Finding A Journaling Place

 I've always wanted to take a journal into a coffee shop

and write away with the energetic vibe around  the place

for inspiration, but I've never taken the time to actually do it.

During my last stay in Boulder, I wrote it down on my "to do" list

and although it wasn't a coffee shop, I found a wonderful

journaling place.

 The Boulder Bookstore is one of my very favorite places 

anywhere. I've gone there for over twenty years, and usually

come out of there with a delicious stack of  new books.

 Last week, I took my journal, found a nice easy chair

in the art section upstairs, and wrote for a whole hour.

I feel such a connection with the place, the books, 

and the folks who go there.

I will definitely be going back there to journal

as well as to shop!

I know the visual journal is all the rage right now

and I do enjoy sketching into one myself.

I was happy to find the Aqua Stics,

(an oil based/water soluble crayon) that is perfect

for painting over sketches.