by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-0812 From my devotional journal… “And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before, …” -2 Samuel 5:24 I like the sound of wind in the tops of...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-0805 I wish I could remember what made us laugh so hard.* Live, love, and laugh!Live a life others will want to remember.Love so much it never runs out.Laugh contagiously. Much has been written in medical literature about the health benefits of laughter....
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, For Fun |
SOL25-0729 This post on social media triggered my memories of childhood road trips. You’ll want to get your second cup of coffee before you begin reading. I remember this kind of travel. Every summer we made a road trip from Attica, Indiana, back East to New...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, In My Classroom, Literacy |
SOL25 #0718 Grasshopper Yesterday, I paused when I spied a tiny grasshopper sitting so still on the handle of my garden hoe that I was turning over for safety reasons. He was beautiful. He was so translucent in the morning sunlight. So delicate. I dared not touch him....
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Literacy |
She wrote: “I’m considering homeschooling my soon to be kindergartner and have no idea how to do so.” I responded . . . Welcome to the homeschooling journey! You can do it. You may feel inadequate. You may wonder what to do, and then you’ll...
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Literacy |
She wrote, “I am very very new to homeschooling . . .” and asked for help. So I wrote . . . and then over several weeks I added even more and published this blog post. “Ah! The homeschooling journey! Think of it as another facet of your motherhood....
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, For Fun |
Slice of Life No. 25.0423 #Family #Memories #SOL25 It was when we still owned the big lot as everyone called it, the lot that was a block long, the empty lot bordering our property, the lot we mowed with a rented riding mower. It was before we sold that lot and the...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
#SOL2025 0407 This year, I haven’t see the nasty big flies that come in the spring. Not yet, anyway.Maybe we won’t get them.Maybe spring is late.Maybe they will come today since our highs have been climbing into the 60s. Does anyone else get an adrenaline...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Journey of Faith Journal #25-0325 “Pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “This, then, is how you should pray: … Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven… ” Matthew 6:9-10 I want to encourage you to pray without ceasing as...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Winter is over; bring on spring with slow walks under a warm sun along a country path bordered by daffodils. Sounds sooooo good! Ah! Spring!How do you define spring?Days turn warmer with nights still chillyLeaves on trees begin again to growFlowers bloom to cheer...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Alice Nine’s Journey of Faith JournalMarch 22, 2020 It is a peaceful quiet Sunday morning. Breakfast in our warm kitchen: A bowl of steel cut oatmeal with a bit of heavy cream and brown sugar. A crunchy heel of rustic bread, toasted almost to the burn stage,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
On the night of His betrayal, “When Jesus had spoken…, He went out with His disciples … there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. … Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
It’s July, the month of blueberries! This year we are still waiting for them to ripen… any day now! When I was a girl in New Jersey, we picked them in the wild. Now my dear friend Karen shares her verdant blueberry patch with us. Ah, blueberries are so...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Last weekend we had three days that were over 100. Saturday’s high was 108; Sunday’s was 112, and on Monday, we scorched at 116. The highest temperature ever recorded in Portland was 107 and that was three times–once in July 1965 and twice in August...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” 1 Cor. 13:12. It was about noon on Friday, and we were returning home from the west side. Carl asked me if I wanted to go...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Reading some more in the Book of Acts — Four things stand out to me this morning and my spirit is breathing them in. Peter is full of the Holy Spirit. It is evident that Peter and John have been with Jesus. The miracle, that has spread to all who dwell in...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Reading in the Book of Acts this morning… Following the miracle of the man at the Beautiful Gate, Peter responds to the people who gather in Solomon’s porch: “And His name, through faith in His name [Jesus’ name], has made this man strong, whom...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus,…”...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
On this first Sunday of 2021, I’m speaking to myself (actually, commanding myself) with the words of the psalmist– Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, Bless His holy name! (Psalms 103) I am committed to awaken each day with these words in...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
It is Thursday, December 31, and I’m sitting at my kitchen table, proofing the final draft of my student book for Grammar Boot Camp Junior (academy.alicenine.net). I pause and in the stillness of my kitchen, I notice sounds. Ordinary sounds. Cars and trucks are...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Truth 4 Today 20-0424 Meditating on this verse…“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way.” -Psalm 37:23 I read the verse. Then as I thought upon it, I did what I encourage students to do. I looked at the sentence structure, looked...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
This morning, I read the account of Paul’s shipwreck. {It is good to read again familiar stories of God’s deliverance. My heart is always encouraged.} After reading the account, I used a writing/study strategy from my classroom: I wrote a short version...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Poetry Friday No. 19-0913 I had decided my day was too full to write a #PoetryFriday post. Then about an hour ago, the quiet of our afternoon was filled with a helicopter flying low and close, circling more than once. I stepped out to watch then returned to my kitchen...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life Tuesdays #190910. She bounces through the backdoor, holding a gift bag by its chocolate brown ribbon handles. Pink it is — trimmed at its bottom edge in brown with rows of white polka dots the size of the punched holes of loose-leaf paper forming...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
I.Today I’m sharing a poem from one of my birthday cards, the one chosen by my 8-year-old grandson… “because Grandma likes poems.” A Poem for My Grandmaon Her BirthdayLike jelly needs toast,and cocoa needs mugs…Like cookies need...
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