Today marks Day 30 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! For T. You inspire me. In the middle of a highly scheduled day In the middle of a hard-fought moment of plan time In the middle of a to-do list that has grownContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021, Day 30: Here I Am”
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Slice of Life 2021 Day 29: WHOOSH
Today marks Day 29 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! Today. * Today I blogged. And before that I cobbled together my bananapants schedule for tomorrow: lesson to lesson, meeting to meeting. And before that I thought through my lesson I’ll be sharingContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 29: WHOOSH”
Slice of Life 2021, Day 26: Out of Commission
Today would have been one of those great days to have a slice already typed and ready to go. Because today, everything I’ve got – my attention, my creative juices, and basically any and all focus I have are going straight to my lower back, which is in the throes of some SUPER muscle spasms.Continue reading “Slice of Life 2021, Day 26: Out of Commission”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 25: Touring the Back of the Closet
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”
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 22: Rolling With It
Today marks Day 22 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! It’s Monday of spring break. You’d think that I would get my satisfaction today out of going out to the deck, propping up my feeties, listening to the birds chirp and drinking someContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 22: Rolling With It”
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 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 