Welcome back to our regularly scheduled Tuesday Slice of Life! Many of you just participated in the 11th Annual March Slice of Life Story Challenge, and whether you are new or a seasoned veteran, we are glad to see you return to Two Writing Teachers today to share your slice of life!
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.
A quote for inspiration:
“We write to taste life twice. In the moment, and in retrospect.”
– ANAÏS NIN, Author
* 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 spring break from blogging during the week of April 15th through the 22nd.
Please look for us to return on April 23rd!
Published by Lanny Ball
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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Back again… see ya next Tuesday too, http://vcvaile.blogspot.com/2018/04/tuesday-already-sol18.html
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Continuing the journey: https://awakenvoyager.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/first-tuesday-slice/
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I’m poeming this month! It’s way harder for me than the slices I wrote last month. Today I learned from Amy Ludwig VanDerWater. http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2018/04/poem-3.html
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I managed to get my Tuesday SOL done, despite my son having a dramatic 40 minute nosebleed at bedtime when I was trying to finish writing it. That’s a mini-slice right there, but not what I wrote about today. https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/
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Planting Seeds
http://litcoachconnection.com/planting-seeds/
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Today’s Word: Risk
A drive to the hospital gave me a moment of reflection on how comfortable I am taking risks in life.
https://lifeonewordatatime.blogspot.com/2018/04/risk.html
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A lemony slice https://gooddeids1.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/manifesting-lemons/
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I think I might try this Tuesday thing…! Here’s one on Feedback and Collaboration.
stylishteach.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/feedback-and-collaboration/
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Glancing at ephemera in the local newspaper inspires today’s slice. https://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2018/04/play-ball-or-something-else.html
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Haiku/Haiga this month. One per day: https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/napowrimo-2018-3-30/
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Day three of poetry month! I’m trying a 30/30 for the umpteenth time … and it’s already a struggle! https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/dignity-and-equality/
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Who would have thought i’d continue to slice?!! NOT ME! https://georgiaiswriting.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/the-student-that-makes-a-difference
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A poetry month moment from the classroom today…
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Snow. Make it stop! 🙂
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To Retire or Not to Retire…That is the Burning Questionhttps://pelicansandprose.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/april-3-2018/
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I must have summer on the brain: https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/ready-for-summer/
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It seems like I’m the only one in my family who still loves the snow
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Woohoo! Beach time! http://chaulk-it-up.blogspot.com/2018/04/beach-break-sol.html?m=1
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I didn’t know what to write about all day and then I had a meeting for my son.
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A visit to the Desert Botanic Garden in Arizona
https://readingamidthechaos.blogspot.com/2018/04/desert-botanic-garden-sol.html
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Well that went well! https://teachingwithmrsclark.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/give-them-an-inch/
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I was inspired by Aileen Hower, who did an “I would rather” piece today. I enjoyed all the “I would rather” posts during the March challenge, and thought I’d join in! 🙂 ~JudyK
https://joodlesnowandthen.blogspot.com/2018/04/sol-tuesday-i-would-rather.html
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Keeping my writing going with a poem about a trip to Walgreens with my daughter!
https://reflectwriteshare.com/2018/04/03/just-one-thing-sol18/
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Weird and ugly can be fun!
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Celebrating National Poetry Month with a Golden Shovel:
https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/a-golden-shovel-we-share-this-tender-planet/
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Feeble return
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morning rituals are more than just morning rituals
https://insightoffsite.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/4-2-you-wake-everyday/
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Rainy days, Ugh. But, at least I got a slice. https://onathought.com/2018/04/03/slice-of-life-cup-of-sunshine-cup-of-joy/
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Trying not to over-think things but that seems to be where I’m living right now.
https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2018/04/two-drafts-sit-waiting.html
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multiple meanings of a phrase.
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I wasn’t sure that I was going to make it in a slice today, but here goes…a free verse poem about perspective: https://trinarrative.blogspot.com/2018/04/sol-tuesday-crumbs.html
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College moving home day 1 of 2 https://romeolitcoach.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/moving-back-home-take-1/
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The promised poem was not enclosed!
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2018/04/sol-npm-2018-dear-academy-of-american.html
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The Heavenly 70s
https://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2018/04/poetry-month-heavenly-70s-3-of-30.html
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Tough return from break, but a few rays of sunshine still happened!
