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I’ve been having all sorts of problems posting to the Slice of Life challenges since mid-March last year. My post today tries to explain it.
https://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2025/03/soltuesday-missing-slice-of-life-month.html
I forgot to post this yesterday! Make sense with my writing for this day! https://quietpulse9.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/lost-and-found/
Usually, I’m not this sleepy so early in the SOLSC month, but tonight … I didn’t have enough consciousness to write a slice. Substack gives you the option of posting a “note,” however, so I tried that for the first time: https://substack.com/profile/25265574-girlgriot/note/c-98104985?utm_source=substack&utm_content=first-note-modal
With luck, I’ll be awake enough to write tomorrow. <3
Cleaning out my son’s desk drawers was a walk down memory lane. https://shawndastories.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/cleaning-remembering/
Can’t say this happened exactly “where” (or how) I thought it was going to come out, but I will take it! #whew Whatawriter, Whataburger – Dr. Carla Michelle Brown * Speaker * author * Educator
Ugh. I don’t have a good writing schedule, which is why I get late. I got caught watching the preisdent speak *gag*, but we have tomorrow off because of a blizzard. Today, it’s about three quotes I’ve found from odd places that have stayed with me. https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2025/03/04/day-4-quotes-from-unusual-places-solc25/
Swimming depleted of adjectives https://elintervencionista.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/day-4-swimming-depleted-of-adjectives-2025sol-sols/
I got a little silly today, plus PHOTOS! https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/urban-wildlife/
Excited about my books on the library hold shelf and the #RamadanReadathon: https://readingtl.blogspot.com/2025/03/slice-of-life-diversifying-my-shelves.html
To act like a kid for an hour. I won’t be able to talk tomorrow. https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/mardi-gras/
“I can’t even,” and that’s odd for me. https://readingteacherwrites.com/2025/03/04/slice-of-life-march-4th-no-comment-but/
Best shows according to 7th graders: https://brittescribe.com/2025/03/04/best-shows-as-declared-by-7th-graders/
Time to destress and enjoy the coming of spring.
https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/648ad4a5-575f-43e2-9b4c-d1ef76746cc9?metaSiteId=6bfdeb36-8624-4277-b805-e7f9eef9d99f
I hope this works!
It didn’t work, Colleen. Your url is from the editing mode, so we can’t get to it.
It rained today, which made me think about the past.
https://momentsandmusings2025.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/slice-of-life-challenge/
Just a quick Slice today about family time. https://thesassymightymissb.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/a-quiet-evening/
“Greige” isn’t the usual way to describe our Texas skies, but greige they were today: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2025/03/solsc-25-day-four-hazy-shade-ofspring.html
Reflecting on the day https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/five-things-about-today-sol25/
Some thoughts about writing sentences. https://pelicansandprose.com/2025/03/04/respecting-sentences/
Day 4 and this magic happened
https://littlebigdrafts.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/tiny-humans-big-thoughts/
https://kirstenrevolution.weebly.com/occasional-rants/and-yeah-shxt-happens
Writing about gratitudes and joy when Shxt happens LOL
A “Pledge of Allegiance” activity in class today left me feeling…ALL the feels: https://edsoapbox.com/2025/03/04/slice-of-life-challenge-day-4-for-which-it-stands/
Posting late today because politics got me down – so I turned to poetry, both acrostic and found. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2025/03/04/make-it-make-sense-solc25-4-31/
Today was a crying kind of day. https://onathought.com/2025/03/04/puff-the-magic-dragon/
six word story… https://dontbotherortizme.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/six-word-story-2/
Memories of Dr. Clark https://bloggedbutunspoken.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/my-memories-of-dr-clark-aka-my-little-girl-kelly/
This is 83…with a side of the feels. https://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2025/03/this-is-83.html
Not sure why my slice won’t post with a title today, but here is day 4: https://readerteacherwriter.weebly.com/blog/march-04th-2025
Engage emergency protocols, STAT! 🍪https://writingandlaughing.com/2025/03/04/theres-only-one-thing-to-be-done-day-4-31/
Stress got the best of me a bit today
https://hannahshappenings.net/2025/03/04/stress-can-lead-to-success-march-sol-4-31-sol25/
I received a surprising answer to my question: https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/what-do-you-stand-for/
When you get magic instead of chaos! https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2025/03/04/that-magical-buzz-sol25-day-4/
My Heroes! https://seekingopenspace.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/national-sons-day/
When getting real (snail) mail is the highlight of the day, unless it’s not what you expected.
Trying this again for the third time. Giving wilted flowers a chance to bloom. https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/wheres-theres-a-wilt-theres-a-way?r=oc5z7
https://randomthoughtsofagratefuladdict.blogspot.com/2025/03/yesterday-today-tomorrow.html
A different take on the yesterday-today-tomorrow format.
