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Tag Archives: coffee
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
Easy Instagram Tips for Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas
On the fifth Day of Christmas, the blog I share to you is Jenn’s Trends. Of all the social media outlets, I’m big on the Instagram format as dwhirsch. I’m a scrapbooker. I take an embarrassing number of screenshots daily. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, coffee, Instagram, social media, writing
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Reflecting good and bad on #AtoZChallenge 2021
Every year, I tell myself that I will love the annual #AtoZChallenge, and every year, I’m disappointed in something. Daily blogging is hard, which is why I don’t do it. Too often Life happens and writing does not. Can I … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku and poetry, Writing
Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, coffee, haiku, Instagram, poetry, Pokemon GO, Twitter, writing
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Flying high-ku for #AtoZChallenge
Feel like flying today? “Hello, how are you?” the coffee barista asks me. “I’m fine” –which I am– “How are you?” “I’m doing okay,” the barista replies. Okay is not a fine thing to be. We can challenge ourselves to … Continue reading
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Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, coffee, haiku, New Jersey, poetry, writing
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Looking back to look ahead: a Journal entry
A look back into the real world. Interesting that this journal entry was written in the color pink, the same as my journal entry now in 2021. Coincidence? Sat, Jan 3 2015 3:50p SB @ Horsham He wanted to try … Continue reading
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
Updating apps and understanding life through #AtoZChallenge
. . . —- Updating apps shows me even more memories I may or may not want to remember. Looking at Timehop inspired me to scroll through my apps. Early phone pages should be filled with oft-used, important apps. Screens … Continue reading
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Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, coffee, haiku, Happy Planner, planner, poetry, ROW80, social media, Timehop, writing
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Travel back in time with #tbt and #AtoZChallenge
Thursdays are super scary days because of the #ThrowbackThursday or #tbt posts on your social media memories. Unfamiliar with Throwback Thursdays? It’s a hashtag highlighting photos of anything in your past: your deceased dog Bonner when he/she was still alive; … Continue reading
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Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, coffee, haiku, Instagram, Michigan, Pittsburgh, social media, Starbucks, Swarm, Twitter, writing, Zentangle
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Quit procrastinating in #AtoZChallenge
The 20th way to procrastinate a writer is with Quizzes. You know them; in fact, you’ve probably taken one or more. Women’s magazines were, perhaps still are, stuffed with “Is he the right boyfriend for you? Take this quiz to … Continue reading
Ode to the future in this #AtoZChallenge haiku
/ / / Once order is restored, there is so much to do. / / / / / I will sip coffee with my husband at Track 5 in Cranford. I will drive to Philadelphia to visit my in-laws and … Continue reading
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Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, coffee, family, games, haiku, New Jersey, Pokemon GO, 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
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Tagged Blog hops, coffee, games, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Montclair Write Group, poetry, Starbucks, writing, Yahtzee
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An almost-birthday writing reflection of #ROW80 this #WeekendCoffeeShare
If we were having coffee…. I’m glad you could stop in. This little Starbucks, as you know, is the place we normally say faretheewell to my in-laws before our 12-hour drive back to Michigan. Now that we’re 2 hours away … Continue reading
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Sharing the most interesting writing idea this #WeekendCoffeeShare
If we were having coffee…. I’m glad you could meet us here in Cranford. Today is my day for a Celebratory Frappuccino. I caught another Moltres and my first Tyranitar. I had poor luck yesterday while my husband rocked the … Continue reading
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Writing from a distance: good, bad, both?
“I’m thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could’ve gone the other way.”~Rick Springfield, American musician It should come as no surprise to anyone, but I write about coffee shops. The activity in coffee shops is fascinating, better … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, coffee, Coffeeshop Chronicles, Deadwood Writers, Michigan, New Jersey, writing
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Charged up and critique comments this #WeekendCoffeeShare
If we were having coffee…. Hey, how are you? Glad you could join me here at Den 10. The Bookstore Man is here is here again, sipping some tea, I think. Why I’m drinking a Café Vanilla Frappuccino in here, … Continue reading
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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
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, coffee, DadMemoir, Disney, eBook, family, games, NFPW, Pokemon GO, social media, Starbucks, Swarm, WeekendCoffeeShare, WiiFit, writing
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A #WeekendCoffeeShare with exciting editing advice
If we were having coffee… Hey there. Glad you could meet here. I know, no exciting, newly-discovered coffee shop, just my standard fallback here on Route 22. The texture of the Frappuccinos is hit or miss, sometimes not thick enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, coffee, DadMemoir, eBook, family, mommemoir, Montclair Write Group, New Jersey, Penn State, Star Trek, Starbucks, WeekendCoffeeShare, writing
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A #WeekendCoffeeShare offering Fiverr tips for publishing
If we were having coffee…. Thanks for coming over. You’re my first guest in our new house because we’re still unpacking, as you can tell. I cleaned off the table for you, a bit. Just push my laptop aside. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, coffee, eBook, family, memoir, mommemoir, New Jersey, social media, Star Trek, Starbucks, Swarm, WeekendCoffeeShare, writing
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Pigeon poop and writing prompts
“All wealth is the product of labor,”~John Locke, English philosopher Yesterday, I wrote about pigeon poop and people loved it. That’s the beauty of free write exercises: you have no idea what will spew from your pen. The Montclair Write … Continue reading
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This #WeekendCoffeeShare about reading and unpacking
If we were having coffee…. Hello! Isn’t this a nice Starbucks? It’s a Clover store, and they still have my Nicaragua Macarena. That’s not it’s real name, of course, but a barista back in Michigan couldn’t pronounce it, so that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, books, coffee, family, Goodreads, holiday, Michigan, New Jersey, ROW80, social media, Starbucks, WeekendCoffeeShare, writing
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