the dirigible plum

A Blog about Learning, Teaching, Writing, and Reading

  • March 5, 2022

    Rambling Autobiography #sol22 5/31

    Rambling Autobiography #sol22 5/31

    I was born the same year that Watership Down, my favorite book when I was a teenager, was published. Since I’ve had to give up chocolate, I adore extra-premium vanilla ice cream smothered with sea salt caramel sauce. I buy far more books than I will ever be able to read during my lifetime. I […]

  • March 4, 2022

    13 Things I Can’t Live Without (Classroom Version) #sol22 4/31

    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 […]

  • March 3, 2022

    Finding My Way #sol22 3/31

    Finding My Way #sol22 3/31

    We don’t have many extra duties at my school, but we are tasked with clearing the halls of the dozens of kids who tend to linger and chat well after the bell rings. Three times a day (six on non-block days), I postpone starting my own class so that I can get other teachers’ students […]

  • March 2, 2022

    Small Joys #sol22 2/31

    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 […]

  • March 1, 2022

    Since Last March #sol22 1/31

    Since Last March #sol22 1/31

    Since last March, we have added two kittens, Sweet Potato and Pomegranate, to our family. When they were just one week old and quite sickly, their feral mama moved them into a shelter in our garage. I love to tell them the story of how I met them before their eyes were even open. Before […]

  • March 31, 2021

    31 Things That I Did Not Write About: Slice of Life #sol21 31/31

    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, […]

  • March 30, 2021

    Things I Should Turn into Lists: Slice of Life #sol21 30/31

    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 […]

  • March 29, 2021

    1972: The Year in Books Slice of Life #sol21 29/31

    1972: The Year in Books Slice of Life #sol21 29/31

    I got the idea for this post from arjeha’s slice about prices in the year he was born. His post got me wondering about books in my birth year. What was published? What were the most popular books? 1972 was a very good year for books. I can’t speak for the year’s bestseller, Jonathan Livingston […]

  • March 28, 2021

    My Ten: Slice of Life #sol21 28/31

    My Ten: Slice of Life #sol21 28/31

    “My Ten” is a New York Times column where creative types are asked to share “their top 10 cultural must-haves.” The Learning Network turned it into a lesson of the day, and Ms. Chen turned it into a Slice. Thanks, Ms. Chen, for the inspiration! Caternet. Ok, I made that word up, and I don’t […]

  • March 27, 2021

    Right Now: Slice of Life #sol21 27/31

    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 […]

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