Sunday Coffee Share

A Cup of Coffee and a Conversation

Welcome to the conversation! The above photo is from the brunch chain First Watch in Florida.

If we were having coffee I would tell you…Today is BREAKFAST DAY! It was a regular sort of Sunday. Because my brother-in-law was visiting and wouldn’t be here on Sunday we took him to the same restaurant for breakfast on Friday. Being there on a different day threw the staff off! They kept coming up to us saying some version of , “But it’s not Sunday!”

If we were having coffee, I would tell you… Chris and I went to the Christmas tree farm yesterday. We walked around with our hot chocolate and had a lovely time. We have established this as our annual tradition and we both love it. The smell of pine and fire was thick, which always adds to the experience. I love walking in the rows of trees. We buy a potted live tree rather than a cut one so we can plant it later.

Our Christmas tree we will plant in the Spring!

If we were having coffee, I would tell you… Soup Sunday today is White Chicken Chili partly because I have all the ingredients and I do not have to leave the house. (My life goal) This week I did a little more cooking with family visiting. I love cooking and taking care of people in this way so this is not a complaint but I have no desire to go to the grocery store right now.

If we were having coffee I would tell you…I have been doing a lot of reflection and planning for 2025 this week. I have lists upon lists of questions and brainstorms of what the new year might look like. They are loose plans. I am open to the opportunities that come to me. I am deciding the writing projects I want to write and finish. It is a process! I am also looking at the commitments I have made and analyzing how I feel about them and if changes need to occur.

If we were having beverages together I would tell you…..my asynchronous courses and e-books are available. Find the link here. You can also support my work through this Substack again. I will be adding paid subscriber content as we move forward. I will continue free challenges, because I love them, but the archives will only be available for paid subscribers. I also plan to publish courses once a quarter. More details are coming soon. Please reach out if there is something specific you would like to see from me.

If we were having coffee I would tell you…I received Chasing Fog by Laura Pasby in the mail yesterday and am excited to read this beautiful book. Another book of short stories arrived which Chris and I had to pick up from the post office. Lots of reading for me this week! I also have some class recordings I have to catch up on. With family visiting, I missed a couple of events. I am trying to refocus this week.

If we were having coffee, I would ask you…how do you decide which classes you want to take? I have so many saved from the past that I could revisit that material and be set for years. The craft and exercise books I have also fit this description! I would love to hear your rationale or methods!

If we were having coffee, I would tell you…Friday was St Nicholas Day which brought a lot of memories of my Oma to mind. It was a big deal at her house and her decorations for Christmas were up by then. Sometimes she decorated the tree for a week and we were not allowed to touch it! I had many smiles remembering my childhood at her house Friday. I had originally planned to attend a writing event at the Art Institue but I changed my plans to attend the one on the 20th instead.

If we were having coffee, I would tell you…I am happy you are here. Thank you for reading my words. You are important to me.

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.