A Penny Planter is someone who drops pennies for other people to find. I'm a Penny Planter, and I hope you will become one too! People from around the world believe that finding a penny, or any other coin, will bring them good luck or good fortune. So, I plant pennies by dropping them onto the ground wherever I go so that other people who find them, will smile, and have a momentary feeling of joy or luck or hope. This book tells the story of the Lucky Penny Project which is a collection of people who want to make the world a better place and work together as a Penny Posse to help others. They drop pennies to make other people smile, and they also work to make the world better by setting positive intentions called Penny Promises, and by implementing their own action items to improve the world around them, called Penny Plans. Won't you join us?

I wrote this collection of poems because I have read extensively and the more I read the more fascinated I became with the relationships of animals and people with one another. I believed, at the time, there would be little need for another book of poetry but while analyzing my own observances and beliefs, the genuine need for more lines that rhymed with a cadence of life took me over. I wanted to make the facts as much as can possibly flow evenly with true feelings about my life and others who have surely experienced a deep down desire to put pen to paper. I caught myself daydreaming about someday seeing the name Penny Aiken on the front cover of some kind of book. Writing in first person lets me live mentally the actions that are being relayed in the poems. Naming my book A Penny for Your Thoughts just seemed to fit the mold. It sounded right to everyone I mentioned it to so I finally sold myself on using it. I have tried to write such a book.

"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wished I'd realized it sooner." Collette Ever wonder why another seems happy and content while you struggle? Do you find yourself so heavy with dread that at the end of the day you are exhausted and frustrated? Perhaps you feel you should be happier than you are, but lack the energy to become the person you want to be. Then curl up in your favorite reading spot and take a trip of magical realism. Travel through the eyes of a teacher who is searching for possibly the very thing that you are missing. This is the journey to happiness that every man and woman deserves. A hero's journey from shadow to substance; a quest to find your spirit. Meander with the unique characters, the inspirational dog, Lab, the patient Ferryman, the surprising Mentor, the all-knowing Gate Keeper, and of course the wise, Spirit Guide. Take this voyage to, in essence, find yourself.

In all the hustle and bustle, it’s easy to wear a perpetual frown. We often forget the immense power of one thing: the human smile. The Power of Your Smile is a wise yet playful reminder that smiling can improve not only your day but also the days of the people around you. In fact, smiling can improve your entire life. This book focuses on seemingly silly things—maybe even minor or mundane—that in truth are very important. We could focus on difficulties, or instead, wear a smile and brighten even the most difficult times. Using jokes and anecdotes, author William Kalanta offers many reasons why a person should smile, and there are indeed many! Kalanta uses humor as a way of expressing profound, inspirational truths in a way that anyone can understand. Smiling is the best way to change your mood and turn a bad day good. You are the producer, director, and star of your life. Why waste it by wearing a frown? A smile says, “Don’t pet sweaty things and don’t sweat petty things.” A smile can change the world.

The value and importance of your thoughts are incalculable because your success and happiness depend on them. If you have an attitude that is appropriate to your objective, success is assured. It is essential for every individual to crystalise his or her vision in order to develop his or her own paradigm and path to success. Once you are clear on what you want to do in your life, your success will depend on how well you cultivate, improve or change your views needed to keep you on your target. This book offers some simple tips for self-improvement.

John Edge is a man with a past. But now he has a new identity, a new city, and a new start to a new life, and things just might work out if only he can find a way to keep his old life from intruding upon his new one. In A Penny for Your Murder, Edge also has a new job. Dorothy Bootsie Wyatt has been murdered, and private detective Edge teams up with insurance investigator Lucy Lance to make sure that her husband doesnt get paid two million dollars that he doesnt deserve. But which mystery man killed her? Was it a man from their past? A local thug? Or was it a name on the bathroom wall? This sequel to Bound to Love by Caleb Lott is the story of the lengths to which some will go to commit murder . . . and to cover it up.

Have you ever loved, been loved, been confused about love, or suffered from loss of love? All these feelings have been captured and shared in the word of heartfelt poems, compiled over many years by a retired teacher and award-winning author. Sherrill S. Cannon now shares her thoughts in this book of feelings. “As a teacher, I used poetry to help counsel many troubled teens and friends, and have continued this pattern throughout the years.”There are three sections in her book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails . . . (Love & Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms includes free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets. Some poems are simply plays on words.