Celebrate this Week : March 18, 2017.
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 18.
Today I celebrate the week past — a week that began in one hemisphere and ended in another!
I celebrate a milestone with all Slicers in the 2017 March Slice of Life Story Challenge.
We crossed the HALFWAY mark this week.
I’ve noticed that Slicers frequently share about the inspiration received from slices of other Slicers– ideas, topics, form. In this community, we all are writers influencing writers, writers sharing and borrowing, in a place where creativity boosts creativity. I find myself not only reading a slice, but also the comments and the replies–writers talking with each other. And often in the comments and replies, I find extensions of the original slice. All this writing and reading and commenting is making me grow in so many ways.
Anyway, this all made me think again of Robert Louis Stevenson’s words which embody for me an important aspect of the work of learning to write. {I shared a phrase somewhere in the multitude of comments I’ve written this month, and Joanne Toft commented on it. So I’m sharing the entire sentence here.}
Before he can tell what cadences he truly prefers, the student should have tried all that are possible; before he can choose and preserve a fitting key of words, he should long have practised the literary scales; and it is only after years of such gymnastic that he can sit down at last, legions of words swarming to his call, dozens of turns of phrase simultaneously bidding for his choice, and he himself knowing what he wants to do and (within the narrow limit of a man’s ability) able to do it. –Robert Louis Stevenson, Memories and Portraits, 1887
{I just love that sentence!}
With my virtual friends, I celebrate winning and losing.
- I received a copy of Just You Wait! by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. {Read about the win here.} Thank you, Linda! And thank you, Sylvia and Janet!!
If you don’t know about Just You Wait,
Amy at The Poem Farm does a great job reviewing it;
just scroll her post until you get to it.
- I wrote about the losing, not making it to 60 slices, which really was a win because I enjoyed meeting new slicers.
In my business, I celebrate Annual Corporate Tax Reports signed and filed. Yeah!
In my personal life, I humbly celebrate God’s amazing grace.
- This week, I’m singing with Chris Tomlin “Amazing grace… my chains are gone, I’ve been set free …”
- This week, I’ve been inspired again by the life of William Wilburforce, “Amazing Grace”
You really must come on over and celebrate at Discover Play Build with Ruth Ayres and others who have linked in to share their celebrations this week.
Thank you, Ruth, for hosting a place for us to celebrate with you! #Celebratelu
Thank you, Two Writing Teachers, for hosting
2017 Slice of Life Story Challenge
Beautiful words about our writing community.
🙂 I’m pleased to count myself part of it.
Literacy scales. Legions of words. Makes me think of so much.
Great metaphors do that!
So much to love here. I love this writing community.
Me too, Jone. 🙂
I agree Alice that this truly is a community of writers inspiring writers. I feel so fortunate to be part of this tribe.
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🙂 Me too!
You have so fittingly described this writing community. There is so much to learn from all of the wonderful things people share in their posts and comments.
Yep! The best community!
I love that you are celebrating God’s amazing graces. I start and end my day with that prayer.
🙂 Thanks for coming by, Maria!
There is so much to love about this post, Alice. The quote, Chris Tomlin singing and the trailer. Thanks for sharing abundancy. http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-musings-18-celebrate-your-life.html
Thank you, Carol. And I must hurry over to visit you at Beyond Literacy.
Wonderful celebrations, especially passing that halfway mark. Thanks for the link to the song and the RLS quote.
Yeah for halfway marks! I learned to celebrate them when I was a kid. My earliest recollection: some place in eastern Ohio we would cross the halfway point to our cousins each summer in our trek to visit family in NJ.
The quote is a wonderful way to end the week, and perhaps something to think about for next week, too. Thanks, Alice! Have a lovely weekend.
Hey, Linda! So many have appreciated the quote… I believe I will work up a slice from the text that surrounds it. Watch for it next week! A lovely weekend to you, too!
Love that Chris Tomlin…now I’m humming too!
This is an amazing community of writers and that sentence quoted is wonderful! I may copy and paste that somewhere to keep!
Singing with him right now! 🙂 Please copy & paste the quote, Donna. It has been in my file of quotes for many years. It was the inspiration for my use of mentor texts long before we were using the term “mentor text.” I’ll send you a link to the e-book so you can read the text surrounding it. RLS’s whole passage is so rich about learning to write!
Taking the time for those celebrations help you prioritize and appreciate all the good you have! I may begin doing that- thanks for sharing.
A wonderful week! You will enjoy Janet and Sylvia’s book. I like using this format also (although I haven’t done it yet this year). It helps us remember how much there is to celebrate and be thankful for in life!
Congratulations on winning the book. This kind of win brings joy for a long time.
Books are the best! 🙂
Such celebrations this week!! Good luck singing with Chris Tomlin!! So cool!
I want to make sure I clatify I’m singing with him on his CD. His song has been in my heart, and yes, that is cool! 🙂
We learn by doing, feedback, and reflection. Love the quote.
You would like RLS’s whole chapter that the quote is in. I’ll look it up and send you a link to the e-book.
Alice, you expressed my sentiments as well on this writing challenge. So far, I’ve manage to keep up, because of the community support. I wrote three pieces based on the inspiration of others – such selfless participants. This is the truth in your words, “…where creativity boosts creativity.” PS- love Chris Tomlin’s Amazing Grace. Thanks for sharing!
Laurie, thanks for stopping by and sharing. Have a blessed weekend!