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Dear Friends: Thank you all so much for supportin

Dear Friends:

Thank you all so much for supporting my writing—and running—and being my friend all these years, but I've decided to permanently sign off Instagram. It's not the same platform anymore. I'm not a reels/TikTok kind of girl; I'm a photography girl. The posts coming through on my feed are not people I follow or those posted by the friends I've come to care about. They are the posts of people or "influencers" who already have over a hundred thousand followers hence your posts are being lost in a sea of strangers.

I plan to use my time working, blogging, building my new business—The Author Suite—and maybe even on Tumblr as it's more image based. If you would like to keep in touch, and I hope you do, please connect with me:

Facebook: Pages and Stories

LinkedIn: Laura Janis Thompson

Website: www.pagesandstories.com

Tumblr: laura-is-writing

It's truly been lovely!

🌊☀️🌴🏃‍♀️🤗❤️📚

#solonginstagram #writingcommunity
#thememorykeeper #memoirist
#itellstories #writersofinstagram #runnersofinstagram #pagesandstories

Current mantra. 🤗❤️🌴☀️🌊 #loveyour

Current mantra. 🤗❤️🌴☀️🌊 #loveyourself #moveon #bewhoyoulove #writeallthewords #authorlife #thingsisaytomyself #writingcommunity #memoirist #essaywriter #creativenonfiction #writersofig #pagesandstories

Be sure to stop and smell the flowers, or . . . be

Be sure to stop and smell the flowers, or . . . be like Pearl and eat them. Whatever works. 😁🤣🐾🌺🌴☀️🌊

#inmyaussiedogworld #lifewithpearl #runningwithdogs #writerswhorun #beachlife #writingcommunity #wednesdaywisdom #memoirist #essaywriter #itellstories #thememorykeeper #writersofig

Have you ever wished for a day of no responsibilit

Have you ever wished for a day of no responsibility, no work, and no commitment, a day to just exist? 🌴☀️🌺😎🌊🙏

#dreamimg #thoughtsofawriter
#writingcommunity
#beachlife #rosepetals #itellstories #walksatdawn #doggytime 🐾 #essaywriter #memoirist #somanyrosepetals #thememorykeeper #writeallthewords #writersofig #pagesandstories

I saw him as I drove by Bouncing along, he crissc

I saw him as I drove by

Bouncing along, he crisscrossed the sunny field on his tractor at a good clip

And in that moment

I wanted to be him

I thought about what it would be like to weave across the grass

Wearing a big hat and a denim shirt the color of the sky

Making pretty patterns

Thinking about not a whole lot

Just taking in the sun

And breathing

Nice

And I know

I know

I know

His life is surely just as messed up, just as complicated as mine, as anyone else's

With bills to pay, a mortgage, and mouths to feed

But as I leaned from my window to take this shot

And the sweet smell of cut grass rolled in

I wanted his life

Just for this afternoon

Just for this moment

I wanted

To bounce around on the tractor seat

Wearing a big hat

Crisscrossing

Under the sun

🌴☀️🚜👒 #thoughtsofawriter
#whatgoesoninmyhead
#writerslife #whatithinkabout #writingcommunity #lyricalwriting #memoirist #thememorykeeper #indieauthor #itellstories #wordsiwrite #wednesdaywisdom #anotherlife #essayist #writersofig #pagesandstories

So season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was relea

So season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was released yesterday, and it just proves what a small life I have considering I've been thinking about watching it all day. And ps btw, not sure whether to be pissed or grateful to Amazon Prime for controlling my binge-watching tendencies by only releasing two episodes a week! 😑😁😍📺🎥🍿

#whatsupwiththat #streaming #themarvelousmrsmaisel #whatimwatching #bingewatcher
#cabletv #greatwriting #writerslife
#writingcommunity #cableentertainment
#writersofinstagram #pagesandstories

This morning, a good morning. I took my dog for a

This morning, a good morning.

I took my dog for a run as I always do on Friday mornings

But when she jumped on me in happiness as we ran, I didn't get annoyed

This morning

Instead I laughed

I took five minutes to play tug with her before taking my shower and gave her a cuddle

This morning

On my way to work

I'm always stressed

Rolling my eyes at drivers who cut me off

Cussing at every red light

Because I'm always late

Trying to squeeze too many hours in before I leave the house
And I was

This morning

Ten minutes late

But instead, somehow, it was okay

The sun was shining

The weather was perfect

All the traffic lights were green

ALL of them

And I rolled into the parking lot five minutes early

Is there power to positive energy, power to somehow turn red lights green?

Let's say yes.

This morning.

💯💪☀️🌴❤️ #youcandoitchickadee #positivethinking #magicalpowers 🧙‍♂️🪄#makeitagoodday #greentrafficlights #writerslife #highered #ihelpstudentswrite #writingcenter #educationproffesional #writeallthewords #writerslife #writingcommunity #writersofig
#pagesandstories

Definitely some evil force at work when this happe

Definitely some evil force at work when this happens while editing the last page of a 185 page manuscript! 😜😑🤯📚📝

#hellanddamnation #editinglife #inmywordworld #indieauthorcommunity #selfpublishing #cursetheupdates #writeallthewords #iedit #writingcommunity #itellstories #writersofig #pagesandstories

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