Going through my drafts, I found a poem about my mom I wrote at this time last year. With her now two months gone, the words resonate differently for me.
Category Archives: slice of life
Slice of Life: What it Is
I’ve spent some time reviewing Lynda Barry’s book, “What it Is.” Bottom line: it’s amazing! Go get it!
Today’s post features some of the exercises I did while working my way through the book. Give my experiments a peek!
Slice of Life Day 31: Why I Love March
I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with a good sum-it-up post for the March Slice of Life Writing Challenge. And in true slice-of-life fashion, I had one idea when I stepped in front of my keyboard, but my brain and fingers went another route. It’s one of my favorite things about thisContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 31: Why I Love March”
Slice of Life Day 30: On Ruining Movies
Today’s Slice muses on the difference between my husband and me when it comes to watching TV and movies. He just sits and likes to watch. I, on the other hand, am a classic overthinker. I’m analyzing camera angles, picking apart the holes in the script, looking for patterns, symbolism and the like. I’m theContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 30: On Ruining Movies”
Slice of Life Day 27: The Days are Numbered
(a triple-nonet for a triple-nonet type of day) Today seems like it’s the perfect timeto play with nines and their nine-ness:perfect groups of threes, bundledin three more groups besides:three by three by threetwo and seventidilysummed upthere. Maybe it’s because I love numbersjust as much as I cherish my wordsthat I sit and ponder thepoetry ofContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 27: The Days are Numbered”
Slice of Life Day 25: Golden Shovel
Today’s post is a golden shovel, inspired by a quotation from Sylvia Plath. I heard someone say it in a podcast, and the words stuck with me all day. It’s a keen observation on what words can – and cannot – do in times of grief and struggle. Mix in the grief that keeps poppingContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 25: Golden Shovel”
Slice of Life Day 23: A Pint Low
Grateful for places like this… And a body that can do this… And of course goodies like this… Go donate blood, y’all, if you have a body that lets you. You’re needed!
Slice of Life Day 22: A Heart Swells
A few months ago, my good friend and colleague Kurt came to me with an idea. Kurt teaches music at one of my schools, and he’s a guy who likes to take an idea and run with it. And if there’s anything I also like doing, it’s taking ideas and running with them. It is,Continue reading “Slice of Life Day 22: A Heart Swells”
Slice of Life Day 21: That Moment When…
…you realize exactly HOW many sessions you have left with your fifth grade students …you realize your dogs are at home, waiting for you to love on them …you kind of wish you had brought snack with you …you’re perhaps regretting doing alllll those sit-ups yesterday …you’ve messed up your scheduling and you wind upContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 21: That Moment When…”
Slice of Life Day 20: All it Takes
When you get up on the wrong side of the bed,And you’re a crabby ole patty,And your worries And your anxietiesBall up in your belly,And you want to say nice thingsAbout people,Or you want to say nice thingsLike hooray! the forsythia’s blooming!But your mood is a dark cloud looming,And you’re pretty sureThat even if theContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 20: All it Takes”
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 