Author: Elisabeth Ellington
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Magic with Numbers: Slice of Life
My coffee waits, and I keep forgetting to take a drink. It’s getting cold, but I’m distracted by the vagaries of grading systems. I’m trying to understand why a student who has turned in most of her work (and it’s mostly excellent work) has a 65%. Testing out a hunch, I go to the screen […]
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A Tale of Two Twitters: Slice of Life
For a long time, my Twitter feed was a source of joy. Over the years, I have fine-tuned it to exactly the right frequencies for my purposes: learning, growing, challenging myself. Every dip in the river of the feed brings new insights and perspectives, a new invitation to push my thinking. Although the focus is […]
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If We Were Having Coffee #WeekendCoffeeShare
If we were having coffee, I’d invite you to join me at my new coffee shop. I have been longing for a local independent coffee shop where I can become a regular, where I can bring my notebook once or twice a week and eavesdrop on snippets of conversations and people watch and write. I […]
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A Poetry Project for National Poetry Writing Month #napowrimo22 #NationalPoetryMonth #100DayProject
If you had asked me yesterday at this time, I would have said I am not participating in National Poetry Writing Month this year. Definitely not. I had thought about it earlier in March, considered the haiku, and fallen in love with my friend Julieanne‘s suggestion for a “catku”–a daily cat haiku. I could pair […]
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31 Reasons Why I Slice #sol22 31/31
To practice living as a writerTo remember I’m happiest when I’m living as a writerTo try new thingsTo be part of this generous communityTo help the month of March go by more quicklyTo surprise myselfTo celebrateTo practice gratitudeTo seek joyTo center my writing practice To observe a little more carefullyTo commiserate with everyone else who is […]
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Morning with Cats #sol22 30/31
Three, possibly fourOccasionally even fiveLiving weighted blanketOf lap catsPurrs, sighs, shiftsDevoted morning companions ********** My theme for Slice of Life 2022 is finding inspiration in the writing of others. Each day I plan to find my slice in someone else’s words or forms. Several slicers have tried three word stories, and I first bookmarked Debbie […]
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Dear Writer’s Block #sol22 29/31
Dear Writer’s Block, I shouldn’t even call you writer’s block. You’re too mild to be writer’s block. But I don’t know what else to call you. All I really mean is that I went fishing for my slice and caught nothing. It’s the first morning this month when I haven’t landed a slice idea within […]
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By the Book #sol22 28/31
This morning, another slicer reminded me of the delights of the “By the Book” column in the Sunday Times, and I spent a happy half hour catching up on interviews I’d missed over the past few months. I decided to interview myself about my own bookish life. What books are on your nightstand?There’s always a […]
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Sundays #sol22 27/31
Secret to avoiding Sunday scaries? Rest. No errands, no events, no chores. Nothing busy, nothing productive, nothing required. Read, write, stare off into space. Hold cats, admire cats, drink tea. The day unfurls, full of possibility. ********** My theme for Slice of Life 2022 is finding inspiration in the writing of others. Each day I […]
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5.4.3.2.1 #sol 22 26/31
5 Things That Made Me SmileMy students’ joy when I handed them Play-Doh for a poetry activity I borrowed from Teach Living Poets Weird questions from teenagers: Student A: Do you have a son?Me: Yes.Student A: Is it a human son?orStudent B: Do you know who Lebron is? or Student C: Do you know what […]
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