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Sheilah Bright

A 30-year photojournalist, Sheilah shares her connections with people across cultures.

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painted dreams

A story by Jonathan Laurence with 119 loves

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Write a one-sentence lesson that somebody taught you (e.g. “This is Sarah; Sarah taught me…”). Pair it with a photo of that person.

A seed with 35 sprouts

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Moments

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Detroit

Michigan, USA

Dates

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1989

A year with 36 stories

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Tina Antolini

Appreciator, Cook, Radio Producer, Storyteller

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Librarian

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Nature

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Seaweed Ballet

Connie Assadi loved Seaweed Ballet by Joachim Frank

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“Love your paintings of yourself: both the before and after, because they led to this lovely insight and a delightful turn of words. I wondered where you were going with reinventing yourself, and loved how you turned that around. Beautiful. ”

A comment by Annie on Reinventing myself by Mary Stebbins Taitt

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This is Frede

vivienne sprouted this story from Write a one-sentence lesson that somebody taught you (e.g. “This is Sarah; Sarah taught me…”). Pair it with a photo of that person. — a seed planted by Jonathan Harris

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A New Study

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