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The quote by Ernest Hemingway is very good.
https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/everyday-moments-sol-2020-22/
Good grief, I spent most of yesterday looking for the Slice of Life post and was really disappointed that I never found it. Today, my wife pointed out that TODAY was Tuesday. Good grief!
Anyway, a blog about our fair season, Covid-style. 🙂
http://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2020/08/10/fairs-covid-style-sol20/
Nearly missed for a second week in a row because, well, I’ve been in my Myers-Briggs hell. Hee hee hee. This one is for everyone who can’t quite remember what their personality type is.
https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2020/08/11/myers-briggs-personality/
I reflected on my day with this slice.
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/5254/
Granny had two favorite obsessions. I may have inherited one, although it’s arrived late in life.
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2020/08/sol-52stories-3252-granny-memories.html
Are you thinking about which slices from your life you will share at the beginning of the year? How will you connect through story in this new school year? http://www.clarelandrigan.com/blog/in-a-time-of-distance-learning-we-must-remember-story-connects-us-sol20-twtblog
Happy to try new things.
https://pelicansandprose.com/2020/08/11/august-11-2020/
Just a few summer mornings are left… http://createaliterateclassroom.com/slice-of-life-challenge-2-a-summer-morning/
This poem came from a sudden feeling of nostalgia.
https://justgiftslife.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/reminiscing/
Better late than never! Late day visit to the lake awakens my senses and gets me noticing my surroundings. https://mrspalmerponders.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/happy-hour/
On Tuesdays, I am trying to stay with a true “slice” regarding life at the moment. Today, we are experiencing a taste of an empty nest! http://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2020/08/11/life-transitions-again/
I haven’t blogged in a while, but I decided to show up again as a writer. Today I am reflecting a bit about changes from this past year: http://trinarrative.blogspot.com/2020/08/slice-of-life-challenge-navagating.html
Thankful to work with people who make time for caterpillars…
https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2020/08/11/making-time-for-caterpillars/
Mysteries in the night
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2020/08/i-do-not-fully-understand.html
some thoughts on the anxiety of school reopening in 2020 and on the future
https://voiceoftheuntethered.weebly.com/blog/five-alarm
I wrote about passion along with my painting and haiku.
https://miyagi-sensei-teaching-journey.weebly.com/blog/passion-in-painting
I’ve decided to enjoy every last minute of my summer and not write about my worries about school starting up again! https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/slice-of-life-mermaid-life/
Hello Slicers!
Here’s my story for today – a conversation with my son.
http://elisawaingort.com/2020/08/11/change-the-channel-take-2/
Pumpkinheads and Signposts: https://teachingwithmrsclark.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/pumpkinheads-and-signposts/
I’m feeling anxious so I needed to search for meaning: https://reflectingonrecreation.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/anticipation-and-imagination/
Seeing a random folding chair in the woods has me thinking about life lessons
https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/the-folding-chair/
My cycle of thought right now is both productive and unproductive.
https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2020/08/cycling-thoughts.html
“Success is counted sweetest” https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/emily-and-me/
My reading life has changed during the pandemic.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/18080/
Having read and loved the TWT August blog series, and all things in our current state of existence considered, I’ve been reflecting a lot on “community.” I returned to a piece I wrote two years ago, which in turn inspired an attempt (-operative word!) at a double acrostic:
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2020/08/11/on-community/
My life set to music – a list.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/let-the-music-play/
Care Package: a slice of gratitude today https://amyellerman.blog/2020/08/11/care-package/
I can’t stop worrying about school starting in a couple of weeks, so I decided to write about cats to take my mind off of it! https://thedirigibleplum.com/2020/08/11/paco-seamus-sasha-mojo-lincoln-sweet-potato-slice-of-life-sol20/
A routine task in the back yard turned into so much more with the sighting of a single bird. https://timgels.com/2020/08/11/yellow-on-yellow/
What is your back to school ritual? You may need a new one this year…
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/create-an-awesome-ritual/
A wwriting exercise I did during a PD I recommend – info found at end of my slice:
https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/my-inner-child/
Everybody knows your name…
https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/everybody-knows-your-name/
In which my yard yields some welcome…
https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2020/08/11/drama/
So many questions. Some google can answer. Some may be best left as a source of discussion . . .
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/sol20-fruit-or-vegetable/
What will hold me up will it all feels like its caving in…
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/meditation-sol20/
We all need some lovin – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/love-first/
An August unlike any other…
https://amyilene.home.blog/2020/08/11/root-down-to-rise-up
An August unlike any other…
https://amyilene.home.blog/2020/08/11/root-down-to-rise-up/
Growing older together. https://whatinotice.home.blog/2020/08/11/aging/
Not feeling ready for school
https://lannyball.com/2020/08/11/solsc-8-11-20/
A hodge-podge of thoughts today, one week into my school year. https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2020/08/tuesday-slice-back-to-school-musings.html
A day in the life of Summer 2020: https://kathleenneaglesokolowski.weebly.com/courage-doesnt-always-roar–blog/summer-day-in-2020-sol20
A recipe you may know
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/recipe-for-too-tired/
Letting go and being thankful. End of summer.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2020/08/letting-go-and-being-thankful.html
Sunrise
https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/sunrise/
A Covid-19 Teeth Cleaning
https://twowritingteachers.org/2020/08/11/tuesday-slice-of-life-story-challenge-35/
right link for Denise’s SOL: https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2020/08/11/covid-19-teeth-cleaning/
Thank you, Terje! How did I manage that?
My pandemic partner: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/pandemic-partner/
A found poem from a book I’m reading- the words just came off the pages and flowed into the poem.
https://wp.me/p2fY1t-1oF
A minor mystery that continues… the missing sandal. https://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-mystery-of-missing-shoe.html
Thinking back on a pleasant summer afternoon at the Long Island Sound, I wrote a new poem of my afternoon using a mentor text. https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2020/08/summer-afternoon-by-sound.html
“Virtual school rules” have been crowding my brain for the past couple of days so I felt compelled to write about them… and to offer an alternative.
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/this-not-that/