It’s Day 20 of the March Slice of Life Story Challenge. Thank you for your dedication as we near the end of the third week!
BE INSPIRED
Today’s inspiration comes to us from Natalie Dunne, of Pretending To Be A Functioning Adult is So Exhausting. Their post The first bloom of the season is a timely reminder that if we look closely enough, we can see the natural world growing and changing right before our very eyes. It’s like magic!
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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getting this one in under the wire again. talking about water aerobics – https://theakilahbrown.com/new-pool-who-dis-sol25/
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We did it! https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/a-triumph/
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My non-preferred way to slice. http://nerdsbegetnerds.org/2025/03/20/late-night-slicing/
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“Do y’all sell pimento cheese up here?” https://bluejeanamycom.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/sol-day-20-2/
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Sorry for the Beetlejuice earworm at the end! 🫣 https://writingandlaughing.com/2025/03/20/one-more-day-sol25-day-20-31/
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I have so many drafts not quite ready to be published: https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/slow-drip/
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My baby is growing up…is grown up? He’s a little of both! https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/slice-of-life-twelve-2/
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Refresh with a can of paint… https://dontbotherortizme.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/a-can-of-paint/
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First graders keeping wild words alive. https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2025/03/20/wild-words-sol25-day-20/
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The best tortilla de patatas recipe you’ve ever seen – https://abitofgi.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/the-only-tortilla-de-patatas-recipe-youll-ever-need/
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Weirdly intimate — welcome to a neuro exam https://juliameehan12.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/weirdly-intimate/
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When rain brings with it a change in smell https://thespacebetweenthepages.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/sweet-smell-of-spring-rain/
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Are you an over packer? I am…
https://thoughtsandmusingsfromheidi.blogspot.com/2025/03/over-packer.html
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The joys of eating bread. https://ritadicarne.com/2025/03/20/any-way-you-slice-it/
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I had a close up moment with Champs nose. It inspired me to write about it! https://blogginbecky12.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/powerful-sniffers/
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Duct tape to the rescue on a road trip… https://leahthomaswrites.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/duct-tape-a-road-trip-necessity/
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5 more wake ups until spring break! https://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2025/03/spring-break-countdown5-more-wake-ups.html
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Responding to a prompt…https://dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/a-lot-of-luck%f0%9f%8d%80/
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Locks. http://karyninthekitchen.com/2025/03/20/sol25-20-lock/
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The Winds of March https://tkslibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/winds-of-march/
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Working on describing my current situation. https://camashmorr.blogspot.com/2025/03/currently-solsc25.html
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It’s my birthday. Time to reflect on the humbling realization half of my life is gone. https://hmsablog.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/how-your-birthday-really-makes-you-consider-the-passage-of-time/
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A beautiful view on this first day of spring https://learnwithvivian.com/2025/03/20/room-with-a-view/
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The pressure’s on – you know where I’ll be between now and tomorrow evening… https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2025/03/20/pressure-solc25-20-31/
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Feeling grateful for the night I met Jason & Brendan – 8 years ago! https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-20-2017-warrensville-heights.html
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an old fashioned love letter to the team of coaches I have the privilege of working with in the world of professional learning https://chatsfromchile.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/trips-abroad-to-learn/
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What questions popped up today? https://mschiubookawrites.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/twenty-questions/
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5 Thingshttps://bloggedbutunspoken.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/five-things/
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https://www.larkinmeehan.com/blog/2025/3/20/early-bird
Going to be a little more careful about checking the meeting invite list next time…
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On the mend, one sense at a time: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2025/03/solsc-25-day-twenty-return-to-my-senses.html?m=1
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A spoonful https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/daily-spoonful?r=oc5z7
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A spoonful https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/daily-spoonful?r=oc5z7
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A spoonful https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/daily-spoonful?r=oc5z7
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Today, I asked my fifth-grade students for advice on how to move forward with my story. Boy, did they deliver! https://edsoapbox.com/2025/03/20/slice-of-life-day-20-ask-and-you-shall-receive/
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A little slice http://onathought.com/2025/03/20/a-little-slice-of-empathy/
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Spring is in the air! https://seekingopenspace.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/spring/
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are there lyrics or a poem that sticks with you? https://hannahshappenings.net/2025/03/20/lyrics-lingering-march-sol-20-31-sol25/
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Back to The Hunger Games:
https://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-prequel-to-what.html
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An unexpected project: https://pelicansandprose.com/2025/03/20/clutter-or-treasure/
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It’s March in middle school. https://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2025/03/smells-like-preteen-spirit.html
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https://randomthoughtsofagratefuladdict.blogspot.com/2025/03/what-are-your-pet-peeves.html
Keeping things short and sweet today. A particular pet peeve.
