the dirigible plum

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  • March 26, 2021

    Feral Cat Colony Caretaker: Slice of Life #sol21 26/31

    Feral Cat Colony Caretaker: Slice of Life #sol21 26/31

    Right around the time we made the decision to move to Detroit, a Detroit dog rescue I’ve followed for many years posted a story about rescuing a cat. A kitten, stuck in the tree, had become so cold and dehydrated it had passed out and fallen–landing on the street right in front of a car. […]

  • March 25, 2021

    25 Things That Make Me Happy: Slice of Life #sol21 25/31

    25 Things That Make Me Happy: Slice of Life #sol21 25/31

    Thanks to Judy K at Joodles Now & Then and Caitlin at Love Always, Caitlin for the inspiration for this post! For the 25th day of the March Slicing Challenge, I’m making a list of 25 things that make me happy. vintage stamps washi tape extra ice in my iced coffee thrift stores sunrises my […]

  • March 24, 2021

    What Is Your Ideal?: Slice of Life #sol21 24/31

    What Is Your Ideal?: Slice of Life #sol21 24/31

    Today I’m borrowing an idea from A Time to Write. Thank you for the inspiration! My ideal dog is a pit bull. The concrete block head. The silly forehead wrinkles. The smushy cheeks. The soulful eyes. Even though we aren’t looking for a dog, I still like to admire the dogs at pit bull rescue […]

  • March 23, 2021

    Pandemic Hobbies: Slice of Life #sol21 23/31

    Pandemic Hobbies: Slice of Life #sol21 23/31

    I tried them too. I signed up for poetry writing and embroidery and zine-making classes over Zoom, and I wrote some poetry and embroidered a word and made 100 zines for a #100dayproject. But then I was on to the next thing–or rather, back to my usual things. Reading, writing in my notebook, walking, cat […]

  • March 22, 2021

    Inherited Bookshelf: Slice of Life #sol21 22/31

    Inherited Bookshelf: Slice of Life #sol21 22/31

    Maybe one reason my new classroom felt instantly like mine was because it has a bookshelf filled with books, left by the last twelfth-grade teacher. Technically, it has two bookshelves, but one was filled with classroom sets of The New Jim Crow and the Norton Anthology of African-American Literature. Although I am glad to have […]

  • March 21, 2021

    Lessons I Need to Relearn: Slice of Life #sol21 21/31

    Lessons I Need to Relearn: Slice of Life #sol21 21/31

    I always read the tweets from the Don Graves Write Now Conference with longing–wishing I could be there. This year, thanks to a virtual conference, I was able to attend, and it was exactly what I needed. I took pages of notes, and my camera roll is now full of quotes and writing prompts. I […]

  • March 20, 2021

    Book Spine Poetry: Slice of Life #sol21 20/31

    Book Spine Poetry: Slice of Life #sol21 20/31

    Here’s the thing about book spine poetry: it’s impossible to create just one. Here’s the other thing about book spine poetry: it makes a big mess of your books. I now have half finished poems stacked all over my office! Oh, and one more thing about book spine poetry: cats are very curious about the […]

  • March 19, 2021

    Screenshots: Slice of Life #sol21 19/31

    Screenshots: Slice of Life #sol21 19/31

    My iPhone is a more reliable tool for capturing and retracing my mind’s wanderings than my writer’s notebook. Images are my favorite form of note-taking. Screenshots capture my learning, wonders, curiosities, and commitments. I snap places I want to travel and poems I need to share with my students. I snap other teacher’s whiteboards, other […]

  • March 18, 2021

    My Writing Life in Five Sentences: Slice of Life #sol21 18/31

    My Writing Life in Five Sentences: Slice of Life #sol21 18/31

    I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t writing, when I didn’t have a narrator in my head turning my actions into sentences, when I wasn’t full of story ideas, when I didn’t itch to pick up a pencil and use my hand to form words on paper, when my favorite toy wasn’t my grandmother’s […]

  • March 17, 2021

    Inky Pinky: A Six Word Memoir Slice of Life #sol21 17/31

    Inky Pinky: A Six Word Memoir Slice of Life #sol21 17/31

    Energy vibrates through her wild eyes. This is Inky Pinky, when she was still feral, in the process of being tamed thanks to the magic of the very best cat toy, the Cat Dancer. No photo I’ve ever taken has captured the spirit of a cat quite so well. Inky still has very big round […]

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