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We went down a dangerous road today.
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Unexpected spring break plans from a 5th grader.
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Hiya, Tuesday slicers! I’ve missed you. Here’s a glimpse into something exciting… https://writingandlaughing.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/explorers-club/
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Back again. Slicing a bit of poetry today. https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/fairy-shrimp-mask-poem-nationalpoetrymonth-napowrimo-sol/
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Back again! (Me here, and the snow at my house.) https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/slice-of-snowy-life-2/
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A Six Word Slice about today’s thunderstorm. http://cwegrzyn.edublogs.org/2018/04/03/a-spring-rain/
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Recurring nightmares …
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A Role Model
https://juliettesgifts.blogspot.com/2018/04/a-distant-role-model.html
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must.eat.all.the.candy.
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Easter Sunday was a wonderful family get together starting with Easter Mass. There we brought back the Easter bonnet. Read more http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2018/04/bringing-back-bonnet.html.
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remembering a special friend:
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A Great Kickoff to Poetry Month!
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Great Kickoff to Poetry Month!
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That’s such an awesome quote. Thanks for sharing it today, Lanny.
My slice is about another missing stuffed animal (NOT Teddy). This time it’s mine and my husband’s fault that it was left behind.
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I love sharing books with my nephew…I’ve been waiting for this moment in particular!
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Discovering a new normal: http://www.texasschoolmarm.com/tues-sol-a-new-normal/
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I’m taking up a new daily writing challenge:
https://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2018/04/soltuesday-blogging-z-challenge.html
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When does spring come?
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Foolish Dusting
http://theamyrudder.blogspot.com/2018/04/april-fools-dusting.html
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I got to hang out with the owl again, and learned something new. https://timgels.com/2018/04/03/ive-heard/
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Found poetry from post titles and comments.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com.ee/2018/04/found-poetry.html
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Gratitude
https://wordpress.com/post/ginaswritingexperience.wordpress.com/102
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I’ve started another monthly challenge.
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Troy Horse
https://annegabrielleblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/01/troy-horse/
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The day after break: https://beingmrstice.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/april-3-2018/
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Musings on April Fool’s Day
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I enjoy the slices of life 🙂 thank you.
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Water in a cup registering 250 degrees? https://mrspalmerponders.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/250-degrees/
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My mind wandered while I lay still in the machine.
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Be kind to yourself.
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Iowa here we come….after a slight scare
http://lblovero.edublogs.org/2018/04/03/first-tuesday/
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Language is hope.
http://kfilewych.edublogs.org/
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Serving up a lovely slice of poetry for you each Tuesday this month (and all the days in between): https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2018/04/sublime-light.html
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Negative Feedback Loop – It’s Not Pretty.
https://theapplesinmyorchard.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/negative-feedback-loop/
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On the last day of the challenge, I discover a problem with posting.
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What subjects would you get an A+ in? A poem inspired by another poem. https://thedirigibleplum.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/what-i-wish-report-cards-looked-like-slice-of-life-sol18-napowrimo18-npm2018/
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A short Slice from a conference: http://horizon51.blogspot.com/2018/04/tuesday-slice-im-not-alone.html
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Old Man Winter
https://talkworthy.blogspot.com/2018/04/old-man-winter.html
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I reflected on Easter Sunday today
https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2018/04/sol18-living-in-present.html
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As we wait for the snow to fall. I dream of my favorite place https://deb-day.blogspot.com/2018/04/sol18-daydreaming-of-my-favorite-place.html
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Do you find it hard to relax when you’re on vacation?
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Honestly, on April 1st I was ready for a break from writing. By April 2nd I was starting to twitch a bit. Today – I was totally ready to get back to writing!!!! Thank you, TWT for Tuesdays (and for March!!) https://ccahilldotcom.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/this-little-piggy/
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A late post…computer issues! But a lovely pre-Easter outing to share with you…
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Trying this one more time… I apologize…
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I’m back in! Meditation on home town histories:
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I’ve got a rhythm going from #SOL2018, and I don’t want to let it go! https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/a-perfect-marriage/
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Our Easter Celebration
https://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2018/04/4318-sol-easter-sunrise-service.html
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Inspiration https://wp.me/p3Gehh-4Cu
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Having trouble getting the link to work-sorry for the multiple links:)
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wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/all-about-that-font-sol18/
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Musing about computer fonts and writing
wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/all-about-that-font-sol18/
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Fighting the procrastination battle…do you relate? https://doingtheworkthatmatters.com/2018/04/03/901/
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A Zambian tradition.