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I’m worried about bloodwork tonight. Fingers crossed that everything is okay… https://onemiraculousmama.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/sol25-day-20-bloodwork/
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Chillin’ and March Madness: Chill Time and March Madness – Sitting Behind the Eight Ball
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Can I hear myself? Unfortunately, yes, I can. On repeat: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/sol25-20-say-it-again/
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My partner mused about starting a support group for partners of SOL teacher-writers. https://amyjuengst.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/see-the-forest-from-the-trees/
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What’s the rush? (teen phenoms): https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/whats-the-rush-solc-20-of-31/
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A perfectly KEEN day in more ways than one. https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/keen-day/
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an oh, shoot moment https://thebamcamblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/day-20-march-20-2025/
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An “I told you so moment” that was too poetic not to take advantage of
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Enjoying the quiet of a morning in the mountains… https://areadinglife.org/2025/03/20/morning-prayer/
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A golden shovel: https://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/its-the-little-things-20/
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What do you usually eat for breakfast? https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/whats-for-breakfast/
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Finally I have a reason to visit my favorite parts of stores, the sections with the office supplies! https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/goldilocks-notebooks/
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Impressive Stuff!: https://athousandfibersblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/impressive-stuff/
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Follow me at my conference! https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2025/03/scheduled.html
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Old Lady Gardener #180 March 20 Equinox https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/old-lady-gardener-180-march-20-equinox/
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New opportunities for growth abound. https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/wheels/
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Yesterday felt like spring at the zoo https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/sol25-day-20-a-stroll-through-the-zoo/
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Counting down …https://justgiftslife.gift/2025/03/20/a-good-feeling/
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Teaching – A pile poem of reflection https://musingmillennial93.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/teaching-in-pile-poetry/
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In honor of spring: https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/it-is-here/
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The best part of the first day of spring may not be what you think! (Hint, it’s delicious!) https://berries781.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/the-best-part-of-the-first-day-of-spring-may-not-be-what-you-think/
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Tiny but powerful hands http://getupeight.home.blog/2025/03/20/little-hands/
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A glimpse of my city https://livinglife816287820.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/a-rare-reminder-of-city-life
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How do you chack in on goals? https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/keeping-tabs-on-a-goal/
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About my paternal grandmother and the names given to children by parents decades ago. https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/day-20-of-the-march-solsc-sol25/
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Anyone else neglecting housekeeping for writing? https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2025/03/20/spring-cleaning/
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Feeling drained this week after a series of incidents and cases of bullying
https://open.substack.com/pub/expatteacher/p/another-class-meeting?r=164m62&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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I woke up at 3:00 and couldn’t go back to sleep, and all I got was this rambling slice! https://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-rambling-slice-of-rambling-thoughts.html
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today is my mother’s 104th birthday: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/another-birthday-solc2025-20/
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https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2025/03/sol25-march-20-water-babes.html
Whitney screams, I move!
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Putting a spin on Julie’s Reading Life post https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2025/03/sol-2031-down-rabbit-hole.html
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NCAA Bracket–my strategies that you are welcome to use! https://ayearofreading.org/2025/03/20/ncaa-bracket/
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A dream poem about two of my favorite women – my mom and my Aunt Jo.
https://wordancerblog.com/march-sol-2025-poems-about-nourishment/
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Honoring one of the writer’s notebooks I used while teaching https://anavpatton.org/2025/03/20/always-go-back-to-the-notebook/
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spring is change. Or something like that https://bulletsandblanks.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/signs-of-spring/
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Hmmm, an Amazon package on the porch but I don’t remember ordering anything- what could it be http://doodadsanddoodles.blog/2025/03/20/my-unexpected-package-a-nature-lovers-treasure-solc-day-20/
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Let’s dance… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/lets-dance/
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A poem about a student who needed to write. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2025/03/20/slice-of-life-day-20-1000-words/
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Breaking out the cowboy boots! https://wonder864.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/solc-day-20-cowboy-boots/
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Spring issues its warning signal https://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2025/03/20/march-20-308-339/
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A short slice to welcome spring. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2025/03/welcome-spring.html
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An unusual support group announcement had me wondering… https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/3962/
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There are a lot of memories that accompany my current read aloud: http://writingwithabandon.com/2025/03/20/reading-ripple-effect/
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What I did instead of writing my slice this morning https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2025/03/20/solc-day-20-5-things-i-did-instead-of-writing-my-slice/
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One reason I love working with kids – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/hope/
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Striking out at the little free library: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2025/03/20/little-free-library-20-31-sol25/
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My granddaughter helped me lead my Wed. Department Meeting…https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/ela-department-meeting/
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Book club led to an unexpected reunion. https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/unexpected-reunion/
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Day 20 and I’m writing about random machinery: http://wherethereisjoy.blog/2025/03/19/hole-punch-receptor/
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What word might you take apart to find or create new meaning? Mine is “shards.” A dictionary poem: https://litbitsandpieces.com/2025/03/20/dictionary-poem/
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At almost 5:01 am, who is Mentor Max? And what’s his point? https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2025/03/slice-fo-life-2025-20-of-31-who-is.html
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A little poem and some little sketches… https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/calling-2/
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I looked back through other March 20 “Slicer” posts and this 2016 one was perfect to revisit. https://wp.me/p2QBsy-8Nb
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This afternoon we were hiking in the Hall of Horrors. https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2025/03/19/march-20-308-339-p-m-california/
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One-to-One teaching as a sub: https://glendafunk.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/one-on-one-solsc25-20-31-308-p-m-to-339-p-m/
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