Coffee & Writing

by Miriam Kavanagh

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  • Sherlock, the Cat

    In the British television version of “Sherlock” with Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Watson, from the original books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Watson gets married. In the show, they have a baby together, Sherlock consistently suggests his name for the baby, but they know they are having a girl and frequently… Read more

  • I’m Still Cranky

    Sorry it’s been so long, but I’ve been very frustrated. Both casts they tried on my four broken toes fell off by themselves. Doesn’t that just sound fabulous! Sarcasm. My doctor said do not move, ordered me a wheelchair, the whole nine yards. Here’s what really happened…I have a one-bedroom apartment, a wheelchair is pointless,… Read more

  • I am cranky.

    Sorry it has been so long since I have written anything, but I have been cranky. I tripped over my bike pedal exercise equipment and might have broken my third toe on my left foot. The X-rays came out a little burry and whoever read the pictures couldn’t tell for sure. So, the doctor in… Read more

  • Fatigue

    Do you ever get that exhausted feeling where you feel like you could sleep forever? Well, I have a very appropriately named disorder: EDS, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. Some of the fun things about EDS is falling asleep with a drink in your hand; I once woke up pouring a soda on my blanket. More recently… Read more

  • When in Juarez

    I just realized that I have been talking about my book When in Juarez, but I haven’t told you anything about it really. Here is the Prologue… This book is a blog I kept every day during Advent and through Christmas in 2012 when I was in the convent and sent to the mission, El… Read more

  • HAPPY EASTER!: Oh, right, church

    If you celebrate Easter, I hope you had a good Easter. If you don’t celebrate Easter, I hope you had a good Sunday. Something unusual happened to me this Easter. I went to Mass. That may not seem like anything Earth shattering to you, but I am full of anxiety, which is why I don’t… Read more

  • Applications

    Submitting a manuscript is no small feat. They want just about as much of the book as they do with an application. When in Juarez is out there and has already been sort of turned down by one company. It’s all good, I love getting rejection letters, I don’t know what I’d do if someone… Read more

  • No Fear!

    There is a major Catholic publishing house that I was going to submit my latest book (“When in Juarez”) to, but there were many qualifications my work did not meet. So, I decided to submit it anyway and have a little fun with the cover letter and CV that they wanted. Hopefully I’ll get a… Read more

  • When in Juarez Can Make You Hunched Over

    I went from memoir idea to memoir idea to memoir idea based on my time when I was a missionary during my convent years in Juarez. I wanted to pull back on the religiousity of it to gain a wider audience. When I reread the blog, I liked it as it was and decided to… Read more

  • Here We Go Again!

    Okay, so I went to Juarez in 2012 when I was studying to be a sister in the convent, The Sisters of the Lamb of God. They have a mission there for special needs youths and adults which is wildly awesome and has gotten even more awesome, but is not run by the Sisters of… Read more