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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Day 11: Happy Birthday Harry and Jo! (New Podcast!)
So today’s a big day. It’s the birthday of Jo Rowling and her character Harry Potter AND IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, we put out a new podcast called Happy Birthday Harry (and Jo!) which you can also find by going to your Itunes Store, searching “Harry Potter Alliance” and clicking Subscribe. Any way, enjoy the [...]
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Day 10: TriWizard House Party Day
Welcome one and all to the 10th day of our 11 Days of Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset! Today is especially exciting for me because I get to make a big announcement. From August 8 through the 24th, the Harry Potter Alliance is going to be running a new project – one that encourages [...]
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Day 8: Magical Acts of Kindness
It’s Day 8 of Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset and today we’re focusing on “Magical Acts of Kindness.” As I remember a quote from Mother Theresa: “In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love” and the Dalai Lama: “My religion is very simple. My religion [...]
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Day 7: Silence Appreciation Day
Stop reading for a few seconds. Close your eyes. Listen. What do you hear? Maybe it’s music. Maybe it’s talking. The buzz of an air conditioner. Barking dogs. Loud neighbors. Chances are, you hear something. Today’s task is to appreciate silence. We live in a really noisy world – we spend so much time talking, [...]
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Day 6: Music Appreciation Day!
“Ahh…music, a magic far beyond all we do here.” – Albus Dumbledore Music has the magic to bring tears, bring laughter, recall memories, and make peace. It can move your soul and change your life. Even in the world of Harry Potter, which we experience through reading alone, we can see evidence of how important [...]
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Day 5: Literature Appreciation Day!
There are many reasons why we, as HPA members and Harry Potter fans, have banded together: the exchange of ideas, the sense of community, a belief in idealism and our ability to accomplish magic in the muggle world. But ultimately, the reason we are all here, the reason why one year (and five days) ago today, millions [...]
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Day 4: Create Your Own Wand
What a week it’s been already! We’re wizards, we’ve been accepted to Hogwarts, we’re loving ourselves and our lives – and now, just like an wizard or witch, we need wands!! They say the wand chooses the wizard – that means that wands can “read” who wizards really are. A wand can tell what your [...]
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Day 3: 100 Things That You Love
It’s Day 3 of the Eleven Days of Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset! Today’s activity is around focusing on what we love. As we know, in Harry Potter love is the most powerful form of magic. It is something which “leaves it’s own mark” (Sourcerer’s Stone 299). In the words of Harry and the [...]
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Day 2: Invite Yourself to Hogwarts!
This is the second day of the Eleven Days of Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset which we announced in this post and in this podcast which is about celebrating the Eleventh Anniversary of Harry Potter this July 31st. If you remember, we’re not the only ones counting down to Harry’s eleventh birthday – Harry [...]
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Eleven Days of Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset
Today, July 21 2008 the HP Alliance invites the entire Harry Potter fandom to celebrate the ONE year anniversary of Deathly Hallows with our new official podcast: Potterwatch, introduced by Jim Dale! Eleven days later, July 31st, we’ll be inviting everyone to celebrate the ELEVENTH year anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone! ONE [...]
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