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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. 🙂
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:
TWO WRITING TEACHERS 
The quote by Ernest Hemingway is very good.
https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/everyday-moments-sol-2020-22/
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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/
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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/
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I reflected on my day with this slice.
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/5254/
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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
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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
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Happy to try new things.
https://pelicansandprose.com/2020/08/11/august-11-2020/
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Just a few summer mornings are left… http://createaliterateclassroom.com/slice-of-life-challenge-2-a-summer-morning/
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This poem came from a sudden feeling of nostalgia.
https://justgiftslife.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/reminiscing/
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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/
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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/
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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
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Thankful to work with people who make time for caterpillars…
https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2020/08/11/making-time-for-caterpillars/
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Mysteries in the night
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2020/08/i-do-not-fully-understand.html
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some thoughts on the anxiety of school reopening in 2020 and on the future
https://voiceoftheuntethered.weebly.com/blog/five-alarm
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I wrote about passion along with my painting and haiku.
https://miyagi-sensei-teaching-journey.weebly.com/blog/passion-in-painting
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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/
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Hello Slicers!
Here’s my story for today – a conversation with my son.
http://elisawaingort.com/2020/08/11/change-the-channel-take-2/
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Pumpkinheads and Signposts: https://teachingwithmrsclark.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/pumpkinheads-and-signposts/
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I’m feeling anxious so I needed to search for meaning: https://reflectingonrecreation.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/anticipation-and-imagination/
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Seeing a random folding chair in the woods has me thinking about life lessons
https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/the-folding-chair/
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My cycle of thought right now is both productive and unproductive.
https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2020/08/cycling-thoughts.html
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“Success is counted sweetest” https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/emily-and-me/
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My reading life has changed during the pandemic.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/18080/
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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/
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My life set to music – a list.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/let-the-music-play/
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Care Package: a slice of gratitude today https://amyellerman.blog/2020/08/11/care-package/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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Everybody knows your name…
https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/everybody-knows-your-name/
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In which my yard yields some welcome…
https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2020/08/11/drama/
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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/
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What will hold me up will it all feels like its caving in…
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/meditation-sol20/
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We all need some lovin – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/love-first/
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An August unlike any other…
https://amyilene.home.blog/2020/08/11/root-down-to-rise-up
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An August unlike any other…
https://amyilene.home.blog/2020/08/11/root-down-to-rise-up/
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Growing older together. https://whatinotice.home.blog/2020/08/11/aging/
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Not feeling ready for school
https://lannyball.com/2020/08/11/solsc-8-11-20/
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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
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A day in the life of Summer 2020: https://kathleenneaglesokolowski.weebly.com/courage-doesnt-always-roar–blog/summer-day-in-2020-sol20
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A recipe you may know
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/recipe-for-too-tired/
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Letting go and being thankful. End of summer.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2020/08/letting-go-and-being-thankful.html
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Sunrise
https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/sunrise/
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A Covid-19 Teeth Cleaning
https://twowritingteachers.org/2020/08/11/tuesday-slice-of-life-story-challenge-35/
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right link for Denise’s SOL: https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2020/08/11/covid-19-teeth-cleaning/
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Thank you, Terje! How did I manage that?
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My pandemic partner: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/pandemic-partner/
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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
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A minor mystery that continues… the missing sandal. https://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-mystery-of-missing-shoe.html
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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
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“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/
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