by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Literacy |
Poetry Friday : February 24, 2017. Transformed Discovery The pen of a poet is chanting a tale of bright stars glowing above the lost land complete with belching geysers, gurgling mud pots and simmering pools— transformed discovery on a magical summer night © 2017...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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 —...
by Alice Nine | Literacy |
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). ...
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Indexed, Literacy |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Indexed, Literacy |
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...
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Indexed, Literacy |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Literacy |
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...
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