Stone Soup Magazine
— A girl reflects on moving to a new house five years ago, making peace with everything except the mismatched fence her friend calls hideous.
— A girl reflects on her common name Claire, wishing for something unique, then questions whether a different name would change her identity.
— A young pianist reflects on the freedom of art and the journey from reluctant lessons to finding beauty in her own upright Kawai piano.
— A girl contemplates the unnamed plants around her house, finding in their seasonal color changes a mirror for her own shifting moods.
— A 12-year-old wrestles with her sense of obligation to fight climate change, questioning whether individual actions matter while affirming her commitment to future generations.
— A young writer catalogs the places that shaped her — from African deserts to New Jersey beaches, Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls to French villages — weaving family, food, and a beloved...
— A meditation on time through the perspective of a clock, whose red hand moves endlessly through numbers, carrying promises and memories without limits.