When a storm is coming, all other birds seek shelter. The eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an eagle’s and soar above.” – Author Unknown

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Are you shy about expressing your feelings in public sometimes? Today I simply had to express how I really felt… Sometimes my right foot hurts really badly. On Sunday of this week, while waiting for my husband to return home, Read more…


Most people dislike rainy days but I love them.  Today is a rainy day here, but the weather is not dragging me down.  I love rainy days! Why do I love the days that most people do not like? First, Read more…


Encouragement to honor this pledge for all Americans on near a river.

A pledge is a promise or vow to commit to an idea or action.  Do you know there is a pledge for all that every American needs to honor? In August of 1892, the American socialist preacher Francis Bellamy wrote Read more…


Friday, October 5, is World Teacher’s Day.  What can you do to celebrate this day? Perhaps we all need to polish some apples, one for each of our children’s teachers first thing this morning before we send our kids to Read more…


Encouraging you to share in her spirit on near a river.

If only we all could have her spirit, the world would be a much better place… This morning my husband and I walked to get some breakfast.  As we walked past one home, a two-year-old girl came running out. She Read more…


Encouraging you to deal with life effectively on near a river.

I have learned to sort out what issues are just life and can be ignored, and what I need to change. Here is what I have figured out. My hair has always been naturally curly, for all of my life. Read more…


Encouraging you to create the inevitable in life on near a river.

Tonight here in the North Country we got the inevitable–our first frost warning for the fall season.  The weather here tonight is forecast to get down to freezing.  So the inevitable is happening—our warm summer weather is changing into colder Read more…


Happy Labor Day! As we navigate through the demands of daily routines, it’s essential to acknowledge the significance of breaks, allowing ourselves the luxury of a respite. So, let these heartwarming images be a gentle nudge to not only complete Read more…


Encouraging you to avoid biased search results on near a river.

Do you get biased search results on the internet?  If you do, read on… Google, Yahoo, Bing, and DuckDuckGo all scour the web for you to find the information you want.  But you never get the same search results. Some Read more…


Do you know the relationship between your two eyes?  Other relationships function just as this relationship does… On Saturday of last week, my husband was finally on his way home after being away for five days trying to fix up Read more…

"Each reader's heart is like an eagle's and can soar above the storms in life..." - Near a River's Author, BJ Rae.

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic children's book about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives. Near a River encourages early childhood reading. BJ hopes that every child becomes a strong reader and soars above the storms in life.

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