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Welcome to the twenty-sixth day of the 13th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge!
PRIZES
Yesterday we announced two nomination prizes! First is the Commenter of Quality Prize. If you know someone in the community who consistently leaves meaningful or inspiring comments, then please nominate them by filling out this form. Your nominee will be eligible for a Commenter of Quality Prize. The winner will receive the following prize, generously donated by Amy Ludwig VanDerWater.
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We also announced the Mentor Prize. If someone in the community has been inspiring as a slicing mentor, then please nominate them by filling out this form. Your nominee will be eligible to win an on-line meeting with Clare Landrigan, a Slice of Life community member who is a mentor to so many, as well as a copy of It’s All About the Books by Clare and Tammy Mulligan.
Nominations are due by 11:59 p.m. on March 27, and we will announce a winner on March 29.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge begins in April! Looking for a way to meaningfully connect your students with other students during this pandemic? Please check out Kathleen’s post here to learn about how.
- If you have not had a chance to read our statements regarding what you can expect from Two Writing Teachers during the current global health crisis, we would like to invite you to read it here.
- Also, please check out the COVID-19 page here and consider joining authors Melanie Meehan, Clare Landrigan, and a growing community of educators.
BE INSPIRED
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With National Poetry Month right around the corner, perhaps you might want to try your hand at poetry? Long-time slicer Kevin Hodgson has been writing a short poem each day during this challenge. Check out his poetry and be inspired!
Questions?
Need to contact a co-author with a question? Please email us rather than leaving your question within your comment (below). Thank you, in advance, for your patience with us. We receive a high volume of emails during the first few days of the challenge. We will respond to all emails as soon as possible.
If you have questions about the individual challenge, you may contact one of these co-authors.
- If your last name begins with the letters A-G, please email questions to Lanny Ball at lanny.ball[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with the letters H-M, please email questions to Kelsey Corter at kelseymcorter[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with the letters N-Q, please email questions to Betsy Hubbard at betsymhubbard[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with the letters R-U, please email questions to Melanie Meehan at meehanmelanie[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with the letters V-Z, please email questions to Beth Moore, beth[at]elizabethmoore.work.
If you have questions about the Classroom Challenge, which will take place next month, you may contact one of these co-authors:
- If your last name begins with the letters A – M, please email questions to Marina Rodriguez, mrodriguez[at]csisd.org.
- If your last name begins with the letters N – Z, please email questions to Kathleen Sokolowski mrs.sokolowski[at]gmail.com.
Please note: We’re unable to respond to challenge-related questions via Facebook and Twitter.
If you can’t see me, you forgot how to read between the lines
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White-barked arms https://gooddeids1.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/white-barked-arms-day-26/
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https://eldunbar.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-secret-garden-getaway.html
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Imagine…
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RIGHT AT THE DEADLINE… https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/presenting-cats/
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who would imagine Zoom could bring us closer together
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My long, long list for students kept growing.
https://www.marinarodz.com/slice-of-life/march-26th-2020
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When the Cows Got Out- page 4
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Thursdays with Nobody… aka I need a good book rec for my husband
https://abitofanalliterate.com/2020/03/26/thursdays-with-nobody/
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Spent all day testing the waters with a new type of pastry!
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Gotta love the kids and their dreams.
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Grocery shopping is not what it used to be.
https://angelinasgarden.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/grocery-shopping/
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Did my post disappear? So much trouble with the internets tonight!
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Putting the PAUSE on pause … not really, but I like the sound of that. https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/the-cure-for-cabin-fever/
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I used to think.. ..
https://writingisitsownreward.weebly.com/home/sol20-day-26
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Even later than usual.
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Gratitude goes both ways. I road getting to this feeling, however, was a bit bumpy!
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Trying to sort out feelings of loss within feelings of change and growth can be hard on a gal…
❤️
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COVID-19 testing
https://mysweetsliceoflife.blogspot.com/2020/03/covid-19.html?m=1
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A poem about puddles
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I’m tired of the nothing.
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tech issues galore https://suzannestartsablog.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/glitches/
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Whoops! Hit return instead of posting the link. It’s hard to watch your kids screw up.
https://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2020/03/slice-26-its-hard-to-watch-your-kids.html
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It’s hard to watch your kids screw up.
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A Day Like Today
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There are some things only a grandma can make better. And that’s one of the biggest struggles during this “shelter in place”
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An exhausting day, told in numbers
readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/sol20-day-26-my-day-in-numbers/
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Posting after meeting with my critique group.
https:/patriciajhollowaystudio.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/slice-of-life-2020-day-26-ingredients-for-continued-learning/
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Playing while staying in place.! 🙂
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https://dailysliceblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/a-miracle/
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http://educationalsocialwork.weebly.com/blog/sidekicks
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New Students Enrolled
https://mrsdungansclass.weebly.com/teacher-blog/march-26-slice-of-life
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Connecting with old friends tonight.
