnings are important to honor."

The beginning of Heartwings Love Notes goes back to my childhood, when I decided I wanted to be a writer. Of course, as a child that meant I wanted to write stories, and I did. Making them into little books I would illustrate them and give them to my mother, who lavished praise on me, encouraging me to keep on writing. For a while, as an adult I tried writing stories however, it was difficult for me to come up with good plots and my submissions to magazines were rejected.

I started writing articles when, as a married adult, I wrote publicity for an amateur theater group I belonged to. Then came the Confidential Chat, a feature in the Boston Globe where readers could, using pen names, write in with queries, comments, advice and recipes that were published on their pages. Pomander's Child--my pen name--wrote lots of letters and enjoyed exchanging ideas with other chatters. I still have one or two recipes with pen names attached.

Fast forward through many busy years to our move to Virginia, where our mentor there encouraged me to write a newsletter. I called it Peacemail. It began as a pasted-up letter of one sheet, then two. As the years went by and we moved back to Massachusetts, it became a four-page newsletter mailed monthly to a good number of subscribers. Our home, where we had monthly Peace Potlucks and meditations, became the Grafton Center for inner Peace. Every month friends came over to help fold and stuff the envelopes I mailed out.

After ten years I retired Peacemail. An internet friend suggested I do an online publication. By then I emailed my Good Earthkeeping column in to the Grafton News, why not an internet newsletter for friends? I set to work, and after various experiments, my short and simple Heartwings Love Note was born. It has been and continues to be my joy to share my ideas as well as my monthly recipes more widely. My aim is to provide my readers a fresh perspective on some of the more difficult yet common aspects of life. Too, I hope to be of help, and occasionally even to entertain.

May you continue to enjoy and hopefully to benefit from my writing.

Got any easy recipes to share? Food stories to tell? I so appreciate your comments and thoughts. Please write to me at tashahal@aol.com, and for more love notes, check out www.heartwingsandfriends.com. Thanks!
 

I love to hear from readers and would be honored if you would comment and let me know any suggestions or thoughts. If a friend sent you this, you can sign up at my web site, www.heartwingslovenotes.com, where more love notes can be found in the archives.

Blessings and Best Regards,
Tasha Halpert
 

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