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13 Things I Can’t Live Without (Classroom Version) #sol22 4/31
Polka dots. Before school started, I bought a few packs of colorful polka dot stickers to decorate the institutional walls of my classroom. Polka dots bubble up the wall over my desk, rainbow arc across a corner, and spiral like garland around a large column. The color burst is essential to my happiness in my […]
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Small Joys #sol22 2/31
I love being a person who easily finds joy in lots of things. Sometimes I feel like a perpetual toddler–eyes wide to take in the dazzling world, unreasonably pleased by all the small things. Here are a few things that have brought me joy lately: The astonishing colors and patterns of tree bark How bright […]
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31 Things That I Did Not Write About: Slice of Life #sol21 31/31
It seems somehow fitting that I end my month of Slicing with another list. This idea comes from Terje at Just for a month. I spent the month of February angsting about whether I would participate in the slicing challenge this year. I hadn’t blogged since August, and I wasn’t sure I had the time, […]
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Things I Should Turn into Lists: Slice of Life #sol21 30/31
photos of Chipotle that should be a meme flowering trees in Detroit (in the order they bloom) books I bought in March books I bought during the pandemic books I had every intention of reading but instead of reading I bought more books things to remember about March things to remember about today ten poems […]
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Right Now: Slice of Life #sol21 27/31
I borrowed this format from Leigh Anne at A Day in the Life and Trina at Trinarrative. Thanks for the inspiration! What I’m reading: For bedtime comfort reading, I’m rereading all of Barbara Pym’s novels in mostly chronological order. I’m three-quarters through Excellent Women right now, and it’s superb (and quite a bit better than […]