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Really bad attempt at poetry :0)
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Come and Get it!!
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We all have to make changes to our routine during this time. Tonight my daughter and I figured out how to take off our own powder dip nail polish. It was a big accomplishment, and I lived to tell the tail. . .
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Spinning Plate
https://sliceoflife213349809.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/spinning-plate/
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Read if in need of some sunshine or a smile
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Today I experimented and wrote my entry in the style of “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”
It was a very eventful day.
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Just Because…
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I did some drawing today for the first time in years!
https://miyagi-sensei-teaching-journey.weebly.com/blog/my-artful-heartful-day
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Little things really matter, especially during these trying times! https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2020/03/26/solc-day-26-its-the-little-things/
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My Three Loves
https://teacherreaderwriter.blogspot.com/2020/03/my-three-loves.html
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You keep on knocking but you can’t come in
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Dream Diary
https://myteachertown.blogspot.com/2020/03/dream-diary.html
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Dream Diary:
https://myteachertown.blogspot.com/2020/03/dream-diary.html
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Lament of the healthy
https://ellensruminations.blogspot.com/2020/03/lament-of-healthy.html
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Too many Zoom meetings today.
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Inspired to write a Six-Word Story . . . https://georgiaiswriting.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/i-miss-you
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Just a few words
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Remembering that childhood joy of walking on top of walls: https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/276/
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Memory
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https://stumbleon.weebly.com/blog/almost-two-and-a-half
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It’s never too early to think about retirement
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Co-writing with a 3 year old.
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Connection is key- Maslow before Bloom’s https://youtu.be/gnL1DsRAQ0E
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A family bbq get together…virtually, that is!
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Spent a lot of time listening today … so I am late to post
http://www.clarelandrigan.com/blog/slice-of-life-maslow-before-bloom-sol20-twtblog
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Fashionably late to Leigh Anne’s party… but I brought a self-care trio!
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SOL #26 When the Sun Shines
https://bamsmama.home.blog/2020/03/26/when-the-sun-shines/amp/
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Small Victories. https://sharonmythoughts464115797.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/small-victories/
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Remembering my grandparents and Sundays. https://cflathers.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/sunday-memories/
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Love watching my girls help their daddy with a project
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https://larkinmeehan.blogspot.com/2020/03/day-26.html
Resilience!
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Enjoying these daily walks
https://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-dogs-life.html
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Hidden Messages
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I had to redo my One Little Word this year. Here’s my quarantine OLW edition!
https://mscollins223.blogspot.com/2020/03/slice-of-life-day-26-one-little-word.html
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Those that help us recharge.
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There were STRICT instructions not to hug….http://kathleenneaglesokolowski.weebly.com/courage-doesnt-always-roar–blog/sol20-day-26-a-visit
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It’s hard to believe we are completing our second week of distance learning.
https://abregan.blogspot.com/2020/03/settling-in.html
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My moment in sounds
https://msatwood212.blogspot.com/2020/03/my-moment-in-sounds-solc20-day-26.html
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Home, Safe, Home
https://huizarc.edublogs.org/?p=56&preview=true
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Going to Beaches with Tuk-tuks https://honderick.blogspot.com/2020/03/beaches-by-tuk-tuks.html
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little changes
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Day 26: The Grave Said to the Rose
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This post answers a question Elisabeth asked me. She wondered about my process of writing Haiku: http://trinarrative.blogspot.com/2020/03/slice-of-life-20-challenge-day-2631.html
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Overwhelming and Stressful time in my classroom today.
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Overloaded!
https://justgiftslife.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/overloaded/
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my first online grocery shopping experience:
https://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol26-online-grocery-shopping.html
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an ode to my new landlord-neighbor, Magdalene
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Kids just don’t get how the internet works. And why they can’t do what they want to do without it.
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A six word story today. Simple and honest.
https://sometimesfabuloussometimesfail.blogspot.com/2020/03/tp.html
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An escape that caused an escape… https://romeolitcoach.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/day-26-march-26-2020/
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a note to a friend about someone we both care for:
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Gratitude list reminds me to appreciate…
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Six word story today. Simple and honest.
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Books Make Hearts Happy: A Poem
https://megnutcode.blogspot.com/2020/03/books-make-hearts-happy-poem.html
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The pants challenge.
