Today is the 23rd day of the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ready to bring your students into the Slicer community? Put the April Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge on your radar. See the overview post for more information, and sign up here when you’re ready!
BE INSPIRED
Today’s inspirational post comes to us from Darren Radu who writes beautifully and poetically in Caught about the push / pull of time as he navigates the streets of Hanoi on a bike ride with his son. Radu’s use of language and imagery is vivid and poignant.
QUESTIONS
Please email us if you have questions by directing 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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Am I A Workaholic? Are You? – https://huizarc.edublogs.org/2024/03/24/am-i-a-workaholic-are-you/
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Second year slicer- Continuation of my SOL #day 22-https://www.nfkhalid.com/post/sol-day-23-these-sometimes-part-2
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single best purchase I made this past year – https://theakilahbrown.com/the-best-thing-i-bought-in-2023-sol24/
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Agony and ecstasy… https://changethewords.wordpress.com/2023/10/21/on-parenting/
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Good friends sooth my soul. https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/balm/
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The Jungle Book wrapped today…here’s an acrostic poem about the experience https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/the-jungle-book/
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We disappointed our creature of habit this evening https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/bedtime-not-routine-solsc-2024-day-23/
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My kid is learning the bad words. https://karyninthekitchen.com/2024/03/23/23sol23-bad-words/
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Remnants https://tkslibrarian.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/remnants/
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Spoiler alert: too busy weekending to write more. https://mazerlymusings.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/six-word-stories-for-my-saturday/
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I wrote 3 different poems about the weekend. I got the idea from another slicer but couldn’t find the post to include the link. https://patriciajhollowaystudio.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/slice-of-life-2024-22/
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We’re moving. https://tangledtreetops.wordpress.com/2024/03/24/dreams/
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Making time for some silly fun. #quirky #roadtrip #dinosaurs https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2024/03/23/quirky-roadside-attraction-sol24-day-23/
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Another late post from my weekend in Maryland…https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/shes-got-a-new-plan/
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A few lines on friendship and the powerless text messages. https://anavpatton.org/2024/03/23/im-here/
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How much makeup do you wear these days? I thought it would be less as I got older, but… https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2024/03/solsc-24-day-twenty-three-still-playing.html
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Something funny happened when I did some laundry: https://wp.me/p2fY1t-1YY
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Trying out a few new poetry styles . . . Along with some old favorites http://onathought.com/2024/03/23/saturday-poems/
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A poem about how DNA connects me to my grandmother: https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/genetics/
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I love six word stories on weekends, lol – http://brittescribe.com/2024/03/23/solsc24-23-six-word-saturday/
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sometimes we have to choose between what is easy and what is right (good ol Dumbledore) https://teacherswrite.com/2023/03/25/change-2/
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Chicken thighs save lives https://limitlyssthoughts.wordpress.com/2024/03/24/chicken-thighs-save-lives/
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an unfortunate trend: http://readerteacherwriter.weebly.com/blog/an-unfortunate-trend
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https://joanne.rayches.com/2024/03/24/swirling-thoughts-that-go-with-the-blowing-wind-outside/
Swirling Thoughts
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Everyone makes mistakes 😦 https://deep-thoughts.blog/2024/03/23/everyone-makes-mistakes/
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Today’s Slice is about a special evening in 1999. https://thesassymightymissb.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/a-unique-party/
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Our cat, Tippy, has adopted an extra family. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2024/03/23/the-well-loved-cat-sol24-23-31/
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Three poetic tributes to an amazing rabbit https://mccoytmh.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/homage-to-a-rabbit-23-31-solsc-sol24/
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Spring cleaning. https://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2024/03/clean-out.html
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Childhood me has been coming out to play. I shall comply. Here’s another one about a birthday, the best way I remember it. https://nerdsbegetnerds.org/2024/03/23/my-4th-unbirthday/
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being home https://blogginbecky12.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/being-home/
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Culinary Jaunts: A found poem https://areadinglife.org/2024/03/23/culinary-discoveries/
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Just love my family https://elintervencionista.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/day-23-2024sol-solsc/
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A risky bathroom paint job pays off. https://leahkochtwt.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/bathroom-update/
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No Cheating Today https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/cheating-explained
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The best grocery run ever https://thebamcamblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/day-23-march-23-2024/
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I found inspiration from Tammy Evans to write more about rooms. https://reflectingonrecreation.com/2024/03/23/rooms-23-31-sol2024/
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I cleaned my house today! https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/slice-of-saturday-life-2/
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Who’s gonna win this year? 🤔📚❤️ https://writingandlaughing.com/2024/03/23/counting-em-down-sol24-day-23-31/
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being early is not always a good thing: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/solc24-23-early/
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A rainy day in D.C. https://musingmillennial93.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/a-rainy-saturday-in-the-city/
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I tried the 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 format. Thanks fellow bloggers for the idea.
