La Molienda
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 7. Sunday Dinner La Molienda (The Grinder) Portoviejo, Ecuador "Chicken Dinner" seco de gallina criolla ecuatoriano (free range chicken) with rice and ensalada rusa (potatoes, carrots, peas, apples, celery, onion, mayonnaise) "Fish...
The Earth Moved
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 6. As I turned to take a step away from the counter, I felt as if my foot and the floor were not connecting. No, it was more like they could not connect. It was only for a second, but it was a strange and noticeable sensation. At...
Running Water
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 5. As I type, I can see the slow spinning motion of the ceiling fan blades in their reflection caught by the rim of my glasses. The motion matches the fan's hum and the caressing breeze it sends downward to cool me. Unfamiliar bird...
greenfrost
Celebrate this Week : March 4, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 4. I'm in Ecuador, celebrating power that turns fan blades and greenfrost. My son said he had a short list of things that would help us experience true Ecuadorian living while we are visiting. One...
The Sea Is Calling Me
Poetry Friday : March 3, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No.3. On Day 3 in Ecuador, we are all hoping for a trip to the beach -- the beach where my grandkids found a sea turtle their last time there. So if the weather permits -- no thunderstorms, no rain -- I may...
A Passing Moment
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 2. Day Two in Ecuador. The highway is two-way, from Guayaquil to Portoviejo, about a 3.5-hour drive. Traffic is heavy--trucks, buses, slow-moving vehicles, and cars like us. Small towns dot the way, with speed bumps to slow vehicles...
South of the Equator
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 1. Yesterday-- that would be February 28th-- my alarm ended my slumber while night still covered my city which is located north of the 45th I tumbled from my bed-- my bags almost ready-- mentally checking my list to the last item --...
Abundance
Celebrate this Week : February 25, 2017. “You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and...
Transformed Discovery
At this point I wasn’t sure what I wanted, but I was figuring out what I didn’t want. So I continued putting words together to form phrases all the time looking for a connection between the phrases.
All Done Talking
Tuesday Slice of Life : February 21, 2017. My morning began with thoughts that turned into a poem. When from slumber I awaken, I will embrace the newness of this day. I will ponder issues of life before a fog of routines blurs my thinking. I will listen to my heart...
A Habit, Writing, Technology, and Winning
Celebrate This Week : February 18, 2017. I celebrate changing a habit and feeling luxurious: The Coffee Carafe. We do so many things by habit and don't even realize it. My coffee makers have always had a glass carafe with a warmer plate. So always, forever, as long as...
Empty Echoes
Poetry Friday : February 17, 2017. With the flourish of a pen, they rewrite the narrative, leaving us an empty echo, an artifact of memory, more porcelain than human, forever a plug in the cylinder of truth — those pseudo skeptics. © 2017 Alice Nine Question: Who are...
An Afternoon Moment
Tuesday Slice of Life : February 14, 2017. The day has been full of loose ends begging for my attention, interfering with my work on the things I had prioritized, the tasks I'd numbered this morning in my bullet journal. I'm working in what is called a garden room--a...
Five Significant Happenings
Celebrate this Week : February 11, 2017. What does it mean to celebrate? Webster writes, celebrate |ˈseləˌbrāt| verb [ with obj. ] 1 publicly acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity I am hereby publicly...
Color with Me
Poetry Friday : February 10, 2017. The other day, my four-year-old granddaughter gave me an invitation: "Color with me, Gramma." Her sweet invitation, her enjoyment of the art of coloring, her love for new crayon boxes with no less than 24 colors -- it all set me to...
Words with -mb
Phonics : Question No 17-0207. 1. I received an email from a teacher. 2. I sent a brief reply. 3. She responded with more questions. 4. I wrote a blog post (below). ...
Sentence Maps No.170206
A simple declarative sentence is the building block of all composition. Simple Sentence Maps, Sample Set 2. Monday, February 6, 2017. Mr. Putter wanted a cat. 1. There isn't a preposition. 2. Find the verb and put a red heart around it. The finite verb is the heart of...
Beak-to-Beak
Tuesday Slice of Life : February 7, 2017. This week I saw something I have never seen before. Not on a spring day. Not on a summer day. Not on a day when the leaves turn red. But on a wintry day this week, I saw it, this something that I've never seen before. We were...
RISE
Spiritual Journey : First Thursday of February 2017. I join fellow bloggers in posting this month at Turn where Leigh Anne is hosting the February round-up for Spiritual Journey. * * * * * * Off and on during the four-hour flight between DFW and PDX on Friday, I...
It’s a Race
Celebrate this Week : February 4, 2017. This week I'm celebrating my littlest granddaughter and the race of life. EM, youngest of my daughter's children, spreads much delight in our family-- Her ready smile Some silly laughter Eyes that sparkle Footsteps that bounce...
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