Harvey Heilbrun
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The story spark was to write from the perspective of an inanimate object. I chose to be a snowflake. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
Reflections on a Snowflake
The Story Spark this week was – Be the Thing. We had to create a piece from the perspective of an inanimate object. Reflections on a Snowflake It is said that no two snowflakes are alike. That’s no…
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January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The story spark was to write from the perspective of an inanimate object. I chose to be a snowflake. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Story Spark was - Winter. Here’s my take on the prompt involving a snowglobe: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Snowglobe
The Story Spark for this piece was Winter. The writing prompt I took was “When she shook the snowglobe, suddenly…” The Snowglobe Why was this the present she got every year? Gran…
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January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The Story Spark was - Winter. Here’s my take on the prompt involving a snowglobe: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The writing prompt this week was — Noise. I looked at it from multiple perspectives, using a word that can have opposite meanings. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #noise #silence
Ode to a Contronym
Ode to a Contronym* Silence is a special word; its meaning is unclear. It calms the nerves and lets us think of things that we hold dear. But there are times when making noise is just the wa…
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January 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The writing prompt this week was — Noise. I looked at it from multiple perspectives, using a word that can have opposite meanings. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #noise #silence
Let the year end!
Let’s all start anew.
Let’s dispose of the wrong
And let the light shine through.
May it be so.
Amen.
Let’s all start anew.
Let’s dispose of the wrong
And let the light shine through.
May it be so.
Amen.
January 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Let the year end!
Let’s all start anew.
Let’s dispose of the wrong
And let the light shine through.
May it be so.
Amen.
Let’s all start anew.
Let’s dispose of the wrong
And let the light shine through.
May it be so.
Amen.
This week’s story prompts were to write about community.
Here are my thoughts.
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Here are my thoughts.
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Community
This week’s writing prompt was – Community. Community Everyone belongs to a community. Most of us belong to several communities. What communities do you belong to? Thinking about the communities y…
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December 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This week’s story prompts were to write about community.
Here are my thoughts.
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Here are my thoughts.
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The Story Spark for this was Holiday Hijinks. The writing prompt I chose was Penguin Takeover. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Parade Takeover
The Story Spark for this was Holiday Hijinks. The writing prompt I chose was Penguin Takeover. We had 20 minutes to write. The Parade Takeover You’ve heard of the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, where …
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December 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The Story Spark for this was Holiday Hijinks. The writing prompt I chose was Penguin Takeover. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Story Spark was Holiday Hijinks. I took the writing prompt, The Unwanted Gift. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
Amusing Grace
In this writing group, we meditate for a minute before we are given the writing prompts. In this meditation, we were to visualize our mirror writing selves and discuss our writing intentions. In th…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Story Spark was Holiday Hijinks. I took the writing prompt, The Unwanted Gift. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The writing prompt was Fun and Games. Some of you might remember some of these: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #games
These Games They are a Changin’
The writing prompt for this piece was “Fun and Games”-we had no time limit to write it. These Games They are a Changin’ I grew up in the Bronx at a time when there were fewer restrictio…
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December 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The writing prompt was Fun and Games. Some of you might remember some of these: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #games
The writing prompt for this piece was Legacy. What do you want your legacy to be?
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Legacy
The writing prompt for this piece was Legacy. What do you want your legacy to be? It was untimed, so we could take as long as we needed to compose it. Legacy On the last Sunday in October this year…
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December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The writing prompt for this piece was Legacy. What do you want your legacy to be?
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The writing prompts for this piece were song titles from an indi rock band, Decemberists. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt
Time for a December Revolt
Today’s writing spark was Song titles from the group “The Decemberists” (an indi rock band, whose name refers to the Decembrist revolt, an 1825 insurrection in Imperial Russia). Here are the titles…
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December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The writing prompts for this piece were song titles from an indi rock band, Decemberists. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt
The writing prompt was Legacy. What do you want to be yours? www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #legacy
Legacy
Legacy On the last Sunday in October this year, while visiting family in Fairfax, Virginia, I attended the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fairfax. I was impressed by the passionate sermon on “Leg…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The writing prompt was Legacy. What do you want to be yours? www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #legacy
What would be your last meal? The writing spark this week was "Food." www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #food #lastrequest
The Last Day
The Last Day The Story Spark was – Food. The writing prompt I took was “Describe what your perfect last meal would be on this earth.” Okay, it is my last day on earth. The warden …
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November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What would be your last meal? The writing spark this week was "Food." www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #food #lastrequest
The Writing Prompt was Things that have been lost to technology. How many of you agree with this: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
Sign on the Dotted Line
The writing prompt was Things that we’ve lost to Technology Sign on the Dotted Line When I was young, everyone was taught how to write in print and cursive. These skills were crucial to our l…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Writing Prompt was Things that have been lost to technology. How many of you agree with this: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Story Spark was - Who Am I? The quote was from E.E. Cummings, "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." My writing choices were 'Born with Instructions' or 'Self-Portrait'. I tried to combine them all. Enjoy. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Message
The Story Spark was – Who Am I? The quote was from E.E. Cummings, “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” My writing choices were ‘Born with Instruction…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Story Spark was - Who Am I? The quote was from E.E. Cummings, "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." My writing choices were 'Born with Instructions' or 'Self-Portrait'. I tried to combine them all. Enjoy. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The story spark was “Learning”. I used the quote by Mortimer Adler as my writing prompt. Here’s what I wrote: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
A Lesson to be Learned
The Story Spark was Learning. I took the quote by Mortimer Adler as my writing prompt – “The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we contin…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The story spark was “Learning”. I used the quote by Mortimer Adler as my writing prompt. Here’s what I wrote: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Writing Prompt was Halloween. I used the quote and two prompts for this piece. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
a woman is sitting in front of a cauldron with smoke coming out of it in a black and white photo .
