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rias</a> <a href="undefined">Selma</a> <a href="undefined">Shin Jie Yong</a> @Simona <a href="undefined">Simran Kankas</a> <a href="undefined">Suntonu Bhadra</a> <a href="undefined">Suryansh Mansharamani</a> <a href="undefined">Terry Mansfield</a> <a href="undefined">Timothy Key</a> <a href="undefined">Tony Young, Jr.</a> <a href="undefined">Tree Langdon ♾️</a> <a href="undefined">Trista Ainsworth</a> <a href="undefined">Zsanyla Cabansag</a></p><p id="f2cd">I do my best to reciprocate.</p><p id="213e">I surprised myself by writing and posting 31 articles in May, an average of one per day. It was fun. Each was a labor of love. You inspired many of them by what you wrote and the comments you made. The SCBWI challenge inspired me to write everyday and provided 31 prompts, one for each day in May.</p><p id="83d3">I hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.</p><p id="41ef">I don’t have big writing plans for June. With the nicer weather I want to spend more time outside. The lake beckons and I’m anxious to get the kayak wet. Still, I’ll be reading, writing and connecting on Medium/Illumination as time permits.</p><p id="2529">The following readers have been especially supportive. I commend them to you for further reading, enjoyment and inspiration.</p><p id="71ec"><a href="undefined">Amy Marley</a> has posted a story summarizing the responses to the SCWBI challenge here:</p><div id="7fb2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/pieces-prompted-by-play-b1b02fd345c0"> <div> <div> <h2>Pieces Prompted by Play</h2> <div><h3>Catalog of creations from SCWBI’s 31 days in May Challenge 2020</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*_nOQMkz0jLLxSupTNdxM1Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8ff3">My friend <a href="undefined">Kevin Buddaeus</a> just published an excellent explanation of the famed double-slit experiment in quantum mechanics. If you are up for a little science explained in layman’s terms, take a look at his article</p><div id="bcce" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/make-it-simple-the-double-slit-experiment-quantum-mechanics-5e2cacecde6a"> <div> <div> <h2>Make It Simple — The Double-slit Experiment (Quantum Mechanics)</h2> <div><h3>The famous double-slit experiment explained in an easy-to-understand way</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*3vtoT-9YOz188asmtHV43A.gif)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="1091"><a href="undefined">Caroline MacDonald</a> gives 5 simple (but not necessarily easy) ways to unleash our potential.</p><div id="77c2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/@Caroline./5-powerful-ways-to-unleash-your-potential-eb52d26d191b"> <div> <div> <h2>5 Powerful Ways To Unleash Your Potential</h2> <div><h3>We are spiritual beings having a human experience.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*sL-ysrPN8KKHaq8Nl17Jmw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="dd81"><a href="undefined">Harley King</a> wrote a fascinating story poem about what it means to take someones picture. I often wonder about such things when I see portraits of weathered faces. What stories lie behind those wrinkles?</p><div id="d0c5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/so-you-wanna-take-my-picture-1857b8969136"> <div> <div> <h2>So You Wanna Take My Picture</h2> <div><h3>A Story-Poem</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*RJ2nICUFoB2Se6kyZgmfhA.jpeg)"></div>

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Money… Money… Money

Thank You for a Successful Month of Writing

Photo by Micheile Henderson on Unsplash

My second month on Medium/Illumination and thanks to you, my readers, I’ve made my goal with a little change to spare.

What was the goal?

Well, as you know my goal last month was to pay for my subscription. I achieved that and had enough left-over for a cup of home-brewed coffee. I was ecstatic!

In May, I raised the bar a little. The goal was to cover my expenses (monthly fee) and have enough left for a good cup of coffee brewed by the barista at my favorite coffee shop, which I think may be opening this month. And, I’ll even have a little change left.

I couldn’t have done it without you. So thank you for not only clicking on the links to my stories, but reading and interacting with them and me. It has been a real pleasure to get to know you better. I look forward to more of that this month.

In particular, I’d like to thank the following 87 reader/writers who not only read one or more of my pieces, but took the time to highlight, clap and otherwise respond to them. I very much appreciate your time and effort.

Adam M. Agnes Louis Aimée Gramblin Alex Kilcannon Alison Acheson Amy Marley Ann K Frailey Aurora Eliam, CMP Ayasha Khan Bei Ma Besom & Bletherskite Bradley J Nordell Brian E. Wish, PhD Brian Norsman CafeConPan Caroline MacDonald Catherine Caruso Catherine Delia Chowa Sekai Corrine Roberts Desiree Driesenaar Desiree Peralta Dipti Pande Dr Jeff Livingston Dr John Rose Dr Kylie Harris Dr Mehmet Yildiz Erin King FILZA CHAUDHRY Francine Fallara Genvieve George J. Ziogas Gladysdaeweeks Harley King Henk Stock Holly Jahangiri Ida Hallgren Indra Raj Pathak Isabela Vasiliu Jane Tawel Jessica Cote Joanne Troppello🌻 John Gruber Joseph Husslein Karen Madej 💛 Kathryn A. LeRoy, Ph.D. Kathy Lum Kay T. Keira Fulton-Lees Kevin Buddaeus Kimmy Tao Kira Dawn Ksenia Sein LauraRaduenz Lynette Clements Maïa Belart Manasi Diwakar Marilyn Flower Mary Holden Matt Lillywhite Misa Ferreira de Rezende Mohamed El-Masry Noah Levy P.G. Barnett Paul Myers MBA Pete Marcaccini Priyanka Srivastava Rasheed Hooda Riku Arikiri Rosennab Salam Khan Saloni Joshi Sara Taki Sarene B. Arias Selma Shin Jie Yong @Simona Simran Kankas Suntonu Bhadra Suryansh Mansharamani Terry Mansfield Timothy Key Tony Young, Jr. Tree Langdon ♾️ Trista Ainsworth Zsanyla Cabansag

I do my best to reciprocate.

I surprised myself by writing and posting 31 articles in May, an average of one per day. It was fun. Each was a labor of love. You inspired many of them by what you wrote and the comments you made. The SCBWI challenge inspired me to write everyday and provided 31 prompts, one for each day in May.

I hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

I don’t have big writing plans for June. With the nicer weather I want to spend more time outside. The lake beckons and I’m anxious to get the kayak wet. Still, I’ll be reading, writing and connecting on Medium/Illumination as time permits.

The following readers have been especially supportive. I commend them to you for further reading, enjoyment and inspiration.

Amy Marley has posted a story summarizing the responses to the SCWBI challenge here:

My friend Kevin Buddaeus just published an excellent explanation of the famed double-slit experiment in quantum mechanics. If you are up for a little science explained in layman’s terms, take a look at his article

Caroline MacDonald gives 5 simple (but not necessarily easy) ways to unleash our potential.

Harley King wrote a fascinating story poem about what it means to take someones picture. I often wonder about such things when I see portraits of weathered faces. What stories lie behind those wrinkles?

If you don’t know who Holly Jahangiri is, you really must read her introduction. You’ll be glad you did.

Rasheed Hooda wrote a poignant and timely piece touching on the protests unleashed by the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis:

Riku Arikiri has compiled a list of the works he’s published during his 58 days on Medium:

Saloni Joshi wrote a touching ode to her story-telling grandfather:

Tree Langdon ♾️ wrote a short but touching senryu:

Trista Ainsworth wrote a poetic response telling us why she cannot find Joy in the days following the killing of George Floyd

Thank you for reading and responding.

Happy Reading, Writing and Connecting.

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