Welcome back, one and all! Many of you just participated in the 10th Annual March Slice of Life Story Challenge, and what a challenge it turned out to be!

WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog.
SHARE a link to your post in the comments section.
GIVE comments to at least three other SOLS bloggers.

This week, focus on the freedom that writing offers!
* Please note that while Slice of Life Tuesdays will continue throughout the month of April, Two Writing Teachers co-authors will be taking a brief week-long break from blogging during the week of April 9-15.
Look for us to return on April 17th!
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For more than 29 years, Lanny has taught, coached, presented, staff developed, and consulted within the exciting and enigmatic world of literacy. With unyielding passion and belief in the possibility of workshop teaching, Lanny has worked to support students, teachers, and school administrators around the country in outgrowing themselves as both writers and readers. Working first as a classroom teacher, then as a coach and TCRWP Staff Developer, Lanny is now a literacy specialist, working and living in the great state of Connecticut. Outside of literacy, he enjoys raising his three ambitious young daughters with his wife, and playing the piano. Find him on this blog, as well as on Twitter @LannyBall. Lanny is also a former co-author of a blog dedicated to supporting writing teachers and coaches that maintain classroom writing workshops, twowritingteachers.org.
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Freedom: Big and not so big
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Really slice of life 🙂
https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/fragrance-of-flowers/?preview_id=7671&preview_nonce=0b62ecf332
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To lktk
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I’m happy to be back for Tuesday SOL! Today, I wrote about bizarre questions I find myself asking as a parent.
https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/so-many-questions/
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Literary Whiplash
https://wordsmithing2017.wordpress.com
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OMG it’s Tuesday http://vcvaile.blogspot.com/2017/04/omg-tuesday-sol17-already-other.html
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Just in time! I’m here!
http://ateachersruminations.blogspot.com/2017/04/accreditation-visit-celebration.html
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The room’s been redesigned. https://jarhartz.com/2017/04/05/slice-of-life-a-room-made-new/
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What do you do when something goes missing from your classroom?
https://insiderecessagain.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/dilemma/
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It’s looking like I might become a military mom. http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2017/04/slice-of-life.html
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Well, doing the March Slice of Life challenge for the first time really did hook me! I was suffering from withdrawal, so decided to join the Slice of Life Tuesdays! 🙂 Here is a little story about a chance encounter with balloons. ~JudyK
http://joodlesnowandthen.blogspot.com/2017/04/slice-of-life-tuesday-balloons-i-took.html
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sometimes you get only one chance to do things the right and best way:
https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/only-one-chance-sol-tuesday/
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My mother was the same way. It’s probably where I got it from.
http://fallhugs.blogspot.com/2017/04/silver-linings.html
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Good to be back for Tuesday SOL! Still figuring out what form poem I’m taking on for April. http://wp.me/pb2Ea-2ms
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I posted earlier in the day, but for some reason, it’s not showing up. Trying again. Answering Margaret Simon’s question, “Why Are We Doing This?” http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/2017/04/slice-of-life-why-are-we-doing-this.html
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Simple Formative Assessment
http://enjoy-embracewriting.blogspot.com/2017/04/simple-formative-assessment-slice-of.html
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Currently. http://thesassybibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/04/currently-sol17.html
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https://kristalee11.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/the-energy-in-the-room/
Last year, I put up the pen (as it were) after the month of musings in March…. and that’S not okay.
This year, my goal is to participate weekly. So here’s Week 1! So far, so good! 😉
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I couldn’t stay away so here’s a poem …Swirling, twirling
https://onewritersjourney.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/swirling-twirling/
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Finding inspiration for poetry in a photo:
https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/slice-of-life-poem-for-a-fairy-wren/
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Was sick today
Wrote an ode to the plain foods that gave me some strength back!
http://hannahshappenings.net/2017/04/05/buying-the-basics-finishing-march-sol-day-48-left
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Today I finished a book that led to a lot of self reflection.
https://thirteenpoint1milestofit.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/be-a-bawse/
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Late night Slicin’ about a rumor going around about me at school…a rumor I may or may not be encouraging… http://mskraushaar.blogspot.com/2017/04/slice-of-life-tuesday-teacher-with.html
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Syllables and word parts.
https://pelicansandprose.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/april-4-2017/
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Beckoning the lovely in Room 202:
https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/sol-tuesday-beckoning-the-lovely-in-room-202/
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Haiku- Excitement in class.
http://juliettesgifts.blogspot.com/2017/04/haiku-students-mini-mall.html
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My teen son and I have been marathoning Gilmore Girls and I’m starting to feel like I live in Stars Hollow: https://thedirigibleplum.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/stars-hollow-slice-of-life-sol17/
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Frustration after recess
http://thisandthatbee.blogspot.ca/2017/04/slice-of-life-after-recess.html
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On vacation! Images From Florida. http://wp.me/p3eVyl-mS
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Rising up like the clouds
https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/a-to-z-challenge-clouds/
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An all day project, literally
http://wp.me/pPury-2uC
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Raining, pouring…https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/slice-of-rainy-life/
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Terrible mood, but not bad enough to not write about my new babies!
https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2017/04/04/new-babies-sol/
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It’s so nice to slice on my first SOL Tuesday. I’ve missed writing, reading, and sharing since the Challenge: https://teachingwithmrsclark.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/guess-what/.
