
Welcome to our weekly writing challenge! I’m delighted you’re here to link up your slice of life story!
As you may have noticed in Betsy Hubbard’s prize reveal post, we’re giving away prizes to SOLSC participants throughout the month of March. The first prizes will go to five people who have intentionally and effectively expanded this writing community. Anyone who has recruited someone to join the 14th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge will be eligible for these prizes, which are donated by Heinemann. (Look for the form to fill out on March 2nd.)
The 14th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge will begin in less than one week! Please read through these announcements prior to leaving the link to your slice of life story.
Announcements:
- The participant information form for the March SOLSC went live on January 29th. CLICK HERE if you’re planning to participate in the March Challenge, but haven’t filled it out yet since we’re asking participants to complete this form no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, March 1st, 2021. This form will close on the morning of Tuesday, March 2nd. In keeping with the spirit of a month-long challenge, it is important to participate fully all thirty-one days.
- More importantly, we want all new Slicers to be partnered up with a Welcome Wagon volunteer by March 2nd. Closing down the participant information form at the end of the first day of the March Challenge means that we won’t be pairing people up for a week.
- If you have a friend, family member, or colleague who is planning to participate in the SOLSC for the first time, then please make sure they fill out the Participant Information Form between now and March 1st.
- Many potential new Slicers dip their toe into the water on Tuesdays in February.
- If you’re a first-time Slicer, please make note of that when you leave the permalink to your blog post.
- If you’re a longtime Slicer, please make an effort to commenting on at least one new blogger’s post today. If you don’t see anyone new when you link up, then click on someone’s link who is new to you!
- Do you have a need for some Slicer swag before March begins? Stop by and visit our Cafepress store. You can purchase T-shirts, keychains, tote bags, and more while doing a good deed since all of the profits from our store go to the Pajama Program!
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That feeling when you’re about to fall asleep and you realize that Monday is March and that means the start of the Slice of Life Story Challenge!!
https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/yes-totally-fine/
Why did I click on that google form? A grateful reflection.
https://timteach.com/2021/02/23/the-google-form-a-reflection/
Trying to relax after a long day of packing for my mid-March move, a story finally evolved. https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-story-evolves.html (Since I will drive to Virginia tomorrow, I will read slices tomorrow night.)
Signs of brighter & warmer weather.
https://thesassymightymissb.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/tiny-sprouts-of-hope/
Would I do it all again? 🙂
https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2021/02/23/if-you-could-do-it-over/
Tag, you’re it! I’m passing this Thought Challenge onto the next reader… (Of course you can feel free to skip it. This isn’t one of those icky chain letters!)
https://writingandlaughing.com/2021/02/23/a-perspective-shift/
I started teaching a fourth grade math class this week . . . and I’m exhausted, but also in love. Here I write about asking them a question today – and their amazing responses.
https://onathought.com/2021/02/23/a-slice-of-leadership/
Is Spring knocking on your door?
https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/bobbin-robin/
My next One Little Word (I knew the first wouldn’t last me)… https://edsoapbox.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/slice-of-life-tuesday-another-little-word/
A very short post about our latest house project –
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2021/02/cabinet-fever.html
See you on Monday for the March blogging challenge!
Any others out there who love a good dish towel?
https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2021/02/swedish-dishcloths.html
A breath of joy straight from the source…
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/pivot-olw-check-in-sol21/
How Can I Help You?
https://teacherreaderwriter.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-can-i-help-you.html
A five sentence story about my day.
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/five-sentences-about-the-day-sol21/
Is someone listening? Something very troubling…
http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2021/02/is-someone-listening-sol21.html
Hello Slicers!
Here’s my slice for today.
It started in a particular spot and then veered in unexpected ways.
That’s what writing does, isn’t it?
https://elisawaingort.com/2021/02/24/being-true-to-myself/
A little musing reflecting on the Texas snowmageddon.
https://nerdsbegetnerds.org/2021/02/23/385/
Today I am writing about the struggle I have recently had with letting go of something that is not serving me anymore. http://www.mrspayanreads.com/slice-of-life-enough/
Hello! It’s been awhile since I participated in SOL and with the challenge coming up, I thought I’d do a warm-up this week (I suppose in some cases this is quite literally a warm-up).
https://bibliobardblogger.blogspot.com/2021/02/emerging-from-blanket.html
I love conferences, especially one that is global, entirely virtual, and completely free. Join me for RootsTech Connect 2021. The website goes live on Wednesday evening. That’s when you can create your personalized playlist for sessions you want to attend.