This is sort of a test because I haven’t been able to post comments since the middle of last year’s March Challenge. Let’s see if it works now.
http://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2025/03/soltuesday-missing-slice-of-life-month.html
A chaotic classroom. https://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2025/03/whats-going-on.html
Concluding my three part post. Letting wilted flowers bloom again.
I always wanted to be a fairy when I grew up…but I never thought it’d happen like this! https://onemiraculousmama.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/sol25-day-4-book-fairies/
It’s Ok: https://athousandfibersblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/its-ok-day-4-sol25/
Dual citizenship ain’t what it used to be. https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/slice-of-life-whats-a-tariff-anyway/
coaching cycles have me reflecting on Reading Rainbow and the latest battle for the soul of reading instruction https://chatsfromchile.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/duty-calls/
A quick slice after kday one of conference night! https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2025/03/night-one-conferences.html
March Madness…Poetry Style https://camashmorr.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-madness-poetry-style-solsc25.html
This is partly a test to see if I can post my slice as I have in the past, up until last year’s March challenge.
http://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2025/03/soltuesday-missing-slice-of-life-month.html
you didn’t hear it from me… https://bulletsandblanks.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/earful/
Yesterday ended on a positive note. https://ritadicarne.com/2025/03/04/meet-the-author/
Winner winner 😉 https://juliameehan12.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/winner-winner/
Do you make spaces between the plans? A slice of new adventures ahead! https://abitofgi.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/looking-forward/
My first graders want to know if our class poem is going to make them pop-U-lar? https://limitlyssthoughts.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/they-wanna-be-pop-u-lar/
Tetris can bring you together https://berries781.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/tetris-can-bring-you-together/
leaves peeves: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/sycamore-solc254/
sitting in a waiting room, and, well — waiting. https://heidiallum.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/sitting-in-a-waiting-room/
How the dealership saved our vacay. https://patriciajhollowaystudio.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/solc2025/
Mardi Gras Memory
https://thoughtsandmusingsfromheidi.blogspot.com/2025/03/mardi-gras-memory.html
today was a pickle day https://blogginbecky12.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/pickles/
March Book Madness… where books always win: https://teacherswrite.com/2025/03/04/march-book-madness-books-always-win/
I found a moment of quiet before my day started… https://www.alejandragotera.com/drops-thoughts/2025/3/4/waiting-for-the-quiet
What does it say about me that I look forward to my morning coffee, above anything else? Better yet, what does it say about coffee https://musingmillennial93.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/a-gift-from-a-friend/
Taking advantage of the slightly milder weather:
https://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2025/03/worthy-adversaries.html
What is home? https://becomingbitbybit.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/not-home-anymore/
Continuing with stories from my mission field, this is when I began to teach village women to read. https://kimlwhitmore.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/a-classroom-is-born/
When you don’t feel like writing, what would you rather be doing? https://santuccisnippets.wordpress.com/?p=1083
https://www.larkinmeehan.com/blog/2025/3/4/loonies
In the grand scheme of mistakes, I’m okay with making this one
Grading drinking game! – https://theakilahbrown.com/grading-drinking-water-game-sol25/
I work at a church, but I’m not religious: https://bluejeanamycom.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/sol-day-4-2/
March fo(u)rth! Some things should be easy: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/sol25-4-march-fourth/
Waking in a storm: https://leahthomaswrites.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/waking-in-a-storm/
Today I’m also focusing on hearing, but this time, it’s about music. https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/ear-worms/
Winter decor roundup reveals holdouts in the kitchen. Bring on spring. https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2025/03/slice-of-life-342025-snow-person-roundup.html
Slices from the first 4 days of March including theater, birthdays, sunsets, and a classroom. https://momentsoflife4.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/slice-of-life-3-1-3-4/
Some interesting conversations from the back of a car https://learnwithvivian.com/2025/03/04/talking-with-strangers/
Old Lady Gardener #164 March 4 Soft Eye – Hard Eyes https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/olg-old-lady-gardener-164-march-4-soft-eyes-hard-eyes/
a little snippet of our morning. The Sounds of Silence. https://deb-day.blogspot.com/2025/03/431-solsc-sounds-of-silence.html
Wondering https://tkslibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/wondering/
So grateful for…https://dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/the-good-doctor/
This is not what I thought I bought: What Is That? | arjeha
Today’s slice is one of my favorite annual traditions, my Year in Photos, a photo essay of the previous year. 🙂 https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/year-in-photos-2024/
Abundance (nothing more) https://vovome.home.blog/2025/03/04/abundance/
Taking a pause in the middle of a workshop preparation. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2025/03/pretty-messy.html
Feels like fate to me https://thebamcamblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/day-4-march-4-2025/
Looking out my window: https://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/its-the-little-things-4/
Happy Llama Tuesday! https://writertammye.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/6-word-memoirs-sol25-day4/
Poem about Montreal Chinese Tearoom. – one of my favorite places:
https://wordancerblog.com/march-sol-2025-poems-about-nourishment/
A slice in three things that me smile yesterday. https://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2025/03/three-things-that-made-me-smile-today.html
My room loves me back! https://happyvicks.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/my-room-loves-me-back/
Appreciation for visual schedules, using them personally, with my child, and my students!
