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...
Burdensome Labor
Poetry Friday : February 3, 2017. But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, assigning us a burdensome labor. --Deuteronomy 26:6 There was a magic number-- Seventy bolls make a pound, Seven thousand make a hundred. A hundred pounds of feathers, A hundred pounds of...
Indexed : Sentences
Tuesday Slice of Life : January 31, 2017. It's the end of January! I always approach the end of January with a bit of reluctance. Really with a whole lot of reluctance. It means 4th quarter reports and end of the year reports. It means setting up my business files for...
Sentence Maps No.170130
A simple declarative sentence is the building block of all composition. Simple Sentence Maps, Sample Set 1. Monday, January 30, 2017. A marmalade cat sat on a mat. 1. Find preposition and circle it; then loop around its object to form a pin (safety pin). Use blue, our...
Vertigo in Time
Celebrate this Week : January 28, 2017 This week I celebrate 24 hours in each day, 7 days in each week, 4 plus weeks in each month, 12 months in each year . . . the rising and setting of the sun, the lengthening and shortening of shadows, the changing of seasons. It...
It Snowed
Last night it snowed. A hushed white, a soft, muffling blanket tucked me in. Nothing to do, and so I did nothing. © Alice Nine Carol at Beyond Literacy Link is hosting #PoetryFriday this week. Come by and join in! And thank you Carol!
Noah’s Ark
Tuesday Slice of Life : January 24, 2017. The biblical story of Noah's ark is an all time preschool favorite. Kids like the animals. They like the big boat. And they really like the rainbow. It is also a favorite of mine because it is the story of a just man of faith...
Boots and Shoes
Celebrate this Week : January 21, 2017 This week I am celebrating boots and shoes! I found comfort! I found style! And they fit! I found them in the airport of all places. Yep! At ccMcKenzie Shoes and Apparel in Concourse C at the Portland International Airport. I...
On the Other Side of TSA
Tuesday Slice of Life : January 17, 2017. My first stop. Her laugh had bubbles in it. Our paths intersected as I walked down Concourse C. In other words, we bumped into each other. I was looking to my left; I guess she was looking the other way. As we bumped, offered...
Celebrating Full Circle
Celebrate This Week : January 14, 2017. This week I celebrate the past and the present in my "professional development life" Backstory. For more than twenty years, I have provided professional development to schools across the country. The bulk of this PD focuses on...
Day’s End
Poetry Friday : January 13, 2017. . When I thumb the pages of my journals and look through my photos, I find an interesting thread -- sunsets and sunrises. And in addition to writing about sunrises and sunsets and taking photos of them, I find myself recording them in...
Just one . . .
Three Things Thursday : January 12, 2017. One: I am grateful for opportunities to plant seeds in the lives of others and to watch them bloom! Two: I am thankful for the smiles of strangers that have lifted my spirits on my travels this week. Three: I celebrated my...
“Pig flu . . .”
Tuesday Slice of Life : January 10, 2017 A game of hangman using the Bible story words is a favorite of the kids in my Sunday school class. If you've ever played hangman, you know that all the letters guessed are recorded -- those that are in the word or phrase in...
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