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Category Archives: Art & Scrapbooking
Coffeeshop Chronicles: Michigan and coffee palaces
I’m looking forward to seeing my old haunts when I travel back to Michigan next week. I lived in Michigan for 11 years, my formative married years, as I like to say. Between Ann Arbor, Detroit and Windsor, Canada, I … Continue reading
Now and Then: What does your laptop say about you?
A recent Montclair Write Group writing prompt got me thinking: Now and Then. I’ve been thinking about the little things in life these days. Nothing deep or philosophical, no life-altering moments where the world comes into crisp focus. I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Memoir, Writing
Tagged blogging, DadMemoir, family, memoir, Montclair Write Group, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Starbucks, writing, YouTube
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Who sends greeting cards anymore?
Just in time for MegaMeet tomorrow, I wonder: are Get Well cards extinct? MegaMeet starts tomorrow, and I am so excited to be playing with papers and glue sticks in public again I can barely write this. My class schedule … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Writing
Tagged Facebook, family, friends, Michigan, scrapbook, social media, writing
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Maybe you will write a letter today, or tomorrow #AtoZChallenge
My friends, how do I love thee? Let me count the stamps. April is a month of showers before flowers, as well as other events: April is, of course, the month for Blogging from A to Z April Challenge since … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Haiku and poetry, Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, haiku, poetry, writing
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Be a part of #AtoZChallenge in 2021
Beginning is often difficult, but continuing can be harder. I started repainting my office/craft room in 2020. Maybe it was 2019; I lost track of time these recent 12 months. Oh, I can still use the room, move around, function … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Haiku and poetry, Writing
Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, haiku, scrapbook, writing, YouTube
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Are you the writer you were in 2011?
Today’s post is inspired by an email, reminding me of a writer I used to be. Monday morning. Coffee. Egg sandwich. “Where are you now?” hour on NJ 101.5 streaming on my app. Empty planner pages with two appointments written … Continue reading
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Published a tiny bit in Molecule – a tiny lit
Being published is a good thing, so why do I feel a little bit? Molecule is a bi-annual literary online magazine that publishes 50-word poetry and prose along with small-scale artwork. It’s a struggle cutting down to a 500-word piece, … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Publishing Experiences, Writing
Tagged eBook, Michigan, New Jersey, poetry, Pokemon GO, scrapbook, writing
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Remember writing in #tbt for May 21
Another throwback Thursday, with more writing lessons learned. What have I discovered? I engaged Twitter a lot more than I do today. Will I exercise that media more now? Should I? Am I missing something vital? Did I get … Continue reading
Create your signature writing word
I found my writing self in one word. Continuing from this blog post last week, I needed to find myself after losing my domain name. I needed to redefine myself. I found myself in one word: funky. Since you’re visiting … Continue reading
Thoughts on October 31
“Sometimes it’s the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.”~Kevin Spacey, American actor My thoughts: Happy Halloween!
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity
Tagged Halloween, holiday, New Jersey
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Writing & activity successes–and not–this #WeekendCoffeeShare
If we were having coffee…. Grab a seat. This is one of the most comfortable Starbucks I’ve been in. Of course it’s cold–every Starbucks in this universe is–but it blends spacious and cozy here. We’ve got plenty of time to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, coffee, DadMemoir, Disney, eBook, family, games, NFPW, Pokemon GO, social media, Starbucks, Swarm, WeekendCoffeeShare, WiiFit, writing
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Saying goodbye is an art form
“Could we see again when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.”~Ouida, English novelist Another Goodbye Selfie is taken, but my friend prefers privacy, so I’m sharing our story … Continue reading
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
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Tagged family, haiku, Happy Planner, letters, planner, poetry, scrapbook, writing
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Wrapping up #ROW80 Round 4 and my afterthought
“We must let go of the life we have planned so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”~Joseph Campbell, American author Spoiler alert: I only accomplished one of my five ROW80 goals in Round 4. I despise … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, DadMemoir, eBook, family, holiday, Michigan, New Jersey, ROW80, scrapbook, Zentangle
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Free yourself from email clutter
“If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”~Will Rogers, American actor This week I have been doing something bold and freeing: unsubscribing from emails. I apologize if yours was one of them. It’s nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Michigan, New Jersey, scrapbook, social media, writing
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Stressed and slothed this non-writing #WeekendCoffeeShare
If we were having coffee… Thanks for meeting me here at Starbucks so late. I’ve been wiped out all weekend. Packing for the move has sucked the soul out of me. I’m not writing, I’m not hanging out on social … Continue reading
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
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Tagged haiku, Jimmy the Burglar, Michigan, NaNoWriMo, New Jersey, poetry, social media, writing
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A fabulous #WeekendCoffeeShare with friends, football and Frappes
If we were having coffee…. Thanks for coming over to my house today. I hope Keurig coffee is okay today. Excuse the mess on the table, but I hosted my annual Halloween Crop at Casa de la Hirsch last night, … Continue reading
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Tagged art journaling, ATCs, Blog hops, blogging, coffee, DadMemoir, Deadwood Writers, eBook, family, games, Halloween, holiday, memoir, NaNoWriMo, Penn State, ROW80, scrapbook, WeekendCoffeeShare, writing
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Defending my #ROW80 progress, or lack thereof
“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”~Frederick Douglass, American author I must be super-progressing because I am super-struggling. I had no idea how much time it takes to pack up a 10-year-worth-of-stuff house. My scrapbook room: yowch! My writing … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, eBook, family, ROW80, scrapbook, writing
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Big News about writing and life
“Move out of your comfort zone; you can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable.”~Brian Tracy, American author Now that it’s officially official, here’s the Big News: we are moving to New Jersey. More correctly, we … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, family, games, Happy Planner, Penn State, Photo365, Pittsburgh, planner, scrapbook, Swarm, writing
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