https://expatteacher.substack.com/p/visual-schedules-as-an-art-form?r=164m62
What would you do with infinite power?
https://middleschoolmixtape.blog/2025/03/03/language-arts/
Write about what’s in your heart https://rzlearnsomethingnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-important-thing.html
Fingers crosses for America staying “the beautiful.” https://lmwp2016megginv.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/botanical-gardens-and-preserving-beauty/
Using “yesterday – today – tomorrow” structure to frame a Slice: https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2025/03/yesterday-today-tomorrow.html
Do you have a favourite colour? livinglife816287820.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/shades-of-green-grass-fern-forest-mint-olive-teal/
Mardi Gras! A happy little story to share today https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2025/03/04/beanie-baby-extravaganza/
Making the Best Choice: A vignette https://sittingbehindtheeightball.blog/2025/03/04/better-choices/
This post is called birdwatchers, but it’s really about cats: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2025/03/04/birdwatchers-4-31-sol25/
Happy Mardi Gras! Have you ever chased a chicken for your gumbo? We did, all in family fun at Courir de Mardi Gras. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2025/03/04/slice-of-life-day-4-courir-de-mardi-gras/
It’s time for work https://justgiftslife.gift/2025/03/04/down-the-elevator/
An unwelcome scritch-scratching on the wall https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/sol25-day-4-we-might-have-a-problem/
I’ve said goodbye to Amazon…https://ayearofreadingorg.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2845&action=edit
I’ve said Goodbye to Amazon…https://ayearofreading.org/2025/03/04/slice-of-life-goodbye-amazon/
Ever had a bad day at the airport? Yesterday my daughter did too! https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/olivia-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-airport-days-solc-4-of-31/
Not on the shopping list but couldn’t resist Spring wrapped in cellophane http://doodadsanddoodles.blog/2025/03/04/spring-blooms-defeat-winter-wearies-solc-day-4/
Grand Central Station…
https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/grand-central-station-2/
A morning symphony of sounds.
http://karyninthekitchen.com/2025/03/04/sol26-4-symphony/
Ever have one of those mornings ?https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2025/03/sol25-march-4-does-you-tube-know.html
In the mood for a mystery trip? https://areadinglife.org/2025/03/04/mystery-trip/
Sickness strikes. A simple haiku to express how I am feeling. (I accidentally posted this on day 3 by mistake)
https://schmids.blog/2025/03/04/sickness-strikes/
A lumbering beast in the way of getting to work https://getupeight.home.blog/2025/03/04/commute-2/
On this 4th Day of writing, my granddaughter turns 4 months old…https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/4-months/
The Party I Almost Missed~ https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/the-party-i-almost-forgot/
In which the Daily Report takes me down a a gravity defying memory lane… https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/defying-gravity/
Rules were made to be broken. https://amyjuengst.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/by-accident-on-purpose/
Any Survivor fans? https://wonder864.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/solc-day-4-watching-survivor-with-new-eyes/
Wonderful Winter Weekends https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/paper-snowflakes/
It happened again https://thespacebetweenthepages.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/pairing/
Some observations about TV commercials, written from a waiting room at the doctor’s office http://writingwithabandon.com/2025/03/04/commercials/
I love the idea of a Done List, but I might be more of a to-do list girl. https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2025/03/slice-of-life-2025-4-of-31-done-lists.html
A writing retreat, two mentors, and one student’s words reignite a spark https://anavpatton.org/2025/03/04/ralph-georgia-and-penny/
I got a surprise at the vet’s office yesterday that wasn’t the bill https://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2025/03/04/march-4-636-707/
I hope you wash your avocados! https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/avocado-advice/
I still say that we coulda been contenders! https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2025/03/04/solc-day-4-we-coulda-been-contenders/
About memories of our life in the campus from 1982 to 2005. https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/day-4-of-the-march-solsc-sol25/
I’ve been keeping track of different kinds of stats this bball season: http://wherethereisjoy.blog/2025/03/03/stats/
The washer, dryer, and Bounty… https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/dear-bounty/
I heard the red-shouldered hawk’s wild call from the treetops yesterday…and captured the sound here for you, Slicer friends. And what might the symbolism say to you, O Writerly Ones? https://litbitsandpieces.com/2025/03/04/hark-the-hawk/
It’s Iowa and you never know what’s going to happen including a “Travel Alert” published months, weeks, and days in advance. https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/solsc-day-4-travel-alert/
We said a final goodbye to our beloved Schnoodle Snug Monday: https://glendafunk.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/snugs-last-goodbye-solsc25-4-31-636-a-m-to-707-a-m/
I work up for today’s slice of my day, thanks to my helpful hubby. https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2025/03/03/march-4-636-707-a-m-california/