It’s Day 19 of the March Slice of Life Story Challenge. I’ve enjoyed hosting these past few days. Thanks to all of you who are still going strong!
“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”
― Ray Bradbury
BE INSPIRED
Today’s inspiration comes to us from Cindy Hjorth, of Mainer in Training. Her post “Ethan’s Sentences” reveals a delightful and charming scene between her and her son. It’s a sparkling example of the magic that the Slice of Life Challenge creates: a moment in time, captured with beauty and love.
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-D, email Betsy Hubbard at betsymhubbard[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with E-H, email Jenna Komarin at Jennakomarin[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with I-L, email Lainie Levin at lainlev72[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with M-Q, email Leah Thomas at leah.koch7[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with R-U, email Melani Meehan at meehanmelanie[at]gmail.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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An “I told you so moment” that was too poetic not take advantage of https://limitlyssthoughts.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/validation/
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I meant to put this on day 20!
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had to write this one fast to beat the deadline so an overview of my day – https://theakilahbrown.com/march-19th-sol25/
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Seeing my son’s motivation made me reflect on my own..
https://open.substack.com/pub/expatteacher/p/making-our-own-finish-line?r=164m62&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Before Traveling Chronicles! So many things, so little time. https://happyvicks.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/traveling-chronicles/
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https://randomthoughtsofagratefuladdict.blogspot.com/2025/03/punishing-trauma-out-of-people.html
Can you punish trauma out of people? That’s a hard no.
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One twin was sick, so the other had to go to school alone today. https://shawndastories.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/fever/
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Last night, I was shanghaied as I tried to escape to write my slice, and I helped with panicked child’s homework instead. Today, I return with a story of skunks, weird age questions, and the final push to get my son to finish his trimester strong! https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/today/
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Memories were brought back as I watched a former student and her basketball team…. https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2025/03/19/day-19-memories-solc25/
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Frog and Toad have been around for a very long time making people smile and today they have inspired my detailed list – https://readingtl.blogspot.com/2025/03/slice-of-life.html
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Need a book recommendation? https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2025/03/19/james-a-recommendation-sol25-day-19/
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fun when your friend teaches a dance class!
https://hannahshappenings.net/2025/03/19/fun-dance-workouts-march-sol-19-31-sol25/
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Another “One Day at a Time,” this time responding to a claim the U.S. should annex Canada.
http://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2025/03/one-day-at-time-countdown-1402-days.html
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I don’t know if I like working in a church: https://bluejeanamycom.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/sol-day-19-2/
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My granddaughter provided this post. https://pelicansandprose.com/2025/03/19/sweetness/
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Day 19! The sun has been glorious. https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/slice-of-life-sun/
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My daughter is a kiddo who must be busy. https://karyninthekitchen.com/2025/03/19/sol25-19-building-boredom/
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Have you ever walked into your kitchen and found seashell faces on your counter?: https://teacherswrite.com/2025/03/19/seashell-faces/
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Dinner theater today: https://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/its-the-little-things-19/
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Birthdays bring a different perspective on ringing phones. https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/birthdays/
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Writing is like ice skating: As soon as you think you look cool, that’s when you fall on your keyster. https://edsoapbox.com/2025/03/19/slice-of-life-day-19-stuck/
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Did you ever get into an Uber or a taxi and have no idea where you were?
