Tammy's Tuesday Trio
A Celebration of Llama Tuesday!
Welcome to Llama Tuesday!
There are 3 spots left in the Bradbury Trio course and we begin Sunday!!!! Email me at bradburytriocourse@gmail.com for details.
I just returned from a trip to Iceland and one of the tasks was to decide what books to take with me. The flight out of O’hare is not terribly long (5-6 hours depending on direction) but I cannot access my Hoopla app on flight mode. I can access one book on the Kindle app. I didn’t want to take physical books I would never open. I was trying to pack light this time.
How do you decide what books to take with you on a trip?
I had a library e-book of One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle which I enjoyed immensely that I read on the way back to Chicago. I took a Paris Review issue but barely cracked it open. I did read more of Index Cards by Moyra Davis on the overnight flight.
One friend asked me to send her the list of books I decided to take when I was at the airport because she knew I would change them so many times!
I often will write on the plane as well. This trip I did watch some movies and tv shows which passed the time nicely.
Sometimes it works out that I take the perfect book to read and it fuels my writing. I would love to hear how it works out for you!
The Bradbury Trio [reading a poem, an essay, and a story daily] fuels my writing.
This trio structure inspires me to write after I read.
Good Words In = Good Words Out
My wish is for your reading to engage you in a way that leads to new writing!
Poem: "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet," by Joy Harjo
Story: How to Eat a Spider
Essay: What Makes a Really Good Hotel?
This piece is part written essay and part photo essay - I find this format and piece intriguing.
Prompt: Take sparkly bits from each piece and see how they go together into a new piece.
Happy Llama Tuesday!
If you like this concept and it fuels you I invite you to join me for 4 weeks of the Bradbury Trio Course! There are a few more spots available!
Email me at bradburytriocourse@gmail.com for registration and payment information.
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.
Iceland! When I went to Dublin in 2023, our layover was in Iceland and I desperately wanted to go out and explore. I hope it was everything you hoped for! I'd love to hear more about it!