A River of Stones: National Small Stone Month January 2011

Fiona Robyn

The dynamic Fiona Robyn, creator of a small stone and a handful of stones is dircting this fabulous project, NaSmaStoMo, to encourage as many people as possible to write a small stone every day during January. What's a small stone? This is what she says:

What is a small stone?

A small stone is a polished moment of paying proper attention. You can see many fine examples at our sister blogzine, a handful of stones.

Why would you want to join in?

Because choosing something to write about every day will help you to connect with yourselves, with others, and with the world. It will help you to love everything you see - the light and the dark, the happy and the sad, the beautiful and the ugly.

You don't have to be a 'writer' to get involved. The PROCESS of paying attention is what's important. I'd especially like 'writers' and 'non-writers' to get involved. If you'd rather not publish your small stones on a blog, you can write them in a note-book. It could change your entire year...

For more information about joining the project, and getting a badge for your blog or website, visit a river of stones. I can't think of a better way to start the year so I'll be taking part and posting my own small stones on my haiku and haibun blog an open field.

And one more summer writing idea...

Below is an email from Fiona Robyn talking about her a small stone project. Why not join in and send her your own. I have.

Hi all - People keep sending me fantastic small stones after reading my blog (www.asmallstone.com) and so I thought it was about time they had their own home. I'm starting 'a handful of stones' (http://ahandfulofstones.blogspost.com) and I need some good quality submissions before I begin posting. If you'd like to submit, send up to three small stones to fiona@fionarobyn.com. Each stone should record a moment of 'paying attention', and can be up to 100 words, with or without a title. Please title the email 'a handful of stones submission'. Include your full name, and a single link to your blog or website if you'd like it to be included.

I'll usually read and respond to submissions within a week.

Please feel free to forward this to anyone you know who might be interested in submitting.

Thank you!

Fiona Robyn

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