Tammy's Trio
Tammy's Trio
Reflections and Readings from My Bradbury Trio Program
When do you consider it the end of Summer?
Today we are on the other side of Labor Day. In another life, I would have been back to work in school for several weeks. I am thankful that is not my pattern now.
We just returned from a trip to Alaska and managing time zones is a headache, literally and figuratively. Coffee, sleep, and checking of the real time where I stand is how I cope.
The weather has had a break here in Indiana and the temperatures are cooler - I hope for the duration of the month. There is a wisp of fall even though we won’t officially change seasons until the 22nd.
The Bradbury Trio [reading a poem, an essay, and a story every day] fuels my writing.
I am inspired to write after reading this with this structure.
I hope the reading you do today leads you to writing that could have not been created any other way.
Here are some texts I found impactful:
Poem: This is one of my favorites. I shared it with a friend this morning.I have tried to memorize this poem and never get the lines exactly right…I am still working on it.
The Uses of Sorrow | Mary Oliver
(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)
Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.
Prompt: What unusual idea would you contain in a box and give as a gift?
Story: How to Be A Writer Lorrie Moore
Prompt: Write your own HOW TO story.
Essay in the form of an interview: https://orionmagazine.org/article/kate-zambreno-emily-raboteau-interview/
Prompt: NATURE.
Have you read anything interesting this week that you need to share!? Please do so in the comments! I love recommendations and have found some of my favorite stories that way.
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. She is currently working on a short story collection. 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.