https://thoughtsandmusingsfromheidi.blogspot.com/2024/03/5-4-3-2-1.html
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A lil’ Saturday poetry… https://livingworkshopwithspitzer.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/rubber-band-reality/
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by and by a sweet song holds me: https://carpefabula.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/chapter-16-by-and-by/
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Old Lady Gardener #105 Visiting Grandfather (walking the land) https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/olg-old-lady-gardener-105-visiting-grandfather-walking-the-land/
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When was the last time you let mud ooze between your toes? https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/swamp-stomp-ooze/
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Inspiration from Alice Walker’s encouragement to look for “human sunrises” in our lives: https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2024/03/human-sunrises.html
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Sigh. https://juliameehan12.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/sigh/
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Revealing book club choices for the upcoming year https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2024/03/sol-2331-how-does-your-book-club-select.html
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This birthday post is a little different. https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/it-would-have-been/
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Have you heard of the phrase “hurkle-durkle”? https://amymarcre.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/day-23-hurkle-durkling/
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Pre-Travel Jitters. Do you get nervous before a trip? https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/solsc-23-of-31-pre-travel-jitters/
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Making the best of a cold wet, day: https://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2024/03/when-life-gives-you-raindrops.html
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Faithfulness to the present meal. https://mrfornalesblog.com/2024/03/23/mindful-meals/
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Grateful to be able to do my part…https://edsoapbox.com/2024/03/23/slice-of-life-day-23-a-pint-low/
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Sharing an exciting invitation…https://dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/a-pocketful-of-sunshine/
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I took a writing exercise in a whole different direction. https://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2024/03/first-words-where-do-they-lead.html
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When you teach a crappy lesson…https://heidiallum.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/when-you-teach-crappy/
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Finding comfort in a Lutheran past surprised me a little: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/sol24-looking-for-a-benediction-23/
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Winning the friend jackpot – https://huizarc.edublogs.org/2024/03/23/my-friend-flaca/
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https://jwinkler724.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/lazy/ lazy
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The little cherry tree: https://pelicansandprose.com/2024/03/23/stumpy/
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When a flash of a memory is sparked https://thespacebetweenthepages.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/flash-of-a-memory/
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Nothing is off limits when it comes to writing.