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A mystery to occupy our quarantine time https://greenelit.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/sol-day-26-a-quarantine-mystery/
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Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks (and a Zoom conference)
https://thoughtsandmusingsfromheidi.blogspot.com/2020/03/honey-roasted-sesame-sticks-and-zoom.html
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Since I am in a state with a stay at home order, I looked around my house today for an idea…
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A video teaching moment today brought me immense joy. https://seasonsofmccormick.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/joyful-junctures/
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There are some pictures to enjoy in my post today, because sometimes you just have to be in the moment! 🙂
https://joodlesnowandthen.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol20-day26-unplanned-inspiration.html
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A much needed “social distance” visit – https://fueledbyideas.home.blog/2020/03/26/a-visit-with-gram-and-pop-solsc-day-26/
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Late posting today–another installment of my torment. https://mrfornalesblog.com/2020/03/26/pink-sequel-part-iii/
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I’m a poet and I didn’t even know it. https://mythmakersunite.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/poetry-against-my-will-sol20-day-26/
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I visited my room today
https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/103850638/posts/2639989871
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I just had to get out of the house!
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Life reflection today…distance learning grading to bluebird
https://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2020/03/distance-learning-grading-to-bluebird.html
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Do I really have to shear sheep?
https://deearobbblog.com/2020/03/26/anxiety-and-sheep-shearing/
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Somehow I got the last page of my drawing comics projects done. Story telling with drawing,
https://riverbrown.wordpress.com/lets-draw-comics/6/
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Someone had to bring teaching into reality TV. Guess that someone is me! https://edsoapbox.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/sol20-day-26-teaching-as-tv/
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95% social distancing…
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I prefer metaphors when they don’t apply to me, thank you very much. https://timgels.com/2020/03/26/metaphors/
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Essentially eating
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Today’s another day.
https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2020/03/today-i.html
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I’ve been trying hard to listen to voices that I haven’t always heard. It’s humbling. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2020/03/26/amplify-their-voices-slice-of-life-26-31-sol20/
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Ladies Night Out!
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I’ve got frogs in my TV room! https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/frogs-in-my-tv-room-solc20-sol20/
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Tiredness makes it challenging to write down coherent thoughts.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-thoughts-without-direction.html
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day 26 – you’re doing fine – https://slice661619669.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/fishing-for-perfection/
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Herbal tea as a slice of life? Why not? It’s been a long day.
https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2020/03/26/day-26-slice-of-life-herbal-tea/
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Travel to a different world without the need of transportation when chaperoned by a young person
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https://settingintentions.weebly.com/blog/eavesdropping-on-4th-grade-zoom-meetings
Eavesdropping on 4th grade Zoom meetings
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https://luuluu.edublogs.org/2020/03/26/people-arent-the-only-ones/
I guess Dogs are too!
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Stuck at home always means organizing for me. If I’m honest I should just call it rearranging though. https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/slice-of-life-puzzles/
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Some days this virus weighs on me more than others. A letter to the Coronavirus: https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/solc-26-of-31-a-letter-to-this-virus/
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Today I wrote the words to yesterday’s wordless wednesday.
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Collaboration is so different now
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol20-slice-26-recalibrating.html
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unexpected bird watching
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This sense of deja-vu had me. https://reflectingonrecreation.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/ive-been-here-before-26-31-sol20/
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I don’t know about you, but all this video recording/chatting takes me back to my childhood bedroom, singing in the mirror, recording myself on cassette tapes. https://itsaboutmakingspace.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/talking-heads/
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What my dad taught me: https://ninaandersonblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/what-he-taught-me-sol20/
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Even in isolation, we are more fortunate than many…
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Wednesdays are our official “day off” from now on
https://literacywithatwist.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol20-day-26-day-off.html
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Today features and tried and true format.
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If I were a spoon
https://stephslittlesliceoflife.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/if-i-were-a-spoon/
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Missing my place in the world:
https://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2020/03/identity-crisis.html
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A puzzle completed
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Slicing early today
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Yesterday…
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A REALLY short slice, but it’s Day 26 and most of these days have been at home!
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While I realize not everyone believes the same thing, I believe in Him. My confidence in my faith is also my consolation amidst inexplicable chaos. Trusting Him is my inspiration for today’s simple haiku. How do I feel? #gratefulforHisblessings #eveninthemidstofthestorm
https://carlambrown.wordpress.com/more-of-a-slice-of-life/03-25-the-black-white-of-it/
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#26 Crazy Garden Lady
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Yesterday we put our oldest pup to sleep and that’s all I could write about today. Short and sweet with pictures. https://midwesternheartindixie.com/2020/03/26/rest-in-peace-kosmo/
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https://marchwriting2020.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol20-day-26.html#more
Life from my dog’s point of view
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Coffee with Kerbs
https://courtsliceoflife.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol20-day-25.html
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Even refrigerators are adapting to change.https://mrspalmerponders.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/refrigerator-puzzle/
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Counting down and confirming I dont like endings… https://changethewords.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/countdown-solc20-day-26/
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Embracing and celebrating my multiple and messy notebooks. All ten of them!
