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These small ideas have so much potential. Thank you

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yes! share some with me!

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Yes!!! This is exactly what I do when I’m trying to write comedy bits (even if it’s just for me!) and all comedy really is is noticing. Thanks for the reminder to 👀👀👀

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Thanks for sharing that this is your process for writing comedy bits, too! and yes, I feel like I have to remind myself all the time, so writing this was also just reminding myself to keep looking...

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Great prompt, Emily. I'm excited to see what else you come up with for us. Thank you! Elisabeth

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Thank you for reading and for your encouragement, Elisabeth!

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I started doing something similar, as prompted by Jeannine Ouellette's Shimmers and Shards!

Also, solidarity re: "syllabi" and "leotards" on the brain. Same here. Ordered the leos this morning, working on the syllabi this afternoon.

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Oooh thank you for pointing me to Jeannine's work! And, thanks for the solidarity. also, I love the word "leo" so much. Good luck to you!

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Emily, I love this! I wrote mine this morning, and will continue to do so. Here's my favorite: I eat slices of a peach, yellow and pink flesh, crisp and tasting of sun and earth.

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ooooh gorgeous...I can already imagine the Valerie poem to come from this...

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