Today marks Day 25 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! The other day, I dusted off one of the drafts I had sitting around in my draft box. It had been there long enough, the subject finally came up, and I finally figuredContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 25: Touring the Back of the Closet”
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Slice of Life 2021 Day 24: On Hitting the Wall
Today marks Day 24 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! This is only my second year participating in the Slice of Life challenge, but I’ve still noticed patterns. Perhaps that’s the systematic, mathematical part of my brain that always wants to go forContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 24: On Hitting the Wall”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 23: Chores
Today marks Day 23 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! I actually started this blog post a couple of years ago. My flurry of housecleaning over the last day or two has inspired me to pick it back up again and putContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 23: Chores”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 18: Crowdsourcing
Today marks Day 18 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! Oh, WORDS. You are SNEAKY little devils. You plant yourselves in one place in my life, then hop over into another before I have time to notice there’s a pattern going on. ButContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 18: Crowdsourcing”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 16: Harvesting Ideas
Today marks Day 16 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! You know, we always tell our young writers to keep track of all the great ideas they have for writing “seeds.” I’ve realized that I’ve seen some amazing ideas for cool Slice structuresContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 16: Harvesting Ideas”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 15: Out of Sorts
Today marks Day 15 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March -and beyond! For the past week and a half, I’ve been feeling…OFF. My mental magic wheel greedily spun comments, omissions, and small slights into threads – ropes! – of hurt, self-doubt and bruised ego. I usuallyContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 15: Out of Sorts”
Sunday Sit-Down #9: Turning Point
Each Sunday, I’m working my way through my experiences with race. I’ll share stories and memories from throughout my life. I know I’ll encounter moments of growth that I wish I could relive. I’ll also have to think back on choices that I wish I could remake. Today also marks Day 14 of the Slice ofContinue reading “Sunday Sit-Down #9: Turning Point”
Slice of Life Day 2021 Day 13: If Only
Today marks Day 13 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! If only, last year, as we hastily made copiesand gathered booksand held cramming sessionson how to use Google meetwe had stopped and sat on the floorin a circlethe kind of circlewhere sometimes youContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 2021 Day 13: If Only”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 12: Filling Buckets
Today marks Day 12 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March, If you’re feeling low, And you’re wondering whether the next big gust of wind is going to guide you to shore or strand you out at sea, And you’re wondering what, if anything, you can doContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 12: Filling Buckets”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 11: In Awe
I saw the cover of the bookand snortedand huffedand rolled my eyes because who needs an entire bookto tell themto look aroundin wonderand awe at the world around them who needs 192 pageson a Kindleto tell themto look up at the sky and then i thought, uh-oh. there are people in this worldwho need anContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 11: In Awe”
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 