Today is the twelfth day of the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BE INSPIRED
Laura Mazer from the blog Mazerly Musings wrote a post about a sweet exchange. In the post, On Keeping Life Sweet, she shared some sage advice from her seven-year-old.
QUESTIONS
Please email us if you have questions rather than leaving them in the comments below. You may direct specific questions to the appropriate co-author.
SOLSC (for individuals):
- If your last name begins with A-F, email Betsy Hubbard at betsymhubbard[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with G-K, email Jenna Komarin at Jennakomarin[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with L-P, email Lainie Levin at lainlev72[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with Q-U, email Stacey Shubitz at stacey[at]staceyshubitz.com.
- If your last name begins with V-Z, email Sarah Valter at sarahvalterreads[at]gmail.com.
Classroom SOLSC (for classrooms and students under age 18 with an adult sponsor):
- If your last name begins with A-L, email Leah Koch at Leah.koch7[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with M-Z, email Melanie Meehan at meehanmelanie[at]gmail.com.
2nd year slicer#Missing my father-https://www.nfkhalid.com/post/sol-day-12-not-strong-enough
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I had to get out of denial about the state of my eyesight – https://theakilahbrown.com/glasses-part-ii-sol24/
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Today I was thinking about my outdoor cats.
Musings of an Ordinary Person in Recovery: My Farm Cats (randomthoughtsofagratefuladdict.blogspot.com)
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Fewer words… harder story… i Miss You Haiku – Dr. Carla Michelle Brown * Speaker * author * Educator (wordpress.com)
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Fullness of mind, body, and spirit. https://dontbotherortizme.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/fullness/
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Remembering a moment a month ago when I was pretty sad.https://wakeupandwrite.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/3-12-24/
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I really love my bathroom. https://tangledtreetops.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/the-perfect-bathroom/
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One more iron in the fire. Never a dull moment over here! https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/collective-action/
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Dinner with colleagues and vegan sushi: http://readerteacherwriter.weebly.com/blog/outside-the-comfort-zone
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Do you enjoy a shopping spree with friends? Read on:
https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-11-solsc-lets-go-shopping.html
Day 12 Slice of Life
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Sometimes a stressful day ends with some unexpected quiet. https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/alone-unexpectedly/
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Haiku to the rescue! It was a long day, I just arrived home from work. https://elintervencionista.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/day-12-haiku-to-the-rescue-2024sol-solsc/
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I’m barely submitting this one before the deadline. I can just hear my dad now saying “Get to bed, Laura!” https://mazerlymusings.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/im-up-too-late-but/
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Sometimes you need a nudge to relax and have fun. Our day in Waco: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2024/03/solsc-24-day-twelve-dozen-other-things.html
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Contemplating sameness. #photography #teaching #tree https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2024/03/12/significance-of-the-seemingly-ordinary-sol24-day-12/
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A more of/less of chart – which is really a note to myself!
https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2024/03/more-ofless-of.html
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First time visit after moving away 8 months ago
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2024/03/sol-1231-have-to-stops-in-my-old.html
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Hitting the Wall: https://athousandfibersblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/hitting-the-wall-day-12-sol24/
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There is Rosemary, that’s for remembrance, Pray you, love, remember. ~Shakespeare
Today I remember someone that only sometimes comes to me in my dreams. https://karyninthekitchen.com/2024/03/12/12sol24-remembrance/
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Trees – https://teacherreaderwriter.blogspot.com/2024/03/trees-march-12-2024-solsc24.html
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This one melted me today. 🥹 https://writingandlaughing.com/2024/03/12/when-our-words-stick-sol24-day-12-31/
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Ice Cream happy https://justjustine5.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/ice-cream/
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Things that gave me joy today…
https://thoughtsandmusingsfromheidi.blogspot.com/2024/03/joy.html
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A late night story about a creepy airport https://anavpatton.org/2024/03/12/where-are-we/
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It’s been a day.(a year, half of a career… wait now I’m starting a new poem… will have to jot that down somewhere.) Here’s some vague but very specific questions for people who have ever been teachers. http://onathought.com/2024/03/12/questions-for-you-if-youve-ever-been-a-teacher/
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I’m admitting my mess today. #adultingishard https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/this-is-why-i-shouldnt-live-alone/
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https://joanne.rayches.com/2024/03/13/digging-deeper-to-let-go-of-energies-that-are-not-high-enough/
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They’re not mayflies. https://nerdsbegetnerds.org/2024/03/12/crane-flies/
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Little Did I Know. https://blogginbecky12.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/little-did-i-know/
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Today I learned how to make a sling similar to the kind David used to kill Goliath. https://patriciajhollowaystudio.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/slice-of-life-2024-12/
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Perfect day!