ALT: a woman is sitting in front of a cauldron with smoke coming out of it in a black and white photo .
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October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Writing Prompt was Halloween. I used the quote and two prompts for this piece. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The writing prompt I took today was - Stolen Goods. Here’s what came to mind: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
Stolen Goods
Stolen Goods How could they say that I stole it? I didn’t even know that she had it. There, I was invited, with no pretense, only planning to get a few drinks, maybe a bit of food and conversation,…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The writing prompt I took today was - Stolen Goods. Here’s what came to mind: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Story Spark was - Stress. I chose a quote by William Blake as my prompt. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Journey
Today’s Story Spark was – Stress. I chose the prompt – William Blake wrote: “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” Write about your wings and where they take you. We h…
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October 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Story Spark was - Stress. I chose a quote by William Blake as my prompt. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
This week's writing prompt was – excuses. I remembered a few. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
Excuses, Excuses
The writing prompt for this piece was “Excuses,” and that is precisely what I wrote about. Excuses, Excuses I’m sure all of you have been in a position where, for one reason or another,…
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October 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This week's writing prompt was – excuses. I remembered a few. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
This week's writing prompt was a fill-in-the-blank. I chose the prompt "the _______ memory of her/him/them _______" We had 25 minutes to write. Believe it or not, this was a true accounting: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
Where do dreams go?
The Story Spark this week was something similar to a Mad Lib with no directions on what type of word to put in the blanks. We were to pick one of the phrases within the Story Spark as our writing p…
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October 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This week's writing prompt was a fill-in-the-blank. I chose the prompt "the _______ memory of her/him/them _______" We had 25 minutes to write. Believe it or not, this was a true accounting: www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
This week’s story is about a choice I made when I was five years old.
Instead of the written copy of this story for this week’s theme of ‘Choices', today, I’m sharing with you the digital version of the story I wrote. It runs a little over 8 minutes. youtu.be/LJqvSPDBrd0
Instead of the written copy of this story for this week’s theme of ‘Choices', today, I’m sharing with you the digital version of the story I wrote. It runs a little over 8 minutes. youtu.be/LJqvSPDBrd0
Higher Perspectives - a digital story.m4v
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September 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This week’s story is about a choice I made when I was five years old.
Instead of the written copy of this story for this week’s theme of ‘Choices', today, I’m sharing with you the digital version of the story I wrote. It runs a little over 8 minutes. youtu.be/LJqvSPDBrd0
Instead of the written copy of this story for this week’s theme of ‘Choices', today, I’m sharing with you the digital version of the story I wrote. It runs a little over 8 minutes. youtu.be/LJqvSPDBrd0
The writing prompt was the language of fire. I often wondered who discovered it. Here's my take on it. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #fire
Behold the Flame
This week’s story spark was Write and Read. I took the prompt – The language of fire. We had 20 minutes to write. Behold the Flame It was a sultry day with nothing to do. Then again, it is a…
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September 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The writing prompt was the language of fire. I often wondered who discovered it. Here's my take on it. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p... #writingprompt #fire
Today's Story Spark was Fall Vibes. The prompts given focused on Autumn (Fall). I took it in a different direction. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
The Fall
The Story Spark for this piece was – Fall Vibes. Instead of going in the direction of Autumn, which is where the prompts seemed to direct the group. I chose to fall into another direction. T…
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September 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Today's Story Spark was Fall Vibes. The prompts given focused on Autumn (Fall). I took it in a different direction. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
Times are changing. Things, out of your control, try to slow you down, yet you are still you.
Remember why you became educators–To help others make this world a better place.
Keep true to those reasons, with empathy and wisdom.
We care and support the work you are doing.
Have a great year.
Remember why you became educators–To help others make this world a better place.
Keep true to those reasons, with empathy and wisdom.
We care and support the work you are doing.
Have a great year.
a september welcome back to school greeting card with trees in the background
ALT: a september welcome back to school greeting card with trees in the background
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September 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Times are changing. Things, out of your control, try to slow you down, yet you are still you.
Remember why you became educators–To help others make this world a better place.
Keep true to those reasons, with empathy and wisdom.
We care and support the work you are doing.
Have a great year.
Remember why you became educators–To help others make this world a better place.
Keep true to those reasons, with empathy and wisdom.
We care and support the work you are doing.
Have a great year.
The Story Spark was to have fun. So I did, with my computer and some challenging sentences. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...
Say that again?
The writing prompt was “That was funny”. I had some fun with a computer and reading sentences. Say that again? When you read your writing to yourself, your brain sometimes puts in word…
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September 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Story Spark was to have fun. So I did, with my computer and some challenging sentences. www.hdhstory.net/Storyblog/?p...