Musings of an Ordinary Person in Recovery: Writing (randomthoughtsofagratefuladdict.blogspot.com)
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Dealing with the big C https://learnwithvivian.com/2024/03/23/the-big-c/
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10-7: https://athousandfibersblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/10-7-day-23-sol24/
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Saturday Morning So Far – https://teacherreaderwriter.blogspot.com/2024/03/saturday-morning-so-far-march-23-2024.html
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Hmmm…WordPress ate my post again. Let’s try this a second time. https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/the-book-cafe/
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Early slicing today because I am on vacation. I haven’t even had breakfast yet! https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/the-book-cafe/
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Sometimes, when someone is a real pain, it is helpful to try to take their perspective. https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2024/03/23/otto-speaks-out/
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A poem about the rain https://bloggedbutunspoken.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/sometimes-i-dont-mind-the-rain/
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Some news I have been waiting for: New Season Announced | arjeha (wordpress.com)
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What family recipes do you have that other folks think are strange? http://wowilkinson.weebly.com/blog/cottage-cheese-pie
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Can we talk about history? For fun? https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/no-not-wordle-or-connections/
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The best way to keep your baby close! …. Baby Bundles – A Time To Write (wordpress.com)
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From writer’s block to Fireflies – just couldn’t think of what to write! https://pensandwanderings.blogspot.com/2024/03/out-of-writers-block-comes-fireflies.html
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If only buying books could get me out of my reading slump! https://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2024/03/from-bang-to-bummer-2331.html
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Thinking about rooms https://writertammye.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/saturday-thoughts-rooms-solc24-day23/
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Light-hearted fun at a flea market https://maureenyoungingram.com/sol24-23-girls-day/
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The weather is crappy, my week has been crappy, and I’m in need of comfort, escapism, peace, and healing. So what do I do? Shop for books. https://onemiraculousmama.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/sol24-day-23-shopping-as-comfort-reading-as-refuge/
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Freeze that frame so I can fill my heart- a moment caught on a family videohttp://doodadsanddoodles.blog/2024/03/23/freeze-that-frame-fill-my-heart-day-23-solsc/
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My Safe Place https://camashmorr.blogspot.com/2024/03/my-safe-place-solc-sol24.html
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Bangalore and sightseeing. Day 23 of March SOLSC #SOL24 – Mukhamani (wordpress.com)
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Encouraging students to write: https://justgiftslife.gift/2024/03/23/nature-caught/
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15-hour drive back to New Jersey! I’ve landed! Today, I’m thinking about tulips! https://wordancerblog.com/march-sol-poems-for-spring/
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A shout out to all of my fellow millennials out there! https://wonder864.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/solc-day-23-statement-necklaces/
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I believe. Strange Encounters from afar. https://sittingbehindtheeightball.blog/2024/03/23/strange-encounter/
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How could this have happened? My foot surgery has gone horribly wrong. https://berries781.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/how-could-this-have-happened/
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How many cousins do you have? https://mschiubookawrites.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/to-the-nines/
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The magical potato. https://cookedupbybrosch.blogspot.com/2024/03/slice-23-garden-shovel.html
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Milestones… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/accomplishments/
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I wrote a letter to what I will never have, Teacher Voice. https://thedirigibleplum.com/2024/03/23/dear-teacher-voice-23-31-sol24/
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In appreciation: https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/plcs-this-year/
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Art begets art…How Happy Birthday becomes poetry. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2024/03/23/slice-of-life-happy-birthday/
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Coaxing and coaching a writer… I have a feeling my work has only just begun with this one! https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2024/03/slice-of-life-2024-23-of-31-coaxing-and.html
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I wonder where my crochet projects will lead me.https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/awesome-thing-23-31-crochet/
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I was called for my civic duty and I was quite impressed… https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/jury-duty/
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It had been decades, but I went
https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2024/03/sol24-march23-i-might-go-back.html
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Our staff said it was one of our best PDs yet. https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/khs-connects/
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What shall I do? Today’s decision did not require me to flip a coin. https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/solsc2-decisions/
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One for the books! A moment from my classroom involving boogers, tears, an unlikely analogy and poetry https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2024/03/23/solc-day-23-one-for-the-books/
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Another great school day because of an author visit!! #AuthorsAreRockStars #NewberyWinner #Arlingtonian #StrongBlackWomanWriter #Amina…https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/amina-visits-dhms/
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Have you ever seen yourself in a dream? https://litbitsandpieces.com/2024/03/23/dream-double/
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Cowed and slightly sheepish http://getupeight.home.blog/2024/03/23/route/
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More than white noise in my sound machinehttps://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2024/03/23/24912/
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Joining Leigh Anne’s Slicer Party. This year she invites us to a word buffet. I like that she holds the door open during the whole month, so anyone could join when they wish. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2024/03/joining-leigh-annes-slicer-party.html
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Sprinkles have the power to transform everyday situations, infusing them with a bit of joy, https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/sprinkles/.
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Our school spent two days immersed in writing and it was glorious! https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/writing-joy/
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I checked off a bucket list item and decided to tell the story in photos and a poem. https://glendafunk.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/up-up-and-away-solsc24-22-31/
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I spent the day up on the roof today https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2024/03/22/slice-of-life-23-up-on-the-roof-sol24/
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