Today is a writing finish line, the last piece for the Slice of Life Writing Challenge. This is my first full year doing it. I joined last year, but only because of the Pandemic andContinue reading
Month: March 2021
Words Have Power
When I was a little kid, maybe 1st or 2nd grade, I read a poem in our reading book at school that made me smile. So, I wrote it down. I liked it so much,Continue reading
Did you Know the Tooth Fairy Does Follow Up Calls?
I was a kid, whatever age it is when kids’ teeth fall out naturally. You know go loose, then wiggly, then cant’s stop pushing it back and forth with your tongue wobbly. This one particularContinue reading
Inside Cat vs. Outside Cat – Which one are you?
I have a friend who explains people in two ways. You are either an outside cat or an inside cat. I am an inside cat. I find this metaphor for introverts and extroverts to beContinue reading
Diversifying my Bookshelf
I like to read. I am in a book club. One of my favorite things to do when given free time, is to read. But when I scroll my kindle screen or cast my eyesContinue reading
Battling the Back
My grandfather used to have this apparatus on his front patio that you both stepped up, onto and then, buckled in. Then with a twist of something, you turned upside down. As a kid, IContinue reading
Channeling the Advice of Julie Andrews
Channeling the advice of Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music, “when anything is bothering me, I just try and think of nice things.” This is one of my go to strategies when the overwhelmContinue reading
The Little Free Gallery is Almost Open
I have wanted a little library for years. You know the small boxes on a pole, in people’s front yards, where you can offer books for the neighborhood to take or leave. On my morningContinue reading
Ted Lasso and Leslie Knope are my Heroes
They are not real people, rather fictional TV characters. But I love them the same. I think of them, want to be like them, I truly love them. I am not a naturally glassContinue reading
Yesenia loves to Prank
She is a small 3rd grader, long brown hair that she wears in ponytails and big brown eyes that smile from over her mask. She sits in her assigned spot at the learning hub andContinue reading