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Tag Archives: poetry
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
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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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Let’s write letters in April
“The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement.”~Billy Collins, American poet Have you written a letter lately? April is National Letter Writing Month. I was ahead of the game last year when I started writing … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Scrapbooking, WoW, Writing
Tagged art, coffee, experience, family, friend, letters, Mom, Penn State, Pittsburgh, poetry, scrapbooking, social media, Starbucks, writer, writing, Zentangle
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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
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Tagged actor, Blog hops, change, coffee, experience, family, haiku, Haiku Horizons, life, Michigan, music, New Jersey, poetry, tea, writing
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