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Slice of Life Tuesday: OLW 2026

It’s the first Slice of Life Tuesday for the year, and that means it’s time to think about my One Little Word for 2026. I’ll come right out and say it: this year’s word is REMEMBER. Okay, so I’m being a little tongue-in-cheek because I invariably forget about my word by the time February rollsContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: OLW 2026”

Slice of Life Tuesdsay: Clearing the Air, Part 2

Last week, I mentioned that I finally – finally! – completed a work of allegorical fiction, and I posted the first installment of it here.

This week, I bring you Part 2, in which Flora, our ever-intrepid protagonist, finds herself in the right place at the right time. Enjoy.

Slice of Life Tuesday: Getting Brave

I did it! I finally crafted a work of allegorical fiction. I’ve published the first excerpt this week, and I’ll publish the next part of the story on Slice of Life Tuesdays.

Slice of Life Day 21: Coming Together

It wasn’t expressly planned, but it was a very happy coincidence that the days before spring break turned out to be the days my fourth graders and I constructed the artwork for our Leo Leonni anthology. We’re still a work in progress (I mean, aren’t we all?) but I thought I’d share the latest.