https://www.larkinmeehan.com/posts/2024/3/12/march-12-pickle-weather
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I took my kids to the dentist today and got an unexpected reminder to enjoy the stage we’re in. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2024/03/12/at-the-dentist-sol24-12-31/
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Read alouds work! https://readingteacherwrites.com/2024/03/12/slice-of-life-march-challenge-day-12/
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just pushing through the week …http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2024/03/push-through.html
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just pushing through the week …http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2024/03/push-through.html
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It was a forgetful Tuesday https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/forgetful-solsc-2024-day-12-2/
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Here’s a family photo that reveals so much of family dynamics.
http://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2024/03/solscmarch-13-family-photo.html
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Lovehttps://joanne.rayches.com/2024/03/13/love/
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Meeting up with a friend https://ritadicarne.com/2024/03/12/dine-and-dish/
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Elementary school memorieshttps://joanne.rayches.com/2024/03/13/climbing-the-ropes/
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My GMa https://tellrebecca26.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/my-gma/
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Instrumental https://tkslibrarian.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/instrumental/
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I love daffodils: https://wp.me/s2fY1t-haiku
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My little shadows… their love is unconditional https://teacherswrite.com/2024/03/12/my-little-shadows/
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One way I can’t help. https://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2024/03/can-i-get-more-work-to-make-up-for-work.html
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I am fairly sure the contents of my suitcase are different to yours! Check it out… A Time to Pack…Again! – A Time To Write (wordpress.com)
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Spring break seems to leave me scurrying to write, so I rely on six word stories accompanied by pictures: http://brittescribe.com/2024/03/12/solsc24-12-spring-break-fun/
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Optimists Club: https://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-devil-you-dont-know.html
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I remember mustering all of my courage to send you that letter. https://lisakeelerblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/i-remember-eleven-sol24
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Have you done your neighborhood spring roll call? https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/spring-roll-call-sol24/
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Snippet of an afternoon visit: https://pelicansandprose.com/2024/03/12/afternoon-conversation/
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“I think it’s something you get when you’re old at a restaurant.” https://limitlyssthoughts.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/80/
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Never have I ever…https://camashmorr.blogspot.com/2024/03/never-have-i-eversolsc-sol24.html
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A deep breath kind of day healed by some nature. https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2024/03/slice-peration-day-12.html
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My daughter’s wedding dress fitting https://bloggedbutunspoken.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/the-fitting-that-i-missed/
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A really bad slice today…however, that’s what this process is all about. Making a bad metaphor about my two kids and their constant need to play Clue the board game and growing up. https://heidiallum.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/clue/
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Post number 600-I can’t believe it!https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/post-600-sol23/
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Reading aloud. https://mrfornalesblog.com/2024/03/12/reading-aloud/
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I think a metaphor found me….maybe? https://livingworkshopwithspitzer.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/a-small-spotlight/
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Where I give you options, and try to live in the right now. A work in progress, for sure https://mccoytmh.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/wait-less-12-31-solsc-sol24/
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Whirlwind of a month already with my germy little students.
