It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these.
Because it’s National Coffee Day! 🙂
My future with you is secure.
Month: September 2016
National Coffee Day!
Hmmm… coffee. The drink of the writers.
Well, not every writer.
Today is National Coffee Day so here’s a few fun facts about my favorite brew:
^ The word “coffee” comes from the Arabic word for “wine for the bean”.
^ History tells us that Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat herder discovered coffee. History also tells us that this is a myth.
^ Coffee arrived in Venice, Italy in 1570. It was mostly sold to the wealthy.
Coffee also has health benefits.
^ It can help prevent diabetes, reduce the risk of Parkinson’s Disease, lowers the risk of liver cancer, and lowers the risk of heart failure. Coffee has also been found to reverse liver damage caused by alcohol. As for me, whenever I have a serious headache or an upset stomach, I drink black coffee. Works like a charm. By the way, I am immune to coffee. It doesn’t keep me up or make me go crazy.
^ Coffee is the world’s second most valuable traded commodity after petroleum.
^ Brazil has been the largest producer of coffee for the last 150 years.
^ This was my favorite fun stat:
The first webcam was created in Cambridge to check the status of a coffee pot!
^ And this one: There’s a coffee shop in France where not saying “hello” and “please” makes your coffee more expensive. And they say the French are rude! This coffee shop is none other than La Petite Syrah.
Un cafe, s’il vous plaît?
How do you enjoy/take your coffee?
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A World Of Beauty
Some writing wisdom from the woman herself, Sarah!
Photo credit the lovely Jessica of @rusticbones
There’s beauty in the world, there’s beauty in life — the good and the bad. Writing about these things isn’t trash. That’s not honoring your beliefs. It would feel like a dishonor to shun everything about life that makes us human beings. Don’t think your words are less important because they aren’t necessarily about a higher power. Life, feeling, and just being are worth exploring.
© Sarah Doughty
For the ‘Support Insta Writers’ August Prompts
(based on books written by authors in the IG community)
hosted by Tracy and Journee.
Heartfelt Wilderness by @aar_poetry241
CONTROL
Thoughts voiced out loud
Unleashing cruel words
That we cannot take back
Because we couldn’t control the tongue.
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This sentence has five words
La Petit Muse
With NaNoWriMo right around the corner, La Petit Muse will be back in action soon to journey along with the participating writers. It seems like just yesterday we’ve just participated!
We’ll go over grammar skills, vocabulary, punctuation, and spelling (mostly after NaNo given that we’re going to be writing and not editing as we go along). We’ll also look at stories and characters.
Concerning the weekly themes such as Short Story Sunday, Photo Challenge Wednesday and Thankful Thursday, I’ll try to fill them in the near future. Journal posts were suggested to me and although I am not ready (and may never be!) to reveal who I am, I may work on this suggestion. It’s not something I am big on so I may do two-three journal entries a month. I am not a selfie-taking person so don’t expect any pictures! 😃
So, sit back, relax, and get ready to write.
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Just jump
Don’t think it
Just do it
Go with faith
Trust in God
And just
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Blueprint of God
Nobody
Deep and insightful. Live like you’re somebody.
She said, “I feel like a nobody.”
The master replied: “You are what you feel.”
She said, “But, I don’t want to be a nobody!”
The master replied: “You start and end with no body.”
She said, “Whatever do you mean?”
The master replied: “You have been and will be again the oak tree in the garden and the vine choking it. You have been and will be again the nutrients in the earth and the sunlight that feeds the tree. You have been and will be again every child and every plant. You have been and will be again a hydrogen molecule in a star millions of light-years away. You have been and will be again no body and yet… everybody.”
She said, “Just how is that supposed to make me feel better?”
The master replied: “You started with no body and will end with no body. So live like you’re somebody…
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No one can stop me
Don’t let ANYONE stop you!
If you are thinking of blocking me,
And stopping me from moving ahead,
I tell you not to waste your time;
You will fail;
No one can stop me from moving ahead.
If you are considering standing on my way,
And stopping me from succeeding,
I tell you not to waste your time;
You will fail;
No one can stand on my way;
No one can stop me from succeeding.
