If we were having coffee, I’d ask how your writing is going. I’d tell you that I try to make it a point not to repeat forms or formats more than once during the March Slicing Challenge, but here I am with my second Weekend Coffee Share. I’d confess that this month, I feel more like I’m going through the motions as a writer. I haven’t found as much inspiration or joy from slicing as I usually do. That’s okay, because every writing season is a little different. I’m just glad to be in community with so many teachers and writers I admire, and I’m satisfied to show up each day. It doesn’t need to be more than that this year.
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that I can’t wait for spring. I’d ask what signs of spring you see where you live. I haven’t seen any yet in Detroit, but then we’ve had snow several times over the past couple of weeks, and so I haven’t even been looking carefully. Today, when I go for a walk, I will keep my eyes open.
If we were having coffee, I’d share how pleasantly surprised I was by the results of my students’ assessment essays this week. It wasn’t a task I created (or would ever create), and it’s not a task I find particularly valuable. But I was still happy to see that if they have to jump through this hoop, they could jump proficiently.
If we were having coffee, I’d ask what you’re reading. I might even bring you a book or two. When I finish a book, I like to move it along somewhere else unless it can go in my classroom library or I think I will reread it. I finished several books this week that I liked a lot but won’t reread and wouldn’t be of interest to my students. Maybe you’d like a copy of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Whereabouts or Kate Zambreno’s Drifts?
If we were having coffee, I’d share my latest Pickles pictures and make sure you agree that he is the world’s most adorable as well as most photogenic cat. Just when you thought I was done making you look at my phone, I’d probably find three or four more pictures I forgot to share. Of course I’d like to see your pet photos too, and I promise to be absolutely enthralled no matter how many you show me.
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Weekend Coffee Share is a format I’ve borrowed from Tammy.
the dirigible plum 
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