https://ahombsch.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/petri-dishes/
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Has your relationship with food changed in the last few years? https://chatsfromchile.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/the-nyt-cooking-app/
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What do you do with writing about reading in your classroom? I would love to hear your thougts on this topic. http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2024/03/writing-about-reading-1231.html
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cheers to 35 http://teacherswrite.com/2024/03/12/adulting/
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What am I forgetting? https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/practicing-being-proactive-aka-take-your-own-parts-store-with-you/
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I think my turn signal is speaking to me! https://kimlwhitmore.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/my-turn-signal-knows/
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O thou fruitful, fair-faced welsh cheese, didst thou teach Shakespearean compliments and insults to thy fifth graders again? https://edsoapbox.com/2024/03/12/slice-of-life-day-12-prithee/
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The 1,000th post and our 30th anniversary are happening today! 🙂 https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2024/03/12/1000-posts-plus-30-years/
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I was robbed. https://jwinkler724.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/i-was-robbed/
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A fellow Slicer inspired my thoughts for today. https://wp.me/p8fJme-ZW
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Dark side rises so I must write: https://sittingbehindtheeightball.blog/2024/03/12/when-my-dark-side-rises/
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Say yes! https://thebamcamblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/day-12-march-12-2024/
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giving (and receiving) help with Legos: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/solc24-12-expertise/
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Thinking about one of my favorite lunches today https://amymarcre.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/day-12-pupusas/
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I had a chance to watch a co-taught history class today. How often do you get to watch expert teachers do their thing? http://wowilkinson.weebly.com/blog/teacher-labs
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Why do so many people think an app can replace a teacher? https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/slice-of-app-life/
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Take a minute to watch a colleague teach http://wowilkinson.weebly.com/blog/teacher-labs
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Although this is fiction, this is bound to happen in my near future and I’m trying to learn from Ursula Le Guin. https://reflectingonrecreation.com/2024/03/12/steering-the-craft-11-31-sol2024/
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A spring teaching poem (sorry my comments have been tough to do!) https://cazeria.blogspot.com/2024/03/solc-day-12-spring-teaching-poem.html
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Having some fun with first lines for my nonexistent autobiography. https://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2024/03/first-sentence-of-my-autobiography.html
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Sometimes you’re jolted back to the moment https://getupeight.home.blog/2024/03/12/there-are-some-things-that-we-do-not-expect/
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Rewriting a slice in a new genre: https://leahkochtwt.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/a-spring-surprise-fantasy-edition/
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Writing about what I don’t want to write about https://learnwithvivian.com/2024/03/12/jinxed/
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Before that…https://musingmillennial93.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/before-that/
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When was your last train ride? https://mschiubookawrites.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/stations-of-life/
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Old Lady Gardener #94 Hard Questions https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/olg-old-lady-gardener-94-hard-questions/
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Allergies or a cold? I don’t know but I am sure sick of coughing https://huizarc.edublogs.org/2024/03/12/coughing-hacking/
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Allergies or a cold? I don’t know but I am sure sick of coughing https://huizarc.edublogs.org/2024/03/12/coughing-hacking/
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The shock of a Gullah cemetery, in the midst of commercial development https://maureenyoungingram.com/sol24-12-cemetery/
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Tammy’s Tuesday Trio https://writertammye.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/tammys-trio-solc24-day12/
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Poem about the quiet beauty of the Lenten Rose. https://wordancerblog.com/march-sol-poems-for-spring/
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thoughts and prayers https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/if-youre-seeing-this-and
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Hi Ryan!
Would you be able to open up your commenting settings? I was unable to leave a comment unless I had a profile.
In the meantime, I hope your nephew has a quick and complete recovery.
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Of course…I’m just not sure how to. Is that something I do in substack? Because I thought I allowed for comments. Sorry, not good at this kind of stuff. Thank you for the well-wishes.
