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Vacationing across the pond http://myrosiecoloredglasses.blogspot.com/2018/08/bath-time.html
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Sliding in, just in the nick of time! https://writingandlaughing.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/a-little-dose-of-humanity-soltuesday/
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Tomorrow, the page in our big book changes.
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Change, I’ve been told more than once, is constant, which feels about right at the moment. https://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2018/08/litany-of-changes.html
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Consider what you’d do if you were barrelling down the highway and you couldn’t get your front windshield to clear. What would you do?
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Back into the routine. Just like school. The power of asking questions was on my mind today. https://fallhugs.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-power-of-asking-questions.html
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Lessons from Delights and Disasters (well, if not Disasters, challenges)
https://pelicansandprose.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/august-14-2018/
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Sometimes the ordinary becomes extraordinary
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Starting a New Year
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A memory from junior high school
https://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2018/08/what-do-you-remember-about-school.html
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Goodbye or Hello
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Here we go. Like a full laundry basket at the end of the summer. Patterns: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/sol-18-tuesday-patterns/
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D.E.A.L. We dropped everything and went to the lake! https://mrspalmerponders.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/catching-the-sun/
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My initial motivation for completing the book early was an author visit with Kristin Hannah, but then I was captivated by the plot.
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2018/08/slice-of-life-book-finished-early.html
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I saw my friend’s child today for the first time in 6 weeks – then I wrote a poem. http://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2018/08/14/what-surprises-me/
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I’m out of the US again and trying to get back to regular blog posting about my international work/travel: https://beetsyg.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/setting-the-scene-atacama-desert/
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Good morning, slicers. I finally followed someone’s advice from a while back (sorry I can’t remember who it was to give credit to!) and wrote my slice yesterday and set it to publish for this morning. I feel less rushed and more accomplished! Win-win!
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That’s a great way to live! Then you can spend your Tuesdays commenting. 🙂
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Been awhile. https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/sol18-been-awhile/
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A slice of writing process: https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2018/08/six-word-memoir-writing-process.html
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Last week we took a trip to New York City.
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Are you a pessimist, optimist, or realist? How does it influence your happiness?
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Luckily these questions were only embarrassing for me, but they can be hurtful for other women.
https://wordpress.com/post/thenotsonewlywed.wordpress.com/1490
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Is this the permalink to the post you were hoping to share today?
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Yes, thank you! Still figuring this out…
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https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/reading-update/
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http://simplylearningtogether.blogspot.com/2018/08/sol-run-like-pirate-chapter-9-day-three.html
I’ve been reading Run Like a Pirate. Adam Welcome has great prompting at the end of each chapter to reflect on your own journey.
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Summer memory…
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On the edge of the comfort zone…
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Our first day of TCRWP training…and I caused a small disturbance.
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Obviously…
http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2018/08/obviously.html
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What matters when planning for a New Year?
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Each year as a districtwide literacy administrator, I created a welcome back to school message. This year, I am opening a PD series and decided to do so with a message inspired by my granddaughter’s attempts at walking: http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2018/08/startstrong.html
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Disappointed by the number on the scale today, I’m thinking about numbers and what they say about effort:
https://couragedoesnotroar.blogspot.com/2018/08/sol18-just-number.html
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Figuring out a new space:
https://goingtowalden.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/slice-of-life-tuesday-figuring-out-the-space/
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Cats and Daughters were the focus of this Sunday – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/the-cat-cafe/
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Pondering our role as storytellers
https://livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com/2018/08/slice-of-life-tuesday-teacherstell-your.html?m=1
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A little song for summer (even though I am already back-to-school)
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It’s time, once again, to step through the blueberry door.
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This summer I took it to the trail
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Some nonfiction writing today – my reflections on attending the 2018 August Writing Conference
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The view from my tuk tuk:)
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It was a dark and stormy night…
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/chronicle-of-a-bird-encounter-part-one/
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Decorating journals on the first day: https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2018/08/14/slice-of-life-new-year-new-journals/
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This summer my baby, Rose, has gone from observer to active participant and I’m in awe. https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/observer-to-active-participant/
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It is good to read the ordinary everyday lives of my blogger friends. Thank you.
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Blogging about creating a classroom…
http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-creation-of-classroom.html
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Lunch decisions can be hard to make
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The school’s theme for the year is “balance”, but I’m having a hard time finding it in the back-to-school chaos: http://horizon51.blogspot.com/2018/08/tuesday-slice-revisiting-my-olw.html
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I’m back to my writing routine so today I’m thinking about returning to school
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Back to the baby finches and their development: What I discovered after being away for a week (it’s not so pretty) and its connection to writing, thinking, teaching, and life:
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How do you choose to live? Are you a risk taker or are you cautious? Living the Dream, Then Dying for It is about young couple sharing a dream….
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