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“B”eing planted in the #AtoZChallenge moment
A gardener by any means I am not, but I cultivate a deep green houseplant forest. . The lawn art my neighbors accomplish humbles me, but endless cycle of pulling weeds is not worth it. Houseplants are as green as … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Photos, Writing
Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, family, friend, haiku, Instagram, poetry, social media
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April 1: Art, Artists and #AtoZChallenge
Welcome to Day 1 of the AtoZ Blog Challenge. Today I feel more Zzzzzz than Awake. April is just one of those busy months. And, really, how did it become the 4th month already? I’m distracted with inconveniences today, not … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, author, blog, Blog hops, blogging, experience, haiku, movies, notegraphy, poet, poetry, social media, writer, writing
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My fun #AtoZChallenge 2020 Theme Reveal
I wrote a haiku based on the letter X that does not include the word “xylophone”. I hope you love the alphabet because we couldn’t write without it. April is the month bloggers around the world unite to write daily posts … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, flash fiction, poetry, writer, writing
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Playing Games with Haiku Horizons #245
I have missed writing haiku. Every Tuesday at my Montclair Writers Support Group, each person introduces themselves and talks about writing struggles and goals. I tweak my intro every week, but it always contains “award-winning writer,” “author,” “memoir,” blah blah … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Blog hops, coffee, games, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Montclair Write Group, poet, poetry, Starbucks, writer, writing, Yahtzee
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Choose your own words in haiku and adventure
“Only I can change my life; no one can do it for me.”~Carol Burnett, American actress Words and video games don’t mix. The video game Zork? is a simple game: type your actions. The puzzle in this text-only game is … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged author, Blog hops, blogging, books, experience, games, haiku, Haiku Horizons, life, love, Motown Writers Network, Pittsburgh, poetry, reading, writing
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Success in writing: Breakdown of #ROW80 Round 4 goals, Part 1 of 3
“All great achievements require time.”~Maya Angelou, American poet Round 4 goals. Writing, reading, playing and etc, Today I’m focusing on my writing. This is how I plan to break down and work on these goals, in no particular order: WRITING: … Continue reading
Posted in WoW, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, DadMemoir, eBook, experience, family, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Instagram, memoir, mommemoir, Montclair Write Group, New Jersey, poet, poetry, ROW80, social media, writing
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What motivates your? Goalsetting for #ROW80 Round 4
“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.”~Buddha, Indian leader When do you deserve to treat yourself? I use bribery to motivate myself. If I go through emails, then I can spend time on Instagram. If I write … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, change, DadMemoir, eBook, experience, family, friend, games, haiku, Happy Planner, Instagram, life, memoir, mommemoir, Penn State, planner, poetry, Pokemon GO, reading, ROW80, scrapbook, social media, writing
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Land on my feet or my writing *bleep* as #ROW80 Round 3 ends
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love.”~Sophia Loren, Italian actress It seems I’ve been stuck in a lot of things lately. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged actress, Blog hops, blogging, change, eBook, experience, Facebook, family, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Happy Planner, Instagram, life, linkedin, mommemoir, planner, poetry, ROW80, social media, Twitter, writing
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Celebrating 3 must-read writing bloggers
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”~Abraham Lincoln, American president Today, l celebrate bloggers. We’re all in this together, whatever our reasons for writing, whatever our topics or motivation. Supporting each other is what we should … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, Deadwood Writers, experience, games, haiku, Haiku Horizons, life, Overcoming Bloggers Block, poetry, writer, writing
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A writing #WeekendCoffeeShare
If we were having coffee… Hey, I’m glad you could make it to Starbucks. Hope the traffic on Rt. 22 wasn’t bad. Sit down, let’s chat. I’m not sure if my Frappuccino is a Celebratory Frappuccino or not. We just … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, coffee, experience, family, holiday, letters, life, Montclair Write Group, New Jersey, poetry, travel, weather, WeekendCoffeeShare, writing
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The Friendship Edition of #WeekendCoffeeShare
If we were having coffee… Thanks for meeting me here. SmartWorld Coffee is the first coffeeshop I discovered here in New Jersey. It’s my default location because it’s close to temporary housing and it’s the warmest coffee shop I’ve ever … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, coffee, experience, friend, life, Mega Meet, memoir, Michigan, New Jersey, poetry, scrapbook, scrapbooking, travel, WeekendCoffeeShare, writing
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Claiming myself in a new state of mind…kinda
“It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.”~Jenn Proske, Canadian actress Today I heard Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ and I cried. I have no reason to, but I did. I guess I do have a … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged actor, Blog hops, change, coffee, experience, family, haiku, Haiku Horizons, life, Michigan, music, New Jersey, poetry, tea, writing
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Perceptions and misconceptions of New Jersey
“At the end of the day, life is about being happy being who you are.”~Kim Kardashian, American celebrity I’m in New Jersey now, and I’m surprisingly happy. I lived in NJ for almost 10 years before getting married and moving … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, friend, games, haiku, Haiku Horizons, New Jersey, poetry, social media, travel, writing
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A flood of writing emotions
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”~Helen Keller, American writer I arrived at Barnes & Noble early enough for tonight’s Deadwood Study Group. The format has changed over the years, and right … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged CZT, Deadwood Writers, eBook, experience, flash fiction, friend, haiku, Haiku Horizons, love, music, poetry, writer, writing, Zentangle
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The secret code: Happy National Handwriting Day
“Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.”~Isaac Asimov, American scientist I realize that to create a secret code, write in cursive. As a scrapbooker, it continues to stun me that other paper artists hate their handwriting. Yes, they … Continue reading
Feeling nostalgic about writing and missing crayons
“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.”~Tom Stoppard, English writer I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately. Maybe it’s the packing and seeing my previous life end up in boxes. Touching these things that are or were precious … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged blogging, book, books, experience, games, life, Michigan, movies, New Jersey, Penn State, Pittsburgh, poetry, scrapbook, travel, writer, writing, Zentangle
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How I learned to like coffee
“Coffee is a language in itself.”~Jackie Chan, Chinese actor I never used to be a coffee drinker, but now I am. My parents gave me a sip of their black coffee to satisfy my curiosity, and I found it to … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, change, coffee, experience, family, haiku, Haiku Horizons, love, movies, Penn State, poetry, Starbucks, writer, writing
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Choose or choose not; that is the question
“Today I choose life.”~Kevyn Aucoin, American artist Are you writing right now? Why, or why not? Have you talked to your dear friend lately? Did you spend two hours on social media last night? Are you exercising or being active … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, Blog hops, change, experience, friend, haiku, Haiku Horizons, life, poetry, social media, writing
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My new view of #NaNoWriMo
“The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.”~Jose Bergamin, Spanish writer This year, I free myself from NaNoWriMo convention and snub my nose at what is expected. Everyone approaches NaNoWriMo differently. This first year I discovered that the … Continue reading
Posted in Scrapbooking, WoW, Writing
Tagged friend, haiku, Jimmy the Burglar, Michigan, NaNoWriMo, New Jersey, poetry, scrapbooking, social media, writing
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Tossing #ROW80 Round 3 onto the backseat: it has ended!
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”~Abraham Lincoln, American president I’ve participated in A Round of Words in 80 Days for a year now and have yet to accomplish … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged author, Blog hops, blogging, family, friend, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Happy Planner, life, Penn State, planner, poetry, ROW80, social media, writing, YouTube
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