Day 2 // "moment to myself" My moment to myself this morning was writing this poem. I slept in until 7:40am and started my Sunday morning much like I'd started yesterday's: next to Ant while he read. I miss Sunday Morning Bible class, but something I'm thankful for that has come out of quarantines and … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 2
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Story Behind the Poem // day 1
Day 1 // "through the window" We spent yesterday morning on the couch before heading down to my parents' house. Ant was...reading and I was scrolling through different things on my phone when I remembered that it was August 1st. (How?!) I reopened Instagram, found the saved prompt post, relearned how to post someone else's … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 1
30 Day Haiku Project // Day 0
A haiku poetry challenge and the stories behind the poems
Writing the Everyday // day 3: dishes
Clean the sink before dinner to make cooking easier. Wash the cook prep dishes as Ant or the toaster oven or the crock pot cooks the meal. Eat dinner while watching a movie, playing a game, or just the two of us at the dinner table. Put the dinner dishes in the sink, with the … Continue reading Writing the Everyday // day 3: dishes
Quarantine Day 33 // On Writing, Reading, and Doing the Work
Yallwest this year has been cancelled and they switched it to an online event called Y'all Stay Home, to support the quarantine. I spent a lot of time Sunday night looking at the panels and the special events and scrolling through the authors who are participating. I can smell the ocean and the salt. I … Continue reading Quarantine Day 33 // On Writing, Reading, and Doing the Work
Day 1 // Breakfast
Via Ashlee Gad, the creator of Coffee + Crumbs, on her personal Instagram Tuesday night of last week, I was made aware of Callie Feyen's $10 download "Forty Days of Writing the Everyday". I bought it that night and then promptly put it off. And now I have 6 mins (writing this yesterday) before we … Continue reading Day 1 // Breakfast
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