Coffee and Confetti | Tory Anne Brown

Coffee and Confetti - My Wandering Mind

Tory Anne Brown

Sep 2, 2022
2 min

Why I'll Never Seek Out a Psychic

I've seen shows that involve psychics interacting with their audiences, and the hottest one out there right now talks to celebrities and...

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Tory Anne Brown

Jun 11, 2022
1 min

Was It A Dark and Stormy Night?

Just about every memory I've ever had about Snoopy started with him as a writer and the line of "It Was A Dark and Stormy Night..." Well...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
1 min

Allergies or ?

Thinking this morning, over coffee of course, about everything going on with me, the top-rated event in my life is that I might have...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
2 min

More Neil Diamond - The Song Fit

Ages ago, an end of Summer, going into September, I took time off to drive up to Oregon to see the family. For some reason I felt this...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
1 min

Neil Diamond and My Birthday, January

Today was my birthday and I was reminiscing about last year's birthday celebration. I had gone to lunch with my girlfriend and her...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
2 min

More on Meandering

Sipping my second cup of coffee already this morning and it's only 6:45. I've been thinking about everything and nothing - Christmas's...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
2 min

Thanksgiving, 2021

Today marks our first Thanksgiving in Oklahoma, in our new home. Traditions in my family scream, "Parade! Turkey! Pumpkin Pie!" but this...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
2 min

More Catch-Up (not catsup!)

This evening I am sitting at our dining room table, typing on my new tablet (thank you Hubbin!!!), while listening to the instructional...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
1 min

Wonder Woman Mindset

Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing enough. Enough with my time, enough helping, enough of just being there for the "others" in my life. The...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
1 min

My First Public Reading, December 17th, 2021

I wrote a story for Gambaby and his classmates and had it printed and bound at the local print shop as a Christmas gift for the children....

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
3 min

Chocolate and Other Important Thoughts

Of course, this morning's thoughts are rising to the surface of my consciousness through my first cup of coffee. I should be a...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
1 min

Snippets of Time

Lately I have had brief snippets of my day suddenly become available for some creative writing-airport layovers, early morning coffee...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
1 min

Multiple Device Drama

I have a tablet that I jot down notes on as the mood or moment strikes but those have yet to be published here on my blog. I forwarded...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 5, 2022
2 min

Busy Busi-ness

This morning I am already thinking about how my day is going to play out. There are things I have to do, things I need to do, things I...

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Tory Anne Brown

Nov 19, 2021
1 min

Drama, Drama, Drama

I sit here today, so scattered that I find myself getting absolutely nothing done. I have so many things on my plate and on my mind that...

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Tory Anne Brown

Apr 8, 2021
2 min

The Summer Dog

I wrote a short story about a dog that I hope to have published in a Summer Anthology. I've not written much lately, due to trying to get...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 14, 2021
2 min

Catching Up

Good morning to anyone who might be up at this hour on Sweethearts' Day. This morning I am at peace. The drama and craziness of the last...

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Tory Anne Brown

Oct 22, 2020
1 min

Home Renovations Suck

Home renovations suck. That's my observation this morning as I mentally review the (ever-growing) list of pieces and parts that still...

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Tory Anne Brown

Sep 22, 2020
1 min

Stupid Decisions and Actions

I've done some stupid things in my life; I can't have reached the age I am today (and survived) without having made some bad decisions. I...

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Tory Anne Brown

Sep 21, 2020
1 min

Spamousphere

My newly-created word, "Spamousphere" is the email location where all my important email seems to end up in these days. I don't know if...

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Tory Anne Brown

Sep 15, 2020
1 min

Coffee Contemplation Before Work

This morning, before I started my busy Tuesday, I spent a few moments thinking about my works-in-progress, and where to go from here. I...

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Tory Anne Brown

Aug 28, 2020
1 min

Passing the Time At Work

Business is slow right now at the casino gift shop that I work for, and there is only so much cleaning and stocking one can do, so I try...

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Tory Anne Brown

Aug 27, 2020
1 min

Story Ideas

I find inspiration for story ideas just about EVERYWHERE! Last night, I had an interesting conversation with an older gentleman at work,...

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Tory Anne Brown

Aug 26, 2020
3 min

Catching Up

I have been distant from most social media lately, due to, well, let’s see…okay, it seems as though there are too many excuses to take...

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Tory Anne Brown

Jul 25, 2020
1 min

Pandemic story

When all this hoopla reared its ugly head in March, I began to write a story about the Pandemic and my take on it. I wrote until I wasn't...

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Tory Anne Brown

Jul 22, 2020
1 min

A poem written from boredom

Old Mrs. Flowers baked her finest, To enter at the Fair, And Rudy loved his cherry pies, But didn't like to share! He flew into the...

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Tory Anne Brown

Jun 7, 2020
1 min

A Month of Posts in One Entry

I have been absent from most of Social Media in the last month, due to living my life. Planting a garden, spending time with my grandson...

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Tory Anne Brown

May 4, 2020
1 min

The Pink Kitty

When I was little, I wanted a white cat. Something about the purity of a white kitty spoke to my child-mind, and every chance I got, I...

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Tory Anne Brown

May 3, 2020
1 min

Scotland's National Animal

Just found out today that Scotland's National Animal is, drum roll please, The UNICORN!

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Tory Anne Brown

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

Venting about COVID

Warning, I’ve got to get a couple somethings off my chest so I’ll be venting for a minute (or two). I understand that people who are...

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Tory Anne Brown

Apr 8, 2020
3 min

COVID self-monitoring & quarantining

I am finally home and though I have no signs nor symptoms, I am into Day Two of self-quarantining for the next fourteen days, per my...

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Tory Anne Brown

Mar 19, 2020
6 min

The Box of Kleenex - a short story

One of the stories from my dark side: The box of Kleenex Linda picked up the box of Kleenex and dabbed her eyes as the young, rookie...

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Tory Anne Brown

Mar 19, 2020
1 min

Trying new things

Due to the response to the Coronavirus, I will have the next four weeks off from my 'paycheck' job. It's kind of a weird feeling, like...

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Tory Anne Brown

Mar 15, 2020
1 min

Working a double...

My paycheck job is a part-time affair, so when I agreed to work a swing shift for someone and then the day shift girl called in sick, I...

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Tory Anne Brown

Mar 6, 2020
1 min

Confetti Moment! (Twitter)

I have my first Twitter follower! Hubbin asked who it was, I didn't even look!

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Tory Anne Brown

Mar 6, 2020
1 min

Before and After My First Cup of Coffee

How my brain works in the first five minutes before and after my first cup of coffee: Before coffee: I should have coffee before I start...

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Tory Anne Brown

Mar 6, 2020
3 min

Love at First Sight - a short story

I liked thinking it was a mutual, love-at-first-sight moment when I met Jackson. He and I became instantly close, almost like we were...

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Tory Anne Brown

Mar 5, 2020
1 min

Carrying on...

Today was rough for me. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my mother’s death, and today as I was reflecting about the last day I got to spend...

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Tory Anne Brown

Mar 2, 2020
1 min

My Echo Dot and Alligators in Mississippi

My Echo Dot is sometimes irritating, but mostly amusing. Recently, Hubbin and I were watching the drama unfold regarding the flooding in...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 26, 2020
2 min

Is It Wrong to Laugh At a Funeral?

When my uncle passed away, I was the only member of his side of the family that lived near enough to attend the funeral, so I...

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Tory Anne Brown

Feb 21, 2020
1 min

A Huge Thank You to K.B.!

This is a huge thank you to K. B. for helping me - correction, for putting together my "Home" for blogging! In the midst of it, he...

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