twtchallenge – Tammy Evans Writer

Sunday Coffee Share

On Sundays, I invite you to share a coffee with me! Let’s have a conversation.

Iceland

Thank you for joining me for a coffee and a chat today.

If we were having coffee I would tell you...

If we were having coffee I would tell you…Yep! Today was breakfast day! The omelet was great this morning. I always enjoy my time with Chris no matter where we are. We didn’t get our regular table today, but we did have our regular waitress! She gifted me chocolate last week and she shared a peanut butter egg with me today. The weather is beautiful again today and I went for a long walk after we got home. After dinner, Chris and I took our evening stroll which allows us to settle our food and hold hands.

Writing Prompt: Start with a beautiful day. It could be the weather or another beauty.

If we were having coffee I would tell you…Chris went tandem skydiving yesterday! He had wanted to do it forever, and I was happy to gift it to him for his birthday last week. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. The man was grinning from ear to ear the entire time! I knew he would want to do it again as soon as it was over and I was right!

If we were having coffee I would tell you… this past week was full of tasks that Chris and I put off until after spring break which meant every day was scheduled. We made the tasks into dates when we could which made them more fun. One of our favorite places for coffee in Chesterton is a place called The Red Cup. We also walked down to the used bookstore which is owned by a man always ready to tell an interesting adventure story!

Writing Prompt: Write about a local place you love. How would you describe it to someone if it wasn’t there anymore?

If we were having coffee I would tell you…we had to have the fireplace cleaned and that led to other news about the fireplace needing some work done. The bad news is there can be no fires until it is fixed. The good news is it is not winter.

Writing Prompt: Fire

If we were having coffee I would tell you …I attended a Wine and Words event hosted by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. She had two prompts attached to flash pieces she loved to share. We also had a conversation in between the prompts. It was a great way to spend an evening!

If we were having coffee I would tell you…we watched the new RoadHouse movie with Jake Gyllenhaal and it was fun! I love Conner McGregor and he was over the top as expected.

If we were having coffee I would tell you … I hosted the wrap up call for my Bradbury Trio course today! It is a bittersweet ending but a new writing circle is starting the first week of May so it won’t be too long before I see most of the people.

It was heartwarming to hear people talk about finding the fun in writing again, writing stories when they hadn’t written in years, loving the more in depth critique than they are used to, and the love of the variety of readings!

The next iteration will be a month-long group at a time, but won’t start until at least September. People can pop in and out if they are busy one month and I can take breaks when I need to. There was a request for workshopping and more Zoom calls to discuss the readings and the assignment. I am already looking forward to starting it again.

Thank you for joining me for coffee today. I hope you are well and there are many things for you to be grateful for!

A little more about me: Tammy L. Evans is a writer, teacher, runner, and coach living in a tiny house on a peninsula with her husband and adventure cat. Her location device is her loud laugh. She is a reader for Reckon Review. She is the creator and host of the THE BRADBURY TRIO COURSE. Her poetry has been published in The Storyteller, FoxGlove Journal, Story Hall, Blue Insights, The Partnered Pen, and others. Her fiction has been published in Gone Lawn, South Florida Poetry Journal, Cabinets of Heed, Spelk, Five on the Fifth, Clover and White, Fiction Berlin Kitchen, and others.

April 15, 2024 by WriterTammy Categories: Challenge, creativity, Slice of Life, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompt, WritingLifeTags: community, lists, solc24, TWTBLOG, twtchallenge, writing Leave a comment

Easter Sunday Coffee Share #SOLC24 #Day31

On (some) Tuesdays I write about education and then post to the Two Writing Teacher blog. and then comment on at least three other blog posts. Every day in March I will blog and post for the Two Writing Teacher challenge.

Iceland

Thank you for joining me for a coffee and a chat today.

If we were having coffee I would tell you..I have been walking a lot. Every day and at least 7 miles; usually more. It has made a difference in how I feel in my body. It is a good path for me to be on to accomplish my goals. I am participating in the Year of Writing Dangerously with Summer Brennan and am excited Session 2 will begin again tomorrow. I plan to write an essay about the walking. April is also poetry month and I have a list of prompts. Lots of writing will be happening (as usual!)

Writing Prompt: Write about an abundance of something.

If we were having coffee I would tell you… this week it was Saturday breakfast because the diner we go to is not open today. Everything tasted a little bit better yesterday than normal. It might have been the warm weather and the sun.

We did have some animal weirdness though. An injured raccoon was in our carport and moving slowly. A bird flew into the front window of the house. A small group of birds almost tripped me getting into the Explorer as we left for breakfast. I saw a snake too!

Writing Prompt: Write about closings.

If we were having coffee I would tell you…I have been introduced to some new Substacks this week which I have enjoyed reading.

Three Word Horoscopes

Blue Milk

Writing Prompt: How do you read?

If we were having coffee I would tell you… I took myself to the library and a local cafe yesterday. While browsing, I found The Book of (More) Delights and was reanimated about this process from Ross Gay. Do you know it? He started writing about a delight every day starting on his birthday. They are short essays.

I heard him speak at the AWP conference in Missouri last month which is always inspiring. I am considering using a delight framework for my Storyaday Challenge in May.

Writing Prompt: Write about a delight today.

If we were having coffee I would tell you…as I mentioned last week, 2nd quarter begins tomorrow. I am excited for my plans moving through this span of 3 months. This year I am experimenting with the quarter planning and I like it so far.

I am coaching, facilitating a writing group, and working on my own writing. The schedule I assigned myself after some hard evaluation seems to be working well.

I am attending an author event in June and staying one night in an AirBnB which I am excited about! It will be a short writing retreat for me. The little apt is above a barn and there are chickens! I am already excited.

Writing Prompt: Write a story that spans 3 months.

If we were having coffee I would tell you …I am still thinking about the rooms metaphor. I am reading the Freeman book (the hold came through!) There is a lot to think about here and I am having fun exploring it!

One of the rooms I will be leaving soon is my Bradbury Trio course. It essentially ends this week although we will have a wrap up call on the 14th. I have enjoyed teaching this course and my writing is influenced too, which I love.

If we were having coffee I would tell you … today I will make big dinner for the holiday! It makes me happy to cook for my husband – it works well because he loves to eat and loves my cooking. I am grateful for a lot and he is a major part of all of it.

My son and I went to dinner this week which was super fun too! He went on stupid errands with me which he doesn’t mind. I went to different stores (because we were in a different town) which was frustrating because it didn’t go as smoothly as it normally would have. I also successfully avoided leaving the house all week which always makes going out into the world a different experience.

Thank you for joining me for coffee today. If you write to any of the prompts I would love to hear about it.