Author Archives: Lainie Levin

Slice of Life Tuesday: Life, in Metaphor

This post is part of the weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! Yesterday I had a GREAT idea for a blog post. I was starting to craft it in my head as I always do, until I got sidetracked. Fast forward to this morning, when I got up and could notContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: Life, in Metaphor”

Slice of Life Tuesday: Backwards Journal

This post is part of the weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! Before I landed here, among the cicada noise and the soon-to-be-fireflies and the cooling air and the driftings-in of neighbor sounds; Before I was in the kitchen, prepping weekly lunches and garden pesto and night-time banana oatContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: Backwards Journal”

Slice of Life Tuesday: A New Little Word

This post is part of the Weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! I’ve been waiting for this. It’s the realization that my One Little Word, first set at gather and then at dissonance, has finally shifted. Dissonance is fine and healthy for a while. It helps me grow and push myselfContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: A New Little Word”

Tuesday Slice of Life: Two Sides of the Same SweeTART

This post is part of the Weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! It’s summer break now (let us pause for a moment of celebration). I’m supposed to be taking it easy.I’m also supposed to be getting my house back in order.To get back into shape.To carve out time forContinue reading “Tuesday Slice of Life: Two Sides of the Same SweeTART”

Slice of Life Tuesday: Told You So

This post is part of the Weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! Last week, I had the joy of seeing my third-grade colleagues put on storytelling festivals with their students. As a culmination of their fairy tale unit, children told their stories to one another. I love to listenContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: Told You So”

“I Feel Like a Real Writer” – Guest Post

Friends, I’m so excited to tell you that I am now a contributing author on the Two Writing Teachers website. This community has helped me grow so much as a writer, a teacher and as a person. Honestly, I could gush for quite a while about how transformative the experience has been. Suffice it toContinue reading ““I Feel Like a Real Writer” – Guest Post”