A Boggus Life

This is the story of my life. In all it's monotonous glory. In all of the painful achievements. In all the the distractions untold.

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Coffee and Donuts (or Sonder)

Coffee and Donuts (or Sonder) . . .Rest and enjoy Bitter sweet existence. . . Read the rest of this #poem on my #blog. #writing #poetry #blogger #patreon

Stir and look upto see the faceof a personjust passing by. Nibble and tastesugar and dough. Don’t dwell too longon the idea…Everyone doeshave their own life Rest and enjoyBitter sweet existence. This was written as a Patreon reward for Bailey.

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Foreign

Foreign . . .We'll see. Wait and see. I'll believe it when I see it. Do you see it? We'll see. . . Read the rest of my #poem on my #blog. #writing #poetry #blogger #patreon

Foreign To seeVoirVedereVer보다 We’ll see.Wait and see.I’ll believe it when I see it.Do you see it?We’ll see. Our eyes must always be openEven when we’re restingOtherwise we cannot behold the wonders we might be missing. Painted clouds and candy floss with rainbows on our faces. Maybe our childhoods passed too fast, the running blurs of “I’m five and half”, “ten and a half”, “twelve”, “almost…

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My Journey through Dandelion Symphony

My Journey through Dandelion Symphony

I recently had the chance to beta read and critique a preview of Dandelion Symphony, a poetry collection by one of my closest friends, Azelyn Klein. It was such an interesting experience going back through poems I helped edit or was there for when they were written or had read a hundred times because of loving them so much over the years. But now instead of seeing them in the form of blog posts…

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October Bakes

October's baking challenge was a mixture of simple mistakes major failures, and absolutely delicious successes. #faithbakes65 #amateurbaker #ambaking

Cake: Yazdi Cakes

These Persian cakes are so simple and delicious. I used this recipethat had rosewater, apple, and cardamom in them. They were like muffins in texture and were so wonderfully fluffy and satisfying. I had to make my own rosewater for the recipe, as I didn’t know where to find any to buy, but it was easy and tasted really nice. I made the leftover rosewater into a syrup for mixed…

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September Bakes

A few simple bakes and beautiful flavours made up Septembers bakes. #amateurbaker #faithbakes65

One treat I’d never heard of before, one that’s an old-time favourite of mine, and two that I had been longing to try for a few years. These bakes were fun and delicious, and they were relatively simple to make and in their flavours, which would make them some of the perfect things for you to try baking as well!

Cookies: Biscoitos

So the Portuguese biscoitos translates to cookies/biscuitsin…

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August Bakes

August was a month of delicious and successful bakes. And I plan on making all of these again. #faithbakes65

I’m a bit behind with the baking blogs… But I’m not behind on the challenge! Life at ours has been quite interesting and exciting, but not in the way one would hope. After not knowing if it was safe to plug in our computers and not having internet for a month and a half, we can finally get back to it! Though I did still put writing and all off for another couple of weeks. August was a very…

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Anxiety and Preparing for the Holidays

The holidays are a time for joy, happiness, and love. Make sure you experience those this year. #anxiety #holidays #christmas #advice #mentalwellness #safety

Little reindeer hiding among the green branches and twinkling lights concealing chocolate kisses in their mouths. Sitting on the floor whilst listening to my Grandpatta read. Buying or making gifts for friends and family. Snow lightly covering the ground, though never on the right days. I grew up celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. I never really celebrated Halloween and am mostly…

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Butter

A Poem about butter and baking. #poem #poetry #baking #butter

This poem is still a bit of a work in progress and will be a part of a presentation I’m doing at a local artist event in a few weeks. As you might have noticed, I’m a baker. But I’ve only been baking the last couple of years. I used to be envious of though who baked, but I would also refuse to bake if given the chance. I never really knew why. I just said I wasn’t good at it. Now that I’m more…

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Coming Back from Hiatus

Coming Back from Hiatus

I knew I would have a summer full of packing boxes, moving across the country, catching up with loved ones, house hunting and job searching. But I didn’t expect it to lead to a hiatus lasting longer than a month. Three months later, the only things I’ve written are baking blogs that I’ve posted later in the month than I usually would. Once I realised that it had been two months, I decided to…

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July Bakes

This month was a wonderful blend of bakes from different cultures, and they were absolutely delicious. Pudding: Sandesh

This Bengali treat is phenomenal! I used this recipeafter a failed attempt of making a vegan version. I didn’t keep the recipe that I attempted for the vegan, but I would like to try again. I have a lot more research on how to make vegan cheeses before attempting anything…

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June Bakes

June's baking challenge held more struggles than many other months, but it was still a fun and delicious month. #amateurbaker #baking

June was a busy month, filled with work, vacation, and moving. We also discovered at the end of the month that our oven was broken again. This time it wasn’t heating up enough. So I grabbed out handy oven thermometer and put it to use during the last bake. Nevertheless, even the undercooked bakes turned out delicious.

Bread: Roasted Garlic and Herb Bread

I used to make a lot of bread, and garlic…

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May Bakes

May BakesMay brought a lot of fun and challenging bakes, and it also showed me how much I've improved since January. #bakingchallenge #blog #baker

Bread: Ciabatta

I had heard so many stories about ciabatta dough and the difficulty that comes with making it. From friends attempting to make it to the technical challenge on GGBO based off of Paul Hollywood’s recipe, which is the one I used. It’s a very wet and difficult to handle dough and needs a very long proof. Because of how unfamiliar I was with the dough, my loaves ended up misshapen and…

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My Current WIP

For those of you who don’t know, a WIP is a writer or artists current work in progress. As a blogger, vlogger, and writer, I always have multiple WIPs. In the instance, I’m discussing my novel.

Earlier in my writing journey, I focused on writing poetry inspired by the events I experienced first-hand and my emotions. Now I write more blog posts than anything else, but I’m also putting a huge focus…

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Writing and Descriptive Words

If you're like me, then you are rubbish at writing descriptively on the first go. I also use the same words over and over again. Here are some of my thoughts on how to choose the right words. #amwriting #blog

I’ve heard every author I know and follow complain about finding the right words to use, especially when creating descriptions of settings, characters, and movement. It’s also one of my biggest writing struggles for every project. I’ve started realising that it’s better for me to worry about it during revisions than in the moment. I definitely still add most of the descriptions in my first drafts,…

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April Bakes

I keep having strange and really challenging months, mostly because of physical injuries and anxiety flare-ups. This month, I strained my shoulder, and it majorly affected my capabilities and time. However, I am proud of everything I produced during my baking, especially the the ones in this #faithbakes65 challenge. I also managed to bake many more things this month, and we started the transition…

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The 100 Truths Blogger Tag

The 100 Truths Blogger Tag @AzelynKlein @the_SMMetzler @writing4joy2

Vicarious Bookworm did this tag in January and tagged anyone and everyone. I thought I might give it a go. I tag Word Storm, A Tea with Tumnus, and Olivia’s Catastrophe.

As a warning, I did answer these questions a while ago and schedule the post, so some are definitely different now…but hey, what’s it matter?

What’s your name?

Faith René Boggus

Any nicknames or aliases?

Spanish: Fé (Faith) Fren…

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Writing Distinct Voices

Making sure your story and characters sound unique is difficult, and takes loads of practice and time. But there are some things that can help. #amwriting #blog

I have fallen in love with so many characters over the years. Their voices are haunting, hopeful, sassy, sarcastic, kind, sensitive, and peaceful. They are each unique combinations of emotions, background, interests, and learning. Whether their voices come out only when they speak or when the story is told from their perspective, their history, personality, hopes, fears, and desires come through…

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