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What’d I Miss? If I missed your best post last month, I’d like to know.
http://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2018/04/whatd-i-miss-last-month-sol18.html?m=1
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Glenda, I’ve tried to add a comment a couple of times on this post. I can’t see that they’re actually posting, and I hope they’re not posting multiple times. Comments just aren’t loading on your blog for me right now. It may be on my end. I have two Google accounts–school and personal–and sometimes it makes everything glitch.
I loved your post and I’m looking forward to reading all of the responses you get…if I can ever get them to load.
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Same as Tamara – I tried to comment in the morning and again just now. Same problem. Too bad because it’s such a generous post! And I love the poem 🙂
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A Passover seder with a dear friend and her family.
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Celebrating birthdays … some words and pictures. http://alicenine.net/birthdays/
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A poem about why am I always more tired the second day back after a break.
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Cooking Cacophony. http://honderick.blogspot.my/2018/04/cooking-cacophony.html
Excited to join the Tuesday challenge/ community after the month of March.
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Only a couple of days away, and I missed SOL!
https://inquisitiveteacher.blogspot.com/2018/04/slice-of-life-tuesday.html
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It’s always an adventure going shoe shopping with my girls:
https://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2018/04/shoe-shopping-sol18.html
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Speaking of tasting life twice … yesterday my family and I cleaned out my mother-in-law’s home. A poem of remembrance:
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More snow…
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Looking for spring in my professional reading (under a winter storm warning ALL day) . . . and finding it in all the resources plus. . . from fellow slicer Clare and of course Tammy! It’s All About the Books!
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Tuesday already? Borrowing a technique from Amy Ludwig Vanderwater https://couragedoesnotroar.blogspot.com/2018/04/sol18-poem-for-teaching.html
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The victor in the tug of fur shall henceforth be known as Stewart…
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I’m jumping back into SOL.
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A tradition created from a bad dream….https://mrsbrunowrites.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/bad-dreams/
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Still waiting for spring.
https://imaginethepossibilitiesblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/april-snow/
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Finding a moment of quiet in the middle of life’s chaos. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2018/04/03/eye-of-the-storm/
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Using my father’s art to write an ekphrastic poem each day in April. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2018/04/03/npm2018-doves/
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Hiraeth
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felt good to hold a pen with my fingers and feel the paper beneath my hand
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A Spring Walk Poem (with the link)
https://wordpress.com/post/theartofpurpose.wordpress.com/178
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clothes shopping and book selection for readers
https://enjoy-embracewriting.blogspot.com/2018/04/stitch-fix-and-matching-readers-to.html
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A Spring Walk Poem
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I would rather… (a borrowed post from the March SOL): https://aileenhower.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/i-would-rather/
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Not what I expected…
https://dianeandlynne.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/not-what-i-was-expecting/
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A very short slice about spring and snow . . .
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A new professional book we LOVE!
http://www.teachersforteachers.net/?p=16196
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Tuesday already?
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Even as I was writing my six word slices all March, I was collaborating with others around the world on an immersive Alchemy Lab of Digital Objects. Wondering what that is? I wrote an invitation to explore this morning for my Slice of Life. Every day is Free Admission Day in this virtual museum.
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2018/04/03/get-your-alchemy-on-the-lab-is-open/
Kevin
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Does my experience really add up?
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Woo ooh feels great to be back……
Life has various side including the side of pain. When they come and the pain gets too much to bear, try this out…https://vitiatedonline.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/cry-it-out-but-not-out
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A chance beach encounter changes my perspective
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/beach-perspective/
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Challenging myself to slice this month using poems – here’s a SLICE!
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Savoring special moments – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/moments/
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tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/top-tips-for-prompting-reluctant-writers/
Why is it not posting?
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There we go!
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I tried a poem today: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/windshield-wipers/
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April plays its own pranks…https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/april-flakes-out
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Starting a new challenge today! Creating typewriter poetry…
https://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2018/04/typewriter-poetry.html
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tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/top-tips-for-prompting-reluctant-writers/
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