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Morning Commute: Slice of Life #sol21 2/31
Before, I drove sixty miles across rolling prairie to work. My eyes watched for deer, much more of a danger than other cars. Often I was the only one on the road for long stretches, and my mind wandered. To the details of the landscape, to the podcasts or audiobook that kept me company, to…
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Since Last March: Slice of Life #sol21 1/31
Since last March, I’ve moved to DetroitA city of surprising beautyA city of murals and unexpected greenA city resilient and determined. Since last March, I’ve lived through a screenLearned, taught, shopped, worked through a screenDreamed, planned, connected through a screenSurvived through a screen Since last March, I’ve said goodbyeGoodbye to students, colleagues, friends,Goodbye to prairie…
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The Sealey Challenge: Read A Book of Poetry Every Day in August #sol20
There is little I love more than a monthlong daily challenge, and poet Nicole Sealey created a good one: read an entire collection of poetry or a poetry chapbook every day for the month of August. This is the fourth year that readers have gathered together online to share daily poems across their social media…
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The Week in Reading #imwayr 8/3/20
You’d think that in the month I’ve taken off of blogging I would have read so many books. Sadly, no. Moving slowed me down as a reader. Entire days where I didn’t so much as open a book! But I have unpacked enough book boxes now to fill a couple of shelves, and I am…
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#Caturday: The Week in Cat Photos
I’ve written about the challenges of taking photos of cats before. The challenge doesn’t stop me, of course. My phone is mostly full of cat photos. Here are some I liked from this past week:
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Looking for a New Creativity Challenge in April? #sol20
April is National Poetry Month, and it’s also National Poetry Writing Month. Check out NaPoWriMo for a daily prompt, resources, and encouragement. Robert Brewer shares a daily prompt and participants “poem with poets from around the world” at Writer’s Digest PAD Challenge. EthicalELA hosts a 30-day poetry challenge. A prompt will be posted each morning…
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A Few Lines from Donald Murray: Slice of Life 1/31 #sol20
My motto is on the wall of my writing room: nulla dies sine linea–never a day without a line. I have to keep the writing muscle exercised. Donald Murray, Shoptalk Lately, I begin my writing day with a few lines from Donald Murray. I don’t know that I’ve ever read anything he’s written that isn’t…
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Winter Day Haiku: Haiku-A-Day Challenge #17
Image CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0 Steve Rotman on Flickr.com I’m joining Trina Haase at Trinarrative for a daily haiku challenge this month. South Dakota has unusual winter weather. Plenty of cold and snow and wind. But also winter days when it’s nearly sixty degrees and the sun’s shining and we can all escape the house to the porch.…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 12/17/18
On the blog: A few haiku found in quotations from NCTE A slice about taking photos of cats (with lots of photos of cats) A prairie haiku My son and husband also write haiku with me Two haiku inspired by waiting in the hall during a wrestling match The inevitable writer’s block haiku A haiku about…
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NCTE Haiku: Haiku-A-Day Challenge #10
Image CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0 Steve Rotman on Flickr.com I am joining Trina Haase at Trinarrative for a daily haiku challenge this month. I usually write several reflective learning posts about NCTE, but this has been an especially busy semester, and I haven’t had much time for rereading notebooks and sharing my learning since I’ve been back. But…
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