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There Is No Long Distance Now: Very Short Stories
There Is No Long Distance Now: Very Short Stories | Naomi Shihab Nye
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In these forty life-altering, life-affirming, and extremely short short stories, the award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye proposes that no matter how great the divide between friends, siblings, life and death, classmates, enemies, happiness and misery, war and peace, breakfast and lunch, parent and child, country and city, there is, in fact, no long distance. Not anymore.
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Daily update time! I had a lot of back pain, and it was super hot today, so I took a short walk after dinner with my dad and Henry. Only 4.5k steps today. I‘ve also not been doing my physical therapy exercises. 😕

I did meet my healthy eating goals, though!! 🎉🎉🥑🍅🍒 and there‘s not peas and blueberries! Very low sugar!

Started two books. The tagged one and The Gifted School!! Overall not bad.

Pictured: my iPad background. Tempting!

SW-T Hope your back feels better soon! 5y
Megabooks @SW-T Thanks! It comes and goes. I‘m hoping I can get a good night‘s sleep and it will feel better! 5y
SW-T Sleep is so restorative. Good luck to you! 5y
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cobwebmoth It was hot here, too. I hope your back pain eases up soon.❤ 5y
Megabooks @cobwebmoth By the time I have time to walk, it‘s been 90 feeling like 95. I mean, gees!! I hope it cools down for both of us!! Thanks re: back pain 💕💕 5y
Sunraven Yay for meeting healthy eating goals, and that iPad background looks both yummy and cute!

What‘s the app with the leafy icon, if you don‘t mind my asking? It piques my interest...
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Megabooks @Sunraven Thanks! 💜 I actually made it with the leaf app! It‘s Pigment, which is an adult coloring app. They have a wide variety of books and ways to color. I love doing designs while I listen to audiobooks. If you don‘t want to pay, they have a new free page every day! 👍🏻👍🏻 5y
TheEllieMo Oof, that is hot! Well done for still getting a walk in. Hope your back feels better soon 5y
Megabooks @TheEllieMo I‘m just glad we have air conditioning! 😁 Thanks about my back. 💗 I put some NSAID cream on it, and it already feels better! 5y
Sunraven Oh, cool! Coloring while listening to audiobooks sounds like a pretty freakin‘ great idea ... I just might have to try that. 👍 And maybe that app, too! 😁 5y
Emilymdxn That‘s still great! Not every day is a perfect day for exercise and fitness stuff, but you worked on your healthy eating goal well and you haven‘t given up! There‘ll be better days ahead, and you‘re all ready for them #goteam 5y
Megabooks @Emilymdxn Thanks, Emily! I think that‘s the most common denominator in our team and in the BFC participants in general, we try, we adapt, we persevere!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 5y
kspenmoll Glad you got out for a walk, hope it helped ypur back pain. Well done! 5y
Megabooks @kspenmoll It did. And it did help me feel better about myself, which is big! 👍🏻 5y
wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 You‘re making good progress. But I hope the heat breaks a bit so you can get outside more. 5y
Megabooks @wanderinglynn I was able to walk this morning when it was still cool and already have 5.5k steps in today! W00t! 👏🏻🎉 5y
wanderinglynn w00t! 🙌🏻 5y
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While the clouds gather, and the thunder rumbles, the next story I turned to was entitled “Weatherman” 🤣🌩🌩 I‘m hoping the rain holds off or finishes, so I can get a walk in after dinner.

Megabooks Went for a short walk in between storms! #bfc #bfcr2 #goteam 5y
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Extremely short (4-5 page) YA stories from a variety of points of view covering many teen situations. The writing, from an author who usually writes poetry, is good enough to enthrall adults. A lucky find from #bookoutlet 😃 4⭐️

#shortstories #yearofshortstories

L: me as a young adult (and preschooler)

Reviewsbylola Love the pics!! 7y
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