Whoop! Whoop! This is the last day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. This is 2012′s last small stone thread. Let’s go for a record number of comments…

Do leave your last small stone of the challenge in the comments below. And let us know how you got on this month - what was it like? And do feel free to add your blog addresses so you can keep in touch with each other.

And we DO hope you carry on writing them. Thank you all for sharing your small stones - we’ve enjoyed reading them very much!

(We’re sorry to hear that some people were stymied by the overzealous word verification codes… I’ve turned them off for the time being so you can post away at your leisure!)

“Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes, why shouldn’t we?” ~ Terri Guillemets

This is the 30th day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Do leave your 30th small stone of the challenge in the comments below. We’re nearly finished!

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
~ Robert Frost

This is the 29th day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Also look out for blog posts by our guest writers this month, on topics such as creativity, writing and mindfulness. Click here to view the guest posts.

Do leave your 29th small stone of the challenge in the comments below.

“Look around you…Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what’s happening in the wide world.”
~ Nancy Farmer

This is the 28th day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Also look out for blog posts by our guest writers this month, on topics such as creativity, writing and mindfulness. Click here to view the guest posts.

Do leave your 28th small stone of the challenge in the comments below.

“I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.”
~ Haruki Murakami

This is the 27th day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Also look out for blog posts by our guest writers this month, on topics such as creativity, writing and mindfulness. Click here to view the guest posts.

Do leave your 27th small stone of the challenge in the comments below.

“Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.”
~ Arthur Conan Doyle

This is the 26th day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Also look out for blog posts by our guest writers this month, on topics such as creativity, writing and mindfulness. Click here to view the guest posts.

Do leave your 26th small stone of the challenge in the comments below.

“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.”
~ Susan Sontag

This is the 25th day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Also look out for blog posts by our guest writers this month, on topics such as creativity, writing and mindfulness. Click here to view the guest posts.

Do leave your 25th small stone of the challenge in the comments below.

“Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.”
~ Robert Delaunay

This is the 24th day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Also look out for blog posts by our guest writers this month, on topics such as creativity, writing and mindfulness. Click here to view the guest posts.

Do leave your 24th small stone of the challenge in the comments below.

“Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.”
~ Wallace Stevens

This is the 23rd day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Also look out for blog posts by our guest writers this month, on topics such as creativity, writing and mindfulness. Click here to view the guest posts.

Do leave your 23rd small stone of the challenge in the comments below.

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around
you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
~ Roald Dahl

This is the 22nd day of our January mindful writing challenge: The River of Stones. Each day in January we’ll create a post, like this one, where you can leave your small stone for that day as a comment. This is today’s small stone thread.

Also look out for blog posts by our guest writers this month, on topics such as creativity, writing and mindfulness. Click here to view the guest posts.

Do leave your 22nd small stone of the challenge in the comments below.

“”It always comes back to the same necessity:
go deep enough and there is a bedrock of truth, however hard.”
~ May Sarton