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Gotta love a good puzzle… https://changethewords.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/nyt-app-we-love-you-solc24/
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A Moon wink…a haiku inspired by the beautiful sliver of our moon last nighthttp://doodadsanddoodles.blog/2024/03/12/a-moon-wink-day-12-solsc/
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About the pain we experience. Day 12 of March SOLSC #SOL24 – Mukhamani (wordpress.com)
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Tranquilty in the backyard- or not. . .
https://myfrontporchsitaspell.blogspot.com/2024/03/backyard-bully.html
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This writing habit is adding up; this morning I really felt like a writer https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2024/03/12/the-writers-life/
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A short pose since we are going out today: On The Go | arjeha (wordpress.com)
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Words that can’t be written. Things that can’t be shared. https://berries781.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/words-that-cant-be-written/
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And just like that—Happiness! https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/happiness-take-five/
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The Reader’s Notebook https://cookedupbybrosch.blogspot.com/2024/03/slice-12-readers-notebook.html
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It’s a Bookstore Jazz kind of day. https://onemiraculousmama.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/sol24-bookstore-jazz/
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Reading all these reflective and powerful slices has me growing reflective
https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2024/03/sol24-march-12-i-wish-i-had.html
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Today I was a “book” in the Living Library at school…here’s the story I told. https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/living-library/
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No Writing Ideas Today https://pensandwanderings.blogspot.com/2024/03/writing-ideas-today-what-shall-i-write.html
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I met my first spotted salamanders https://ayearofreading.org/2024/03/12/slice-of-life-salamanders/
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It’s hard to not let rain ruin vacation plans! https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/rain/
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Photo Albums and Photo Books:https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/solsc-12-of-31-photo-albums-and-photo-books/
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A year is the star of my post today inspired by Bob’s yesterday. https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/solsc24-guess-the-year/
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Have you tried a nonet poem? https://areadinglife.org/2024/03/12/the-witching-hour/
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Mysterious commenter… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/mysterious-commenter/
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I introduced myself to a former poet laureate with the words “I am a poet.” https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2024/03/12/slice-of-life-i-am-a-poet/
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A glimpse of four generations of strong women in my family….https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/four-generations/
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Our school is working to make a difference. https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/rise-and-bead/
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The remote to the television and I aren’t friends- https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2024/03/slice-of-life-2024-12-of-31-trouble.html
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I tried out WordPress’s Virtual Assistant, and we both got mixed reviews…https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/my-virtual-assistant-and-i-break-up/
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Four fantasy projects I spend far more time imagining than I probably should: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2024/03/12/four-fantasy-projects-12-31-sol24/
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And more on walking.https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/awesome-thing-12-31/
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What’s that sound? https://thespacebetweenthepages.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/sounds-in-silence/
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Finding a just-right book for myself https://wonder864.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/solc-day-12-finding-a-just-right-book/
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Five-year-olds utilizing all their persuasive skills: https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/the-loofah-sale/
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M is for museum. https://amyjuengst.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/m-is-for-museum/
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I’m dressing windows for a town square,and I welcome your poems! https://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2024/03/12/a-sunday-well-spent/
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Basketball season has ended and my daughter’s team showed a lot of heart: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/heart/
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An amusing moment or two in my classroom https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2024/03/12/solc-day-12-celebrating-characters-on-and-off-the-page/
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Sometimes, Words can be confusing for kids… https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/graveyard-vs-courtyard/
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A love story… how it otter be: https://litbitsandpieces.com/2024/03/12/otters/
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Love story…how it otter be: https://litbitsandpieces.com/2024/03/12/otters/
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I wrote this slice in a short time slot I had between arriving home and going to a dance lesson yesterday evening. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2024/03/i-have-abundance-of-five-minutes.html
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Surprised myself with how much fun I had writing these adapted nursery rhyme stories: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/sol24-nursery-rhymes-rewritten-12/
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Do you have a sentence a day journal? Shared how my experience: https://justgiftslife.gift/2024/03/12/revealing-sentences/
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Haircuts, Mushrooms, and Windmills–just an average day https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2024/03/11/slice-of-life-12-haircuts-and-more-today-sol24/
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Ever heard a recurring noise and a spouse who doesn’t hear what you hear? Things Ken Does in His Garage: https://glendafunk.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/things-ken-does-in-his-garage-solsc24-12-31/
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How do I know summer is coming? Isabelle returned to the pool today in preparation for the summer swimming season! A haiku in celebration of her first lesson with her new coach: https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/swim-haiku.
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