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Fun to be here for Tuesday SOL! This is about a recent training
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2017/04/tuesday-sol-have-you-noticed-me.html
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I’ve really been looking forward to Tuesday this week. Here are some thoughts on making coaching sticky.
https://poonam1.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/making-coaching-sticky/
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A Skype date with my previous coworker brought my two worlds together today. ‘Through the Screen’
https://strasskt.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/through-the-screen/
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Sorry. I’m a little overwrought from THE TEST.
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/a-lesson-learned-in-time-sol17/
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Baseball season is here and summer is around the corner.
https://ritadicarne.com/2017/04/04/942/
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Disability Awareness Week…amazing collaboration and effort from our special education teachers!
https://writing328.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/disability-awareness/
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https://onathought.com/2017/04/04/a-slice-of-a-testing-day-a-regular-slice/
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http://wp.me/p6nQS4-dh On vacation my mind wanders back to one kiddo who needs me.
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Inspired by today’s color for Writing the Rainbow at Amy VanDerwater’s Poem Farm…
https://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/olive-green/
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Is it spring yet?! http://pbgsliceoflife.edublogs.org/2017/04/04/tuesday-sol/
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Savoring my last spring break ever:
http://literatelives.blogspot.com/2017/04/savoring-my-last-spring-break-sol-4417.html
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THE END!
https://everythingineedtoknowilearnedinkindergarten.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/when-will-it-end/
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Ease dropping on conversations at the coffee shop https://teachworkoutlove.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/sol-coffee-shop-religion-talk/
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Happy to be slicing on same day of the week as my Writer’s Circle
https://theapplesinmyorchard.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/color-revisited-pink/
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Answering Margaret Simon’s question, “Why Are We Doing This?” http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/2017/04/slice-of-life-why-are-we-doing-this.html
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Back from a week away … emotions about vacations:
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2017/04/vacations-sol17.html
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The letter P is prominent today.
https://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/alliterative-haiku/
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Huh?
https://dianeandlynne.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/things-that-make-me-go-huh/
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March Musings’ Recollection: After 31 days of writing, April awakened the writer inside! http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2017/04/march-musings-recollection.html
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Here’s how I will be spending my spring break… https://romeolitcoach.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/catching-up-on-spring-break/
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Identity Webs give students a unique voice in learning communities.
https://lynnedorfmanblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/identity-webs-giving-voice-to-a-community-of-learners/
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Reflecting on the challenge: https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/sol17-reflecting-on-the-solsc17-challenge/
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Lakes and Fog
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/tuesday-slice-of-life-lakes-and-fog/
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Color Poems Revisited: Pink Thanks for offering SOL, Tuesdays!
https://theapplesinmyorchard.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/color-revisited-pink/
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State Assessments Day 1
https://mlb1202.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/sol-mcas-day-1
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I had two librarians visit my library last week. http://mrstaylorstales.blogspot.com/2017/04/visitors-in-my-library.html
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Glad to be back! Today’s short post is about a McDonald’s flyer that came in the mail…interesting things on the Thai menu!
https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/mcthai/
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Airports are a very interesting place with little kids!
https://kdiez39.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/captain-mommy/
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Last week we went to a quilt show.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/and-the-winner-is/
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Spring music program
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/school-music-program-sol17
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Sometimes you just hit a dead end in writing, like I did this morning.
https://imaginethepossibilitiesblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/banana-mania
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Tomorrow I find out news I’ve been waiting for!
http://kruegerslices.edublogs.org/2017/04/04/tomorrows-news/
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Tipi and Slice of Life Tuesday – No Grades
http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2017/04/04/tipi-and-slice-of-life-tuesday-no-grades/
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Trying to keep up the writing after March!
https://midwesternheartindixie.com/2017/04/04/warning/
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The end of my first winter here in the pacific northwest has me thinking about expectations, and how I think I got it right this time (finally)!
http://whateverings.blogspot.com/2017/04/expectations-and-getting-it-right.html
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When it rains, it pours, and it sure feels like weeks of rain. Now I am so lucky that my home internet is totally out. Lucky . . . more time to read . . . more time for new learning!