https://thoughtsandmusingsfromheidi.blogspot.com/2025/03/lost-in-brooklyn.html
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Another Camaro story, a 1978 this time. https://patriciajhollowaystudio.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/solc2025-7/
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Oh! I am SO LATE tonight! But I had *such* a good teaching day. Sometimes it feels weird to me to write about that – almost like I superstitiously don’t want to jinx it or something, but Heidi inspired me, so here it is! https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2025/03/19/a-good-day-solc25-19-31/
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Take a small walk down memory lane with me. https://thesassymightymissb.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/timehop-memories/
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Spent a few hours at the hospital tonight to make sure my weird injury wasn’t worse than I thought. The X-ray tech did say that it’s a common injury . . . http://onathought.com/2025/03/19/it-started-with-a-hug/
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6 word story for today. http://nerdsbegetnerds.org/2025/03/19/vegas-a-life-sized-pinball-machine/
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Today I tried not 1, but 2 new fruits! https://abitofgi.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/miracle-fruits/
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Full plate today. 👀 https://writingandlaughing.com/2025/03/19/today-sol25-day-19-31/
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My cell phone and son get cooked by a plagiarism accusation https://chatsfromchile.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/im-cooked/
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Books! https://seekingopenspace.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/bedtime-story/
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How do we respond when a kid says they want to drop out? https://mschiubookawrites.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/refusal/
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this SOL shares snippets of my day… from warm weather to a 6 tube blood draw! https://blogginbecky12.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/today/
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Life has been hectic…https://dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/too-many-slices/
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The power of community circles. https://hmsablog.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/community-circle/
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Reflecting on a slicing day https://livinglife816287820.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/what-did-i-do-today
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Relaxing and informative. https://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2025/03/massage-chat.html
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Breathe (a fib poem). https://bloggedbutunspoken.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/breathe/
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Healing through therapy https://limitlyssthoughts.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/healing-through-therapy/
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Writing outside my comfort zone https://camashmorr.blogspot.com/2025/03/fun-with-ten-sentence-story-solsc25.html
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what’s the going rate for teeth? https://bulletsandblanks.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/fairy-inflation/
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https://www.larkinmeehan.com/blog/2025/3/19/yoga
Got lucky with a kind instructor this weekend!
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The Hounds! https://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-hounds.html
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How did they do that?
https://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2025/03/gateway.html
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Just under the wire tonight: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/sol25-19-late-post/
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A conversation between slicers led to a book which led to this good news slice. https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2025/03/sol-1931-slicer-connections.html
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The littlest one is now a body in motion https://thespacebetweenthepages.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/the-littlest-yogi/
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Today felt good. https://ritadicarne.com/2025/03/19/almost-spring/
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To honor my mother https://musingmillennial93.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/to-honor-my-mother/
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an amazing journey: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/coming-back-solc2025-19/
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today was for productivity https://thebamcamblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/day-19-march-19-2025/
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Another 10-sentence story: The Mysterious Door | arjeha
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Don’t you just love receiving kindness from a stranger? https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/the-kindness-of-a-stranger/
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Listening to Yo Yo Ma and appreciating simple gifts: https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2025/03/simple-gifts.html
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Trying my hand at another poem today: https://leahthomaswrites.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/notice-something-someone-enjoys-poem-2/
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The Last Meeting is a goodbye to certain responsibilities and more. The Last Meeting – Sitting Behind the Eight Ball
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I’m still tired today, but for a fun reason. Kindergarten! https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/guest-teachering-part-2/
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A few more poems this week than normal. Lots of family time once again, and some book shopping!
