Velvety Whispers
Soule Ignited
By Ashley Soule
Originated on December 20, 2025
Retyped on August 31, 2026 at 20:16 and finished at 20:28
A slow draw of my warm breath meets upon your skin while the crisp air really shows it has some form just like the wind blows around the snow – sort of like snow crystals yet in a really soft powdery way. We should hop inside where we can get something warm to drink and perhaps we can color something fun together. She was in agreement so we did just that and as we kicked off our boots there were bits of packed snow on the floor. So funny that she likes to her keep her cozy winter hat like I do many times . . . all in all we had some choices after the 3-minute hot pot did its thing so we can enjoy some tea together.
Today’s choices in the tea shop is Wild Berry Zinger, Green Tea, Ginger and Honey, and Chamomile Vanilla & Honey most of these are herbal teas and they are all decaf. I thought to myself like I have only seen very few others who add a little bit of milk to their tea and I have tried it yet was never a fan of it unless it was coffee. Like my uncanny self got funny on my own and said something along these like I have this honey dipper that when I had honey it was utilized well within my tea collection yet Now I have choices for when I need a Mic for all my voice overs and video moments in life! So, however you like your tea I have some really good sugar and do you take milk in your tea and she was like hmmm, I have never tried that before — have you? Well, I have and it was not for me, yet, have you ever made your drinks sweet with sugar cubes? She nodded her head as she took a sip of hot tea. I think it’s more fascinating to add the sugar cubes than the more traditional ways of scooping the sugar, I like to see the sugar blend in with the tea. So, anyway as we settled at the table and I got the art supplies — we got coloring. We had a choice between color pencils and paintbrush markers. It was super chill letting the time pass as we listened to some melodies, color, and chit chat together.
I HAD A DREAM
I was Laughing in this Dream
By Ashley Soule
Originated on December 24, 2025
Retyped on August 31, 2026 at 20:36 and finished at 20:58
So, I was having a dream and I think it was my grandma …except she had a keyboard set on top of the table of one of these cushioned booths were were sitting at …anyhow she is building this whole setup and starts performing. Something my grandma had never done when we went to restaurants except I do remember her being part of the Armenian Choral Group. She always had a tote bag filled with her slim black binder with her music sheets to sing the songs and all – I’m sure she had them memorized regardless. Like we had already eaten and the night was getting longer yet so she said to lay down into the booth and got me a cozy blanket so I could rest …so I did, my head is by the wall. You know how it is with grandma’s “here put your feet up and relax” that kind of thing. She had some kind of like this one that is pictured here:
Except it had not been attached to a stand it had almost like a ring above it so it could be clipped into and dangle near or above you Yeah and she noticed I started to doze off so she said to herself ” I wish someone could hold it and put it to the side” next time I woke up I noticed that silver microphone. It was on the side of her setup and she was laughing because we were taking turns tooting aka farting! I mean whatever we ate had caught up to both of us in the flatulence department, LOL!!! Yo we were laughing so hard on some of them — because back in our day we were cool people about all the noises that can Erupt from us especially farts, lol! Except when you get a stink bomb, oh phew!
And then the Smoke Alarm went off in my apartment and instantly woke me up, I rolled out of bed. A time came to mind that it was 3:14 AM — Yes all within mins of me flicking off that smoke detector in the hallway yet still keeping a good composure about laughing within in that dream. I wrote it in my apple notes and I’m like I am going to write about this on my Substack — Hence I am typing about it! Then I watched some YouTube shorts/reels and Basketball keeps playing here and there all the action real-time and slo-mo shots which I never looked up eventhough I am writing about this Basketball Yoga Blast with AWAI. So, like my Chromebook is really smart because I only really looked up Yoga – I remember basketball from gym class growing up and watching in passing wherever I was at in-between all of this with sports. That’s my campaign project that I am building so I started to do some Yoga and WOW, I am amazed! This is my second day participating and I dig it.
It’s Christmas Eve, I’ve been thinking about how I like to do the layout for my new interest in the new chapter of my life . . . well, I think I am going to do a mixed media layout. This will be enhanced version of a standard book series sort of like when you get scented stickers and you know you have to scratch each one to reveal the scent . . . it will be really fun to set the scenes however her and I get to mingle.
Plus, I was just thinking how I need to set up the TV for my kids to all try out Yoga. I think that would be a fascinating experience to see how it affects them as well. We have a fairly large common space to spread out in and try it all together, too!
Enjoy some melodies before you get on with your day, Bye!
CHRISTMAS NOTE
Me: Smiling
By Ashley Soule
Originated on December 25, 2025
Retyped on August 31, 2025 at 21:06 and finished it by 21:24
My phone was ringing and I’m like who can it be, I mean like my Dad called me last night to wish us all a Merry Christmas so I was really curious! It’s ‘Velvety Whispers’ so sure enough I pick up. She says right off the rip “Did you get my note?” Me: “A note, where should I find this note?” Her: “It’s Pink and I slipped it under your back door . . . ” Me: “Hmmm, Let me go see . . . ”
Me: “Girl, when did you send this under my door?”
Her: “A little while ago.”
Me: “Oh, okay (a little giggle), and you wrote in cursive, oh my gosh!”
Her: “Yeah, I was trying to be fancy — only special occasions mm-hmmm…”
Me: “Well, let’s name the day we can order in for Domino’s!”
Her: “How about tomorrow night, when are you free?”
Me: ” Well, anytime after 6PM, does that work for you too?”
Her: “I think anytime would work and I am down for it.”
Me: “Okay, well there is one more thing I must add. . .”
Her: “Oh yeah, what may that be?”
Me: “I made a new Fortune Teller and it’s your turn to write in it, so think of something good!”
Her: “Sweet, assignment accepted, should it be food related or what?”
Me: “No, it does not have to be. . . surprise me!” I could hear her writing down something and then she clicked the pen.
We chatted a few more minutes before getting off the phone. This is me smiling ear to ear and just being like make sure you put this in your phone calendar add notification alerts, write a sticky note keep it by my Chromebook the whole nine yards, legit!
Wow, what a moment to relish in as I pop a Werther’s Original Coffee Candy in my mouth and continue on with my day. I still want to do Yoga with my kids from YouTube — of course they decided to eat dinner before we got to wait for our tummies to settle. If not, we can Segway into another kind of family activity. We’ll have to see because right now I am having fun writing within my Substack. Listening to some music, too.
So Friday night We are going to hang out — that’s so rad!
HOW DID THE DINOSAURS GO EXTINCT>?
Fossil makes watches, wallets, sunglasses, handbags and more . . .
By Ashley Soule
Originated on December 27, 2025
Retyped on August 31, 2026 at 21:34
This morning I got back into my Yoga — now my official third day –challenging yet I know I now Know what is tight, which sides I can balance better than the other and just like keep inhaling through the nose and exhale through the mouth. Be Zen! Plus, I’m really not sure how her mat the one conducting Yoga on YouTube is giving her any buffer maybe its symbolic to her …perhaps. She ways once and a while you can always add a buffer with a rolled up blanket to help with some poses, she doesn’t because her body is acclimated for such ingenuity! To be continued….
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