Lo and Behold, today is National Coffee Day!! I had no idea such a thing existed. In case you didn’t know, I love coffee. Shocker, right? (For you tea drinkers out there, don’t be hatin’ I also drink tea and love it too.) But coffee…it’s not just a drink anymore. It’s almost a friend. We [...]

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Indeed it is. Well, today, I woke up and did my morning pages for the Artist’s Way. I also restarted reading chapter 1. So it begins… Also, this weekend I saw a flyer at a local coffee shop for a Yoga/Writing workshop. Yes, Yoga slash Writing. And I thought, well, why shouldn’t the two go [...]

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Alas, no #fridayflash this week, but that’s ok. I’ve been prepping myself for the start of my new writing life, starting Monday. I’m very excited and am grateful for your help. And for those that have joined the gentle butt kicking fest, (Karen, I’m looking at you) this’ll be great. Let’s do this! Ok, time [...]

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Hi. I’m Vanessa, and I am a collector of RSS feeds. I have not collected an RSS feed in over a week. Yay, me! That’s the first bite out of the proverbial elephant. A good step in the right direction. Today, I woke up a half hour earlier and devoted the time between that and [...]

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Ok, so we’ve moved, I don’t have a commute anymore…well, I do, but it’s to the coffee maker then to my desk. Then it’s riding the wild Internet for the day job. A five second commute back to the living room and on with the rest of my life. I noticed that somehow, my 3 [...]

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The coffee washed his mouth with a sour taste. Again. Ever since Eric had moved it seemed like he couldn’t get the coffee right anymore. Nothing tasted quite right anymore. Maybe it was the change in altitude or maybe he was coming down with something. He shrugged it off and peered at the Rocky Mountains [...]

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I’ve seen a theme in my little microcosm of the world, and it’s making me think. (Yes, that’s that burning that you smell.) People are stuck. From world leaders all the way down, people are stuck. Stuck in a rut…can’t move forward. This manifests itself in many ways. It can be as simple as not [...]

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Hey there…well, no #fridayflash today, but if you missed last week’s, you can check it out here. Can’t wait to see what everybody else is up to this Friday. Long weekend coming up, lots on the horizon for fall. I always seem to get a burst of creativity when the seasons change. What about you? [...]

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