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Special Thanks: https://athousandfibersblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/special-thanks/
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Sun’s out, legs out: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2025/03/solsc-25-day-nineteen-making-appearance.html?m=1
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Heading in a different direction has its gifts. https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/heading-east/
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Old Lady Gardener #179 March 9 Rebuilding a Routine https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/old-lady-gardener-179-rebuilding-a-routine/
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When I ruffled feathers and then saw feathers ruffled, how could this not be my story today? https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/ruffled-feathers/
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About trees around us. https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/day-19-of-the-march-solsc-sol25/
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Losing the benefits of being a latchkey kid https://learnwithvivian.com/2025/03/19/latchkey-kid-no-longer/
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Sometimes ther isn’t enough time to write https://justgiftslife.gift/2025/03/19/end-of-the-day/
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First pants, THEN your shoes. https://getupeight.home.blog/2025/03/19/first-pants/
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It finally happened! The first bloom of the season! https://berries781.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/the-first-bloom-of-the-season/
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Who knew chocolate hour was a thing? https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/chocolate-hour/
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Reflecting on my writing habits https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/sol25-day-19-im-a-writer/
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A slice about comments…thank you Fran McCrackin for the inspiration and for mentoring me! https://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2025/03/some-thoughts-on-commenting.html
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A 200-year-old design that has stood the test of time, an acrostic ode. https://amyjuengst.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/ode-to-the-gem-paper-clip/
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Now vs. Not Now: https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/now-vs-not-now-solc-19-of-31/
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If you feel overwhelmed by your to do list, this poem is for you! https://areadinglife.org/2025/03/19/no-time/
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Inspired by Terje to take a look inside my notebooks: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2025/03/19/morning-pages-19-31-sol25/
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Salads… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/salads/
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Hmmmm…what’s my tea mood? http://doodadsanddoodles.blog/2025/03/19/tea-mood-which-flavor-will-it-be-solc-day-19/
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This is a memory from March 2020, the story of a shampoo. https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2025/03/18/story-of-a-shampoo/
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Poem of If and an invitation to write about a butterfly garden. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2025/03/19/slice-of-life-day-19-this-photo-wants-to-be-a-garden/
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Praise song to early spring a la Margaret Renkl: https://ayearofreading.org/2025/03/19/slice-of-life-praise-song-to-early-spring/
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https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2025/03/sol25-march-19-more-than-tea.html
90 minutes that were more than just tea
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Politics gets a little personal again… https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/silencing-an-important-voice/
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Sometimes a walk can help inspire writing, even if it is a bit silly. https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/stuck-unstuck/
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Afternoon daydreams take me right where I’d rather be….https://www.ethicalela.com/nonet-of-pride/
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My utmost thanks to Fran Haley for alerting me that my post today takes readers to a link within my blog and not to my blog page. My apologies to all, and here is my actual blog link https://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2025/03/19/march-17-132-203/
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My utmost thanks to Fran Haley for alerting me that my post today takes readers to a link within my blog and not to my blog page. My apologies to all, and here is my actual blog link https://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2025/03/19/march-17-132-203/
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The drive to school became a lot more exciting! https://wonder864.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/solc-day-19-best-buddies/
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My ponderings after a school parent meeting…https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/conference-with-a-mother/
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Have you ever laughed so hard you peed your pants? http://writingwithabandon.com/2025/03/19/giggle-incontinence/
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I found my groove, wrote this slice for my fellow slicers, and now I’m off to catch up on their posts! https://anavpatton.org/2025/03/19/for-them/
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We had to learn how to drive all over again! https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/its-electric/
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Spirit Week throws a wild card into the week. https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2025/03/19/solc-day-19-another-slice-from-spirit-week/
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Every March 19, my slice is dedicated to the bday girl in my life. https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2025/03/slice-of-life-2025-19-of-31-birthday.html
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The end of the little incentive series features a guest writer, a 4th grader slices …. https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/incentive-the-end-the-beginning/
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Two little artists plus a strange piece of cardboard plus some markers = magic: https://litbitsandpieces.com/2025/03/19/behold-the-dragon/
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A routine task gone awry, a mental lapse, or senility? Taking charge. https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/solsc25-day-19-a-pause/
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If you’ve read Dawn’s pieces, Incentive Parts 1 and 2, I picked up where she left off and wrote part 3! http://wherethereisjoy.blog/2025/03/18/incentive-part-3/
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A quick slice, a glimpse into a morning writing, unrevised. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-glimpse.html
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March 19th – a poem-memory of Cafe Brittany in Manhattan and my first encounter with escargot!
https://wordancerblog.com/march-sol-2025-poems-about-nourishment/
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My 31 minutes today included koi, Mary Bono, and windmills. https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2025/03/18/march-19-236-307-p-m-california/
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Do you text in class? Asking for a friend: https://glendafunk.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/cell-phone-nonsense-solsc25-19-31-236-p-m-to-307-p-m/
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