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/sol-palindromes-learning/
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A busy week has me playing with idioms
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/playing-with-idioms/
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What did your childhood taste like? Another inspired by Amy Krauss Rosenthal.
http://travelinma.blogspot.com/2017/04/what-my-childhood-tasted-like.html
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Hello everyone! I am sooo late today! But here’s my Slice! https://lisaorchard.wordpress.com/
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So happy Tuesdays are here. I was having withdrawals
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2017/04/tuesday-sol-4417-writing-withdrawal.html
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Sharing a new Poetry book, just perfect for April: http://www.teacherdance.org/2017/04/npm17-430-plus-slice-of-life.html
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A Gem, of Sorts Glad to return as a blogger: https://exploringwonderingwriting.wordpress.com/
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This week’s slice: Ninety
http://lifeonewordatatime.blogspot.com/2017/04/ninety.html
Tomorrow my grandfather turns ninety years old. I love this man more than anything, and I was so happy to be able to shower him with some of that love on Saturday. ❤
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My first Tuesday Slice. Grateful to have written something again! https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/look-at-the-beautiful-sky/
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Wake-up conditions dictate a short nature poem! http://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2017/04/april-showers-quickly-sour.html
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Reflecting on the moments I capture through my camera. http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com/2017/04/be-still-my-heart-slice-of-life-4417.html
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Checking in with my OLW…. Determined
https://vanessaw2007.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/determined/
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Todaay I share HOW to “make” children want to read!
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2017/04/sol17-daily-dose-of-words.html
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An afternoon miracle or how the letter C wins over my poetry haters Every. Single. Time!
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2017/04/slice-of-life-and-npm-day-four.html
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Is this open to students as well? Mine don’t want to stop!
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Sounds like your students are on fire for writing! This place, however, is only for adults posting slices of life 🙂
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How wonderful!
Like Lanny said, our Tuesday challenge is for adults-only. However, you might want to connect with one of the other classrooms who did the Classroom SOLSC to see if they’d like to continue commenting on each other’s writing.
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Great idea, Stacey!
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I set up a wiki for my students for Slice of Life Tuesdays. We have been doing it all year long. We invited our 4th grade mentees to join us.They love reading and commenting. It is a private wiki but you could do that and have your students comment on each other’s blogs.
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Back for my first regular Tuesday post after completing my first SOLC! Inspiration can come at odd times and from odd places. https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/odd-inspiration-sol/
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More thoughts while traveling – Hyde Park, Chicago
https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/saturday-in-hyde-park/
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A Few of Her Least Favorite Things, https://aileenhower.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/a-few-of-her-least-favorite-things/
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Thinking about connections and ripple effects…
http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=4659
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More than a slice: The Mystery of the Cold Floor
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/the-mystery-of-the-cold-floor/
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A snowy Spring!
https://terierrol.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/a-snowy-spring/
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It’s about the kids. Not the test. Thoughts on this time of year.
https://themagicofreflection.blogspot.com/2017/04/thoughts-on-this-time-of-year.html?m=1
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Writing a poem a day. This one was inspired by my bishop’s blog post. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/npm-4-dry-bones/
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Trying my hand at writing an ode – to a cupcake
http://coachbsreflections.blogspot.com/2017/04/an-ode-to-cupcake.html
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https://ureadiread.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/all-slice-in-a-day/ Is anyone else finding it hard not slicing every day?
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Data is important. But behind the data is a story, and in the center of the story is a little soul: https://litbitsandpieces.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/deeper-than-data/
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This is not the story I sat down to write. Sometimes, chickens happen. https://timgels.com/2017/04/02/this-is-not-a-story-about-my-wife-and-granddaughter/
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A new spin on a classic tale: http://horizon51.blogspot.com/2017/04/tuesday-slice-i-think-i-can-i-know-i.html
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Poetry and the Professor…
http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2017/04/poetry-and-professor.html
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Anyone else have a dog who is afraid of storms?
http://sweetwritinglife.blogspot.com/2017/04/scardey-dog-sol-40417.html
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https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/61950791/posts/1404818443
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There are wondrous things to discover when you slow down long enough to take a look.
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/caga-walking-along-the-river/
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The Social Media Illusion
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2017/04/04/slice-of-life-the-social-media-illusion/
Kevin
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Sometimes I need to show I care. Sometimes I celebrate, just because!
https://runreadmom.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/just-because/
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It feels good to be back! Another photo challenge with a focus on lines
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/lines-a-photo-challenge/
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Sometimes we just have to give ourselves permission to ignore responsibilities
https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/permission-sol17/
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“The simpler we make our lives, the more abundant they become…” (Sarah Ban Breathnach)
A picture taken of my children feeding a chipmunk has yielded many writing ideas.
https://theauthorspurpose.com/2017/04/04/simple-abundance-sol17/
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My one and only foe…that even Joey Tribbiani can’t beat off!
http://mbushsliceoflife.edublogs.org/2017/04/04/my-foe/
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I’ve got a slice of poetry for you! http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2017/04/reality.html
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Are you dreaming of summer garden tomatoes yet? Here are two short true tomato stories.
https://pencilonmybackporch.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/two-tomatoes/
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Today’s post is about a friend who is seriously ill. I had no choice but to write about it.
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/a-matter-of-life-and-death/
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5 Second Rule
https://wordpress.com/post/bridgebuilder18blog.wordpress.com/738
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Facing West
https://maryannreilly.blogspot.com/2017/04/sol17-facing-west-short-story.html
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Glad to be here for Tuesday SOL. Sharing true story about my name http://alicenine.net/its-my-name/
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