Looking Back, Living Forward!🦋

What Would Your Younger You Think of You Now? The other night, I was watching a show where the four main female characters looked back at their teenage selves and how they had handled a situation. Their adult selves were dealing with a similar experience, which brought about the remembrance scene. They came to realize […]

Storms, and Storytelling: A Creative Sunday Update!

Happy Sunday, Everyone!It’s a wet, wet day here in Tennessee—well, it has been for a few days now. I’m not sure about you, but I love storms: thunder, lightning, and the whole works. Just not the destruction that can come with them. During storms, I either get sleepy and want to nap the whole day, […]

From Chaos to Creativity: Easter, Art, Writing, and a Wild Week Ahead🎨🤪

Hello and Happy Easter, My Friends! Easter, like Christmas, brings to mind thoughts of fun with friends and family, celebrations, and of course, the religious images many of us were brought up to believe in — a day of rest and time with loved ones. For me, it started off extremely slow. I overslept (not […]

An Inspiring Weekend at the Spine Bookshop Author Con (And A Sneak Peek)!🫣

Hello and Happy Sunday! This was the weekend of the Spine Bookshop’s First Annual Author Con. They had panels set up covering various topics such as diversity, LGBTQ+, banned books, and more. There was an assortment of authors, D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) items, baked goods, and jewelry. I’ve made some really good connections, including some […]

Getting My Groove Back (Eventually 🙃)!

Hello Friends and Neighbors,Today has been productive in some ways and non-productive in others. Productive in finally giving a few reviews on products I bought that were flawed. I ended up getting refunds on those items as well. Yay!Productive in putting away laundry that I have been avoiding, as well as getting a few items […]

New Year ~ New Goals

Happy New Year! 🥳 Hello and Happy New Year! I hope each of you had a great Christmas and are ready for a fantastic new year. Our new year will be what we make of it, and I’m planning on making 2025 a fabulous year. As most of you know, I am in a goals […]

Digging Deep With Creative Nonfiction – Part 2

Last Wednesday, I shared some of my classwork from creative nonfiction. I spoke about it being harder to write than I thought and how I ended up tossing what I started off with. I shared the first draft that I planned to submit. It was ok, but still not what I was aiming for. Today, […]