Finally Back Home Sunday Coffee Share

A Cup of Coffee and a Conversation

Photo by Ante Samarzija on Unsplash

Thank you for joining me for a coffee and a chat this last July Sunday.

Let’s pour ourselves a cup and begin our conversation!

We returned home this week after lots of turmoil and issues. Leaving Florida kept getting delayed, but I am grateful we are home for now.

If we were having coffee I would tell you… my husband and I were back at our regular Sunday breakfast place this morning and it felt wonderful! Our regular waitress had had a heart attack while we were gone and I was sad to hear that. She seems to be feeling well now and back to work. She has to change her diet but seemed resolved to do so for her health.

If we were having coffee I would tell you…I ran in new shoes yesterday. Always love a first run with new kicks! It was nice to run back home on my regular route. The shoes are more yellow than orange, but I love my Sauconys!

If we were having coffee I would tell you…my son got the first part of his sleeve tattoo yesterday and I went and sat with him a bit. It was fun to catch up with him and also to distract him. One part of the tattoo goes onto his hand which was more painful for him than he thought. We are going to see the Haunted Mansion movie on Tuesday and I am super excited about it. We watched the trailer for the first time when we were standing in the Jungle Cruise queue at Disney World earlier this year!

If we were having coffee I would tell you… we picked up my hubby’s Harley from the shop! He is having so much fun with it and it is the perfect bike for him. I am so proud of him for being safe and alert with everything concerning the bike. He has wanted one for a long time and I am glad he can now fulfill that dream! My motorcycle man looks good riding down the road too!

If we were having coffee I would tell you…I made corn chowder and garlic mushroom pasta since being home. It has been delightful! I also made avocado salsa to take to a party Chris and I went to Saturday night. Cooking is good!

If we were having coffee I would tell you...my writing is going well, but it feels more fragmented lately. While we were away in Florida there was some time to write but with the family stuff going on I was distracted. I was able to get some submissions out before we left but I have to get back into my routine. I am in revision mode for several stories and I am examining the sentences at this point as well as the overall story.

I am teaching and taking several classes over the next 10 weeks or so. The Story Intensive with Sarah Selecky will be starting up for the new semester at the end of August which will keep me busy, but also inspired. [Registration will be opening up again right before it begins.]

I am grateful to have many talented writers in my immediate circles.

If we were having coffee I would tell you… I am enjoying my IG challenge. You can check it out here: https://www.instagram.com/writertammy/

The tag is #readwritegrow . Each day there is a question for you to answer on your own feed. Use the hashtag and tag me in your post so I can come to say hi!

Here is today’s question:

If we were having coffee I would tell you… I am excited my Bradbury Trio course is starting next Sunday.

The class will be 12 weeks of curated poems, stories, and essays. There are weekly assignments that will be posted in a private Slack channel. If you are looking to deepen your writing and reading practice this is for you. If you are interested, send me an email at writertammyevans@gmail.com and I will send you the payment info. Detailed information is at the bottom of this post.

I did read some interesting pieces this week and will be sharing them on Tuesday!

Thank you for joining me for coffee today! I would love to hear something you would tell me about if were having coffee.

This 12 -week course will begin on August 6, 2023.

Registration is open now! Send an email to writertammyevans@gmail.com for payment info.

Weekly Readings: You will receive an email on Sunday with 5 days of curated material. You will receive 5 poems, 5 stories, and 5 essays which allows the opportunity for you to supplement with your own choices. There will be flash and longer pieces.

Weekly Writing Assignment: This will be an action that will be assigned each week. You are welcome to do the assignment with multiple pieces. You will choose one to post to the Private Slack Group’s Bradbury Trio channel. Weekly assignments will be due on Saturday. You will get feedback from me

Additional Assignment: There will also be other suggestions to work with the materials in case one assignment is not enough for you.

Three Zoom Meetings: There will be an introduction Zoom for everyone to meet and ask questions. Midpoint there will be a check-in Zoom with sharing of pieces that participants have found they loved. There will be a Celebration Zoom at the end. Zooms will be held on three Sundays. (A poll will go out for times. It depends on how many parts of the world we have on our roster.)

Slack Space: In addition to the assignment channel there will be a discussion channel so students can chat with each other and ask questions. You will also have access to the resources that are part of the Writer Tammy space already. You also have access to my knowledge of the writing world and will have opportunities to ask questions.

Bonus: For the duration of the class you will receive free membership to my PUSH group that meets once a month. We share wins, write together, and have intelligent conversation about the creative life.

Price: $275

Questions? Send me an email: writertammyevans@gmail.com

A little more about me: Tammy L. Evans is a writer, teacher, and coach living in a tiny house on a peninsula with her husband and adventure cat. Her location device is her loud laugh. 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, Cabinets of Heed, Spelk, Five on the Fifth, Clover and White, Fiction Berlin Kitchen, and others.