Weekend Coffee Share

A Cup of Coffee and a Conversation for Your Sunday

I invite you to join me for a cup of coffee and a conversation.

Thanks to Natalie the Explorer who provides space to link and celebrate Weekend Coffee Share posts!

IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE I WOULD TELL YOU:

1. I attended an amazing workshop with Lana Pesch this week through Centered. I downloaded her collection of stories and have been enjoying them.

2. I got another tattoo! I have lost count of the hours of ink I have but this is the first tattoo I have that is a connection to another person. My husband and I got a matching and aligned tattoo.

3. I have been reading a lot more. One of the books I am enjoying is The Way of the Fearless Writer by Beth Kempton. I am trying to be more wild in my writing and this book seems to be what I need. She discusses Eastern wisdom in relation to writing which is a current obsession.

4. I have three writing workshops this weekend so lots of great learning is happening! Yesterday’s was about close reading so I didn’t get much written but I have been revising more. This has been partly inspired by Amy M. who I met with for a critique session on Friday. I have sessions with Selah Saterstrom and Shasta Grant today!

5. I was able to get official paperwork changed over to my new last name with no issues whatsoever. In Wisconsin, it took me 4 times to prove who I was. Here I had no problem. Reason #9345 why I am in the right place, with the right person, doing the right work, with the right magic, and finally aligned with the universe.

6. Breakfast this morning was a wonderful ritual that I love doing with my husband. It is always the best way to start the week. We did not have our regular waitress but it still was a great time!

WHAT I’M UP TO THIS MONTH

1. Teaching The Story Intensive

2. Participating in the Six Weeks, Six Senses writing program - Touch is this week!

3. Submitting pieces and manuscripts

4. Daily writing

5. Facilitating a book discussion of Natalie Golberg’s Thunder and Lightning

6. Reading and responding to that text in my journal

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEEK

This substack!

Centered Programs, community, growth (There are TWO Guest Mentors this January!)

Paris Review Daily Poem

QUESTIONS

What are you excited to read this year?

What did you write in your notebook today?

What are you obsessed with right now?

Want to read my writing? Click here!

Thank you for joining me for a coffee chat. I hope to see you next weekend!