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol-2631-meet-my-writing-notebooks.html
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Mohawk Man is getting his very own space rocket.
http://literacytogether.org/solsc/7wk3e23z2wensmkzrhtrre9etrd75s
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Reflecting on things I miss – yes, some I never thought I would say.
http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2020/03/this-i-miss-sol20.html
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Just dive right in… what could possibly go wrong? https://mrsbrunowrites.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/sol-26-can-you-hear-me-now/
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My favorite lie. https://deb-day.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol20-day-26-my-favorite-lie.html
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When this is all over, what’s your move?
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Not quite Modern Love: a lovely memory
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Breaking a promise to myself, oh well…(Anne Frank said it best. Thank you, Lanny, for posting this quote. I needed it.)https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/this-is-personal/
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I have come back to something I used to love now that I have time
https://teachlikeitsmagic.school.blog/2020/03/26/what-have-i-missed-solc-day-26/
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Words on a page, somewhat related, or not… https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/sol-march-26th-out-of-sorts-sorting-it-out/
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Easter Prep
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Isolation baking
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THIS TIME…oh Rocket ship climber!
https://theamyrudder.blogspot.com/2020/03/rocket-ship-good-bye.html
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a short and recently inspired history of searching…
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When I have time on my hands I like to bake.
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Since the family birthday party is a tradition, we celebrated virtually. It was one to remember. https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-birthday-party-to-remembersolsc-26.html
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An email and a Newsletter article made my day!
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We have removed ourselves to tiny bubbles of safety, but one day we will bust out!
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A rewrite from my dog’s perspective
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Signs of Spring bring hope.
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A rewrite from my dog’s perspective
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Yesterday was a little better as I settle into working from home: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2020/03/solsc-20-day-twenty-six-this-work-from.html
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Courage is strength and a choice http://www.literacyonthemind.com/2020/03/courage-is-strength-and-choice.html
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Fitter or Fatter
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What morning has become
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What I’ve learned in 3 weeks of quarantine
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Google Meet…
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Alternate slice titles via Carly Rae Jepsen and Jack London, respectively: Conference call me maybe or Conference call of the wild https://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2020/03/where-im-calling-from-326-sol20-story.html
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Why not?
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Talking about the pandemic brings back a memory about when my brother was born.
https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2020/03/sol29-day-26-your-mom-is-having-baby.html
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Mercy and comfort, well maybe not
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I can laugh now, but…
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Yesterday I finally felt like I was doing “something” and it felt so good. http://litcoachlady.com/2020/03/26/sol20-day-26-Doing-Something
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Trying to document this challenging time
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The Bright Spots
http://icarrysunshine.weebly.com/blog/the-bright-spots
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Mem Fox continues to inspire – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2020/03/25/loves-and-loathings/
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In search of comfort reads: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2020/03/26/iso-comfort-reads-slice-of-life-26-31-sol20/
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It’s Thursday, so it’s time for “This Photo Wants to be a Poem.” Another great photo by Molly Hogan: https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2020/03/26/this-photo-wants-to-be-a-poem-6/
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And now for some comic relief….I reveal an episode from my past in which I do NOT appear at my finest.
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Storytellng with a teenager…a memory or a memory…https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2020/03/25/stop-me-if-ive-told-you-this/
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A small Maine vacation in Camden this summer.
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Yesterday I woke up singing the Zoom song, today this poem was swirling in my head.
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Internet trouble last night, so here’s yesterdays post. Even the internet trouble couldn’t shake my mood.
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Desperately grabbing at the dissipating trails of my dream…
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Random Thoughts on a Thursday…
https://sunshineovergreyskies.blogspot.com/2020/03/random-thoughts-on-thursday-morning.html
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Details. What were the expectations for that job. Continued reflections on a second work study job . . . this one with some student interaction.
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Under the lights, sometimes magic happens
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Writing tonight was a challenge. But sometimes, not often, writing doesn’t win.
https://www.allaboutwriters.com/post/and-the-winner-is
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Kindness is still happening…
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This morning I tried to have my regular routine. What’s regular, though?
https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2020/03/slice-of-life-2020-26-of-31-morning.html
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Slice of Life/SmallPoems Day 26 (lost towns)
https://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2020/03/26/slice-of-life-smallpoems-day-26-lost-towns/
Kevin
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my computer and tech skills are growing!
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A final winter adventure?
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I committed a faux pas as a writing teacher — of my daughter — the other day. I’ve taken steps to fix my actions.
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The cancellation of the church Easter drama reminds me of the year we first tried to do it. Kind of hard for the show to go on with no Jesus … but then …
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We are under a state-wide shelter-at-home order, so I write a serie of haiku about our home. “Haiku Home”
https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2020/03/haiku-home-sol20-day-2631.html?m=1
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Wonderful thoughts: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/wonderful-thoughts/
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Six word Memoirs – a set of six
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