by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 26. Sunday. I saw a quote somewhere and it made me stop and think: Life in abundance comes through great love. Great love. Is love great because of size? Or because of its significance? Is it great because of its object? I think that...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Celebrate this Week : March 25, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 25. Today, I celebrate technology in communications that Spans miles, putting two people who are in two different places into the same space Blends time zones, making now the time, anytime for...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 24. Poetry Friday : March 24, 2017. Five Minute Friday : March 24, 2017. I read Lynne’s Song of Sunshine inspired by Langston Hughes’ April Rain Song, and I was inspired to try to follow the model to write a poem...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No.23 This morning, I thumbed through some posts I wrote last year. One in particular caught my attention, one I wrote last July, a post about picking blueberries. I could feel a poem floating beneath the surface of the prose. So, I...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 22. Things Mother Used To Make I enjoy reading the recipes and helps in this book, published in 1913. I must confess that I read cookbooks for pleasure, much like some people read poetry. The measurements terms are very interesting:...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Literacy |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 21. I’m searching for something to write, but it eludes me. So, here I am, penning a steam of consciousness, writing through the block. Finally it’s spring. I’m glad that winter is over. I’m glad that the sun is tracking...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 20. A party! Who doesn’t love a party? I am accepting Leigh Anne Eck’s invitation to a Slicer Party. I hope I see you there, too, before the month of March is over. Leigh Anne asked each of us to bring five of our...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 19. To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope This is not a story not a poem not an essay not a lesson nor a lecture. This is a trail of thoughts from my heart about forgiveness. Usually when I ponder a word, I open a...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Five Minute Friday : March 17, 2017. I’m linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday where