Today is the thirteenth day of the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today is my last day to host as I pass the reigns to Lainie tomorrow!
BE INSPIRED
Vivian Chen is a third year slicer and shared the challenges of deciding what slices to read. Take a look at her post titled, “Blog Roulette” where she reads just one more, and then another.
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.
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I have some new plants I’m trying to foster, been a bit of a challenge. https://wakeupandwrite.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/3-13-24/
Hopefully sneaking this in at the last moment Diggers and toast = missing deadlines! – A Time To Write (wordpress.com)
The Slice of Life month fills my thoughts all day, every day. How about you?
Musings of an Ordinary Person in Recovery: Slicing my Life Away…. (randomthoughtsofagratefuladdict.blogspot.com)
you can pry my DVD player from my cold dead hands – https://theakilahbrown.com/three-reasons-im-never-giving-up-my-dvd-player-sol24/
Cohosted an author event tonight https://abitofanalliterate.com/2024/03/13/co-hostess-in-training/
With the weather feeling like springtime, I count my blessings. It’s time to take a walk, pause, and reflect. Join me at a serene scene when entering my community.
https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2024/03/springlike-day-in-late-winter.html
I found an unfinished piece in my files called “Zombie Mommy and the Egg Hunt.” What was going on there? https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/what-was-even-happening/
My office move continues to generate slices! https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/hiding-in-plain-sight/
Planning for what comes…after. http://karyninthekitchen.com/2024/03/13/13sol24-planning-forafter/
A serendipitous book recommendation…and a collaborative poem. https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2024/03/13/something-someday-sol24-day-13/
Power nap, hike, old dogs, stunning sunset https://elintervencionista.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/day-13-shaking-the-power-nap-2024sol-solsc/
A short Golden Shovel: https://wp.me/p2fY1t-1XI
just a little self care- will try again in 3 years http://teacherswrite.com/2024/03/13/thank-you-next/
I didn’t think I would write tonight but here it is! https://justjustine5.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/women-warriors/
Sleep just wasn’t happening https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/tossing-and-turning-solsc-2024-day-13/
Tonight at church we practiced using a sling like the one David used to kill Goliath. https://patriciajhollowaystudio.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/slice-of-life-2024-13/
I had a lovely day celebrating my husband’s birthday alongside him: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2024/03/solsc-24-day-thirteen-lucky-me.html
Awaiting the Other Shoe: Introducing the Gnome of Doom https://dontbotherortizme.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/awaiting-the-other-shoe/
Using a desperation poetic form tonight after a late arriving flight: http://readerteacherwriter.weebly.com/blog/march-13th-2024
Trees (old and new) https://tkslibrarian.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/trees-old-and-new/
There’s a great big world out there… but sometimes I forget about it. https://mazerlymusings.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/theres-a-great-big-world-out-there/
13 Things About Me on this 13th Day https://huizarc.edublogs.org/2024/03/14/13-things-about-me/
Not an interesting day, so I dare you to read.
http://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2024/03/solscmarch-13-boring-day.html
Did you ever have one of those students (or orchids) you just couldn’t figure out? https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2024/03/14/the-little-orchid-that-could-sol24/
a slice from trying to find cheer in chemo treatments: https://carpefabula.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/chapter-10-the-drip-and-the-bag/
My favorite sign of spring! https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2024/03/snowdrops-day-13.html
I want to know if you’re saying (good) things about me behind my back!
https://www.larkinmeehan.com/posts/2024/3/13/march-13-burning-ears
Lilac memories https://camashmorr.blogspot.com/2024/03/lilac-memories-solsc-sol24.html
My To Do List. https://blogginbecky12.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/my-to-do-list/
Parent-teacher conference can be exhausting
https://writingisitsownreward.weebly.com/home/parent-teacher-conferences
Rewriting my slice in a third genre: https://leahkochtwt.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a-spring-surprise-information-edition/
Thoughts on the plane ride home
https://thoughtsandmusingsfromheidi.blogspot.com/2024/03/plane-thoughts.html
Using a familiar mentor text to write tonight.
http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2024/03/fortunately.html
Oh happy days! https://ritadicarne.com/2024/03/13/its-an-inside-job/
https://joanne.rayches.com/2024/03/14/i-am-just-practicing-posting-photographs-from-my-phone-to-the-cloud-to-the-blog-to-the-next-blog/learning tech stuff
Writing Makes Thinking Visible! https://cookedupbybrosch.blogspot.com/2024/03/slice-13-writers-notebook.html
Help from a tree: https://pelicansandprose.com/2024/03/13/a-turn/
It’s in spending time with my granddaughter that reminds me to find more opportunities to connect. https://wordpress.com/post/thespacebetweenthepages.wordpress.com/270
I started to get testy about kids chatting during an assessment. That’s when it hit me like a ton of bricks: the talking? it WAS they sign that they’ve learned the material! https://edsoapbox.com/2024/03/13/slice-of-life-day-13-the-light-dawns/
Tidbits of joy https://teacherswrite.com/2024/03/13/tidbits-of-joy/
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TURN ON COMMENTS https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/abandonment-of-color
Reverse, Reverse – https://teacherreaderwriter.blogspot.com/2024/03/reverse-reverse-march-13-2024-solsc24.html
That old thing? https://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2024/03/plus-ca-change.html
100 word slice about today’s anniversary. https://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-13th-100-word-slice-1331.html
Some things I definitely don’t know:
https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2024/03/things-i-know-nothing-about.html
a good long dayhttps://joanne.rayches.com/2024/03/13/i-just-got-home/
a good long day
Recess fun: https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/swing-games/
Tonight’s dinner is full of cheesy goodness: raclette. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2024/03/13/cheesy-sol24-13-31/
An interesting occurrence at the gym today. https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/the-struggle-is-real-at-the-gym/
The best 10$ spent https://tellrebecca26.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/the-best-10-i-ever-spent/
Today was really really hard. But I’m slicing. https://limitlyssthoughts.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/slicing-through-it/
When you know, when you know. https://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2024/03/uhm-that-sounds-made-up.html
An illustrated haiku
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2024/03/sol-1331-chasing-springtime.html
I might be the only one who finds this funny. https://mccoytmh.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/self-control-13-31-solsc-sol24/
My words are nonexistent. Here are some from my students. https://writingandlaughing.com/2024/03/13/sol24-day-13-31/
Thinking a lot about teaching writing – but I thought I’d start by reflecting on the 5 minutes leading up to teaching writing. Tomorrow I’ll write about the actual writing, I think… It’s kind of neat thinking about all the in between times in a classroom. Here’s one of those. http://onathought.com/2024/03/13/5-minutes-until-writing-class/
Those days when 5th graders straddle the bar between childhood and adolescence https://amymarcre.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/day-13-benington/
My new hobby is teaching me more than I expected. https://kimlwhitmore.wordpress.com/2024/03/14/a-lesson-in-stone/
Four years ago today https://musingmillennial93.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/four-years-ago-today/
I remember our Saturday mornings together and this one in particular. https://lisakeelerblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/i-remember-twelve-sol24
The sun is setting later and my brain is trying to catch up https://thebamcamblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/day-13-march-13-2024/
Magnetic Poetry helped me write today https://bloggedbutunspoken.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/magnetic-poetry/
Fences only get in the way https://areadinglife.org/2024/03/13/fence/
A dead mouse stuck in between the bricks of my house…https://heidiallum.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a-dead-mouse-in-between-the-brick/
Sunsets give me memories of happiness. https://wp.me/p8fJme-102
Favorite Things Party inspired by Tammy’s post today. Wound up with five mini-slices.
Truly writing on the run today, squeezing out a slice: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/sol24-squeeze-a-slice-13/
Writers of fiction get to create names for characters and places, what fun! I got to thinking about this during a road trip https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2024/03/13/the-writers-life-part-ii-aptronyms/
What’s your morning routine? http://wowilkinson.weebly.com/blog/morning-routine
I was so busy yesterday that I forgot to post. Today that will not be the case. https://caroline524.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/solc-day-13-of-31/
No excuses, just so many ping-pong ball thoughts collide on this 13th day of March:https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/slow-to-write-wednesday/
Jarritos: https://athousandfibersblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/mandarin-jarritos-day-13-sol24/
So happy to return to backyard yoga and the gifts it brings me-calmness vibe http://doodadsanddoodles.blog/2024/03/13/outdoor-shavasana-gifts-me-so-much/
I like to doodle when I canhttps://joanne.rayches.com/2024/03/13/doodling/
A short letter to the mom at the park yesterday; I’m sorry for what I didn’t say – http://brittescribe.com/2024/03/13/solsc24-13-letter-to-the-momma-at-the-park/
We grow older, until suddenly, we don’t. https://getupeight.home.blog/2023/06/16/on-loss-ii/
The oceanhttps://joanne.rayches.com/2024/03/13/i-love-knowing-the-ocean-is-only-about-15-minutes-away/
A “bird’s eye” view prompts a poem…https://dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a-morning-reflection/
Old Lady Gardener #95 I am not good with rules https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/olg-old-lady-gardener-95-i-am-not-good-with-rules/
Do you have any morning routines that you hate to miss? http://wowilkinson.weebly.com/blog/morning-routine
We are off to the opera to see Aida. https://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-trip-to-chicago-to-see-aida.html
The story of how a box followed me home https://berries781.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/a-box-followed-me-home/
About a kite festival in our town. Day 13 March SOLSC #SOL24 – Mukhamani (wordpress.com)
We went to the doctor’s office yesterday to have Kathy’s leg looked at: Update | arjeha (wordpress.com)
A poem about the loss of a much beloved magnolia tree. https://wordancerblog.com/march-sol-poems-for-spring/
He used to hate writing and now he writes as part of his profession! https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/slice-of-writing-life-3/
Our littlest Little is Liza: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/solc24-13-agenda/
An Elfchen for Spring Break:
https://www.mindfulnessamidstmayhem.com/blog/an-elfchen-for-spring-break
Memories and musings about Hilton Head
https://maureenyoungingram.com/sol24-13-strands/
Remember the good old days? A slice of life from long ago and a brief poem. https://sittingbehindtheeightball.blog/2024/03/13/stone-city-days/
I’m drowning in tickets today! https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/drowning-in-tickets/
Meal delivery disappointment https://learnwithvivian.com/2024/03/13/hello-not-so-fresh/
Not very good with poetry but, ‘Come sit with me in my Adirondack chair’. https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/adirondack-chairs/
You are invited to my Favorites Party!!! https://writertammye.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/my-favorites-party-youre-invited-solc24-day13/
99…98…97…96…https://onemiraculousmama.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/sol24-day-13-double-digits/
https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2024/03/sol24-march-14-if-you-give-child-story.html
I was going to reflect on 4 years ago, but this real life slice begged to be written
Shutting up https://jwinkler724.wordpress.com/2024/03/09/shutting-up/
High blood pressure and our trips to the ER https://anavpatton.org/2024/03/13/153-96/
Visible and Invisible: https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/solsc-13-of-31-visible-and-invisible/
A birthday slice… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/birthday-girl-3/
This Photo Wants to be a Poem. Stop by and write a poem in the comments. Today, we look at a foggy sunrise and a quote by Antoine Saint-Exupery. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2024/03/13/this-photo-wants-to-be-a-poem-foggy-sunrise/
How much does the typical student learn in school as he or she gets older? Father Guido Sarducci knows. https://mrfornalesblog.com/2024/03/13/streamlining-education-in-the-spirit-of-father-guido-sarducci/
Four generations venture to a 40+ year old children’s shoe store to buy the youngerst her first shoes…https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/first-shoes/
How I’ve kept my TBR (to be read) lists over the years: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2024/03/13/tbr-list-13-31-sol24/
In which school reminds me of vacation…https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/taking-the-plunge/
Big feelings! https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/can-i-talk-to-you-in-private/
As I inch towards my late 40s, I reflect on my evolving relationship with reading glasses, from feeling mature in my 20s to adapting to new needs in my 40s. https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/reading-specs
If Wednesday were a person.., https://mschiubookawrites.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/wednesdays-arrival/
One more walking post.https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/awesome-thing-13-31/
I’m discovering a pattern of things I need to do better- this one’s about that water bottle challenge https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2024/03/slice-of-life-2024-13-of-31-challenges.html
This is why I was so excited that I had to get an oil change for my car yesterday https://wonder864.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/solc-day-13-hooray-its-a-car-appointment-day/
I’ve been wearing cotton undershirts since I was a little girl. https://amyjuengst.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/safety-net/
Wondering about kitchen spirits in a Luc Bat poem https://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2024/03/13/25043/
I signed up to chaperone my daughter’s field trip tomorrow: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/chaperone/
We tried a new restaurant. https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/jacobs-pickles/
To go, or not to go, that is the question https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2024/03/13/solc-day-13-to-go-or-not-to-go-that-is-the-question/
Oh, my. My day did not start out very well leading to FATHNGVBD. https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/solsc24-fathngvbd/
Sometimes big lessons can come from small interactions… https://changethewords.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/lessons-from-an-apology-solc24/
Kindergarten and college… https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/lunch-duty-lines/
A new favorite quote about nature and a story-poem confession: https://litbitsandpieces.com/2024/03/13/natures-divine-voice/
An unexpected read aloud moment. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2024/03/welcoming-unexpected.html
Using other languages in our setting: https://justgiftslife.gift/2024/03/13/greetings/
2nd year slicer- thinking about how too little is done where so much is needed, while plenty rules where there’s no need of a penny-https://www.nfkhalid.com/post/sol-day-13-too-little-and-too-much
Does anyone else get the munchies when writing? https://shawndastories.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/writing-and-munching/
It May or May Not Be My Mother’s Birthday. Neither my siblings nor I know! https://glendafunk.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/it-may-or-may-not-be-my-mothers-birthday-solsc24-13-31/
Paraskavedekatriaphobia and Paralelepípedo
What’s that?
https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2024/03/12/slice-of-life-13-paraskavedekatriaphobia-and-paralelepipedo/