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2021/02/sol-anticipating-roots-tech.html
There is this person who works at my school….https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/slice-of-life-she-likes-me-so-much/
My first slice ever! Saying goodbye to a life long home is hard
https://karameadows220438969.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/aunt-maureens-home/
About weather and writing.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2021/02/ice-rain.html
Nature is incredible for many reasons, the least of which is not its ability to overcome adversity. https://timgels.com/2021/02/23/nature-usually-wins/
There’s a connection for me between Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali), Doting on my Dad and Literacy Love – it’s a reminder of the ethereal power of putting pen to paper as writer or reader. Click here to dive into the experience that led me to finish this book last night in one sitting https://carlambrown.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/cassius-clay-dad-doting-literacy-love/. Happy Reading ~Carla Michelle
I’m trying on a different word each month this year. For February, always a challenge, I chose a word that has me deliberately slowing down. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2021/02/23/february/
Moving and a sigh of relief! We are outside!
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/moving-and-a-sigh-of-relief-we-are-outside/
Forgiving others to make peace with yourself.
https://ritadicarne.com/2021/02/23/forgiveness/
With mouths covered for most of the day, I am learning to read people’s eyes. But, sometimes I need to think of them in the time before. https://reflectingonrecreation.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/masks-sol2021/
I think I can…..write every day in March…
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2021/02/sol21-february-23-stagnant-with.html
A diary of a week of Texas winter woes: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2021/02/tuesday-slice-despite-thaw-winter-woes.html
Cross Country Skiing on a Frozen Lake! Is it in your comfort zone?
https://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2021/02/23/slice-of-life-tuesday-a-good-sport-on-the-trail/
Peace and quiet – (it was short-lived)
https://terierrol.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/peace-and-quiet/
A little drama the day of my first COVID shot
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/heroes-come-in-all-forms/
Surviving CovId
https://myfrontporchsitaspell.blogspot.com/
Hi Mona! Would you please post the permalink to your post like this: https://myfrontporchsitaspell.blogspot.com/2021/02/covid-peace-o-mind.html.
Thanks!
My Frosty the snowman saga lives on this week. Pandemic fun ensued!
https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/where-we-bid-frosty-adieu/
My love notes were written to objects like the car heater, to the blankets, to the headlamp, to the gas stove; they were also written to my 18 month old, my husband, my mom. It is amazing how intentionally writing gratitude or seeking joy can change your perspective, especially during challenging times.
https://multifacetedmusings.com/2021/02/23/slice-of-life-texas-snowpocalypse/
First-time slicer ready to start another journey into blogging as I share my SOL in the ’21 challenge! This time I’m not blogging as an undergraduate, I’m blogging as a first-time teacher! Join me on my journey that started in 2020 in my blog – “A New Teacher’s Testimony.” https://anewteacherstestimony.blogspot.com/
Welcome to the challenge! Can you please post the permalink to your post like this:
https://anewteacherstestimony.blogspot.com/2021/02/welcome-to-new-teachers-testimony-solsc.html.
Sometimes what you see is not what you expect to see.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/a-patch-of-green/
Progress? How much time, energy, and effort will it take?
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/sol21-prelude/
How an old teacher influences my teaching practice today.
https://djvichos.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/mickey/
I thought I could get those writers going…until I couldn’t! https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2021/02/slice-of-life-trying-to-teach-through.html
Happy birthday…
https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/happy-birthday-2/
Today was a reminder that technology doesn’t always make things faster!
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2021/02/22/penandpaper
I was thinking about walks this week, and that got me thinking about a walk I didn’t take.
https://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/2021/02/slice-of-life-tuesday-walk-not-taken.html
Pivoting again- I am sure you can relate!
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/pivot-again/
Giving up a lot of scrolling time for Lent…..https://kathleenneaglesokolowski.weebly.com/courage-doesnt-always-roar–blog/sol21-40-days-and-40-nights-of-less-social-media
Learning from a vacation in quarantine – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2021/02/21/a-vacation-in-quarantine/comment-page-1/#comment-2179
Slice of Life: Audio Postcard Update
https://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2021/02/23/slice-of-life-audio-postcard-update/
Kevin
Celebrating kids: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2021/02/21/celebrate-the-kids/
Preparing for March and finding myself on the edge of a precarious cliff…
https://amyilene.home.blog/2021/02/23/writing-territories/
nothing like looking at people, face to face, right in the eye…
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/candee-surprise/
An unexpected appearance among the winter ruins; a bit of colorful symbolism:
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2021/02/22/periwinkle/
Lent is here again. Reflections on the lenties Lent I have ever lented.
http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-lentiest-lent-i-ever-lented.html
Have you noticed the prominence of candles in the new administration? “Ways to Light a Candle” https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2021/02/ways-to-light-candle-sol21.html?m=1