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I’ve always loved looking at green treetops agains the clear blue sky. When I read the above quote in Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book, Textbook: Not Quite a Memoir, I had a sense that Amy and I would be (in the words of Anne Shirley) “kindred spirits.” I cannot see a green treetop against a blue sky anymore without stopping to think of Amy and all she shared in her too-brief life. How amazing that the words we write can resonate in someone else’s heart and reveal their truth too? How spectacular that our words can live on after we are no longer on this earth, inspiring and touching others we never met?
What are you stopping to notice today? What stories might be found in moments that roll by too quickly? What is a truth you can reveal?
Here is a good place to share and now is the right time to do it. Happy Slice of Life Tuesday!
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Blogging grumpily tonight! So many topics, so little time! 🙂
http://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2020/07/07/dont-put-too-much-work-into-this-sol20/
Inspired by my 4th grade heroes – https://www.marinarodz.com/slice-of-life/ordinary-heroes
Enjoying the beauty around me while traveling the country roads.
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/relaxing-country-roads-sol20/
76 books saved us!
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2020/07/sol52-stories-2552-library-services.html
Today’s Slice of Life writing comes from inspiration I had while driving south to see my sister and her family. It can be dull, but sometimes you drive through little gems like the one I did — I didn’t stop because there wasn’t really a place TO stop — but I knew I had to capture it in writing if nothing else:
https://ejohnson.school.blog/2020/07/07/a-forgotten-town/
An activity at the Long Island Writing Project helped me think about connections and an idea for September…https://kathleenneaglesokolowski.weebly.com/courage-doesnt-always-roar–blog/sol20-connections
How nature teaches me about fear –
http://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2020/07/fear-in-nature.html
When my older son got sick, his friend stuck around despite some very real fears. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2020/07/07/overheated/
Learning and unlearning is a journey. https://seasonsofmccormick.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/to-do-better/
Sometimes Facebook has interesting stuff! Here is a short read on a couple of idioms.
https://www.katinawrites.net/blog/idioms
Hello friends,
Here’s my blog post for today. It’s about social media, a topic I tend to write about at least once a year or more. Happy Tuesday.
http://elisawaingort.com/2020/07/07/social-media-review/
In a topsy turvy world, I cherish my morning walks…that are happening earlier and earlier.
https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/morning-walk-2/
Sometimes when you choose to write about an object, you learn something about yourself.
https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2020/07/07/old-chairs/
Full House! Kids are home together, and eternal bliss. . . . or is it??
https://myfrontporchsitaspell.blogspot.com
Hi Morna,
I tried to check out your blog, but got this message.
“This blog is open to invited readers only
http://myfrontporchsitaspell.blogspot.com/
It doesn’t look like you have been invited to read this blog. If you think this is a mistake, you might want to contact the blog author and request an invitation.”
Let us know once your blog is public. Thanks!
My best,
Stacey
Morna, I tied to read your post also and got the same message as Stacey …
It’s hard to face the truth in black and white. https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/the-best-laid-plans/
Sometimes it all comes together, sometimes it doesn’t and that’s alright….
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/the-good-the-perfect-the-right-now-sol20/
A poem…
https://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2020/07/05/magic/
A litany poem on the year so far and the question of the day: When will we return to school – to life – as it was?
In so many ways – we can’t.
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2020/07/07/we-cant-go-back/
A little rant after seeing a Facebook post.
https://sararoyston.com/index.php/2020/07/07/what-if-i-dont-want-things-to-go-back-to-normal/
My long time story in monarch conservation hits a bump this year.
https://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2020/07/07/slice-of-life-mid-summer-monarch-report/
What happens when someone doesn’t like your flag display? “Symbolic Speech: A Flag Story” https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2020/07/symbolic-speech-flag-story-sol2020.html?m=1
Between reading the book “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and watching the grieving family of soldier #VanessaGuillen, emotions were stirred. This is a letter para mis hijas about the relationship between the World and women. https://writingychisme.weebly.com/home/between-the-world-and-women
I figure my “fun age” is 10. How about you?
https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2020/07/07/my-idea-of-fun/
When you can’t think of anything to write a list always comes in handy.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/a-list/
Some thoughts about my greying hair.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/going-grey/
Feeling hopeful in the wake of a visit to a small town art exhibit
https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2020/07/07/a-seed-of-hope/
Figured I’d keep with the tree theme: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2020/07/tuesday-slice-tree-in-our-house.html
In the quiet moments of my #QuaratineLife, I drift away time writing poetry. Today’s thoughts are centered around a pandemic poem I wrote and turned into a video poem here https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2020/07/we-need-pandemic-poem-video.html.
Reflecting on 2 chairs I sit in at home, inspired by Isolation Jounrals #97
https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/chairs/
https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/slice-of-life-a-moms-life/
Nobody can make up their mind around here.
Thinking about compelling keynote speeches . . . What do they have in common?
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/sol20-keynote-speeches/
My special wind chimes are speaking to me…
https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/chiming-in/
Hair has become an issue. Here’s how we’re dealing with it in my house. https://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2020/07/pandemic-hair.html
Beach sleepover…
https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/beach-sleepover/
Grateful
https://dianedou.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/grateful/
What is firing you up? And a BIG ANNOUCEMENT!
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/fire-sol20/
A memory from a long-ago 4th that seemed relevant today…https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/glory/
One of my students created a video for the Scholastic My History Project: https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2020/07/07/slice-of-life-my-history-project/
I watched Hamilton this weekend and it left me thinking about learning….
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2020/07/viewing-and-thinking-about-hamilton.html
When your little one reminds you to find joy in the little things.https://whatinotice.home.blog/2020/07/07/simple-things/
It’s neat to see how this Two Writing Teachers blogpost also involves a tree. I love coincidence. https://timgels.com/2020/07/07/knock-knock-its-a-persimmon/
Stopping to notice…
https://sunshineovergreyskies.blogspot.com/2020/07/stopping-to-notice.html
Celebrating another of our family rituals-the daily walk – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/walking-together/
Taking time to notice my lavender plants today: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/lavender/
Those are great questions, Kathleen. I’ll be thinking about them today.
My slice is about siblings who fight and makeup , then fight and makeup.
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/the-things-siblings-say-to-each-other-sol20/
She complained about the yearbook, and she was right. https://reflectingonrecreation.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/the-work-and-auditing-a-yearbook/
A Reminder to Me
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/a-reminder-to-me-not-to-prejudge/
Fireworks on the Fourth
https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/fireworks-on-the-fourth/
I didn’t want to write, but I did…
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/what-i-saw/
I enjoyed my trip to a gardening centre even though I am the opposite of a green thumb.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2020/07/you-dont-have-to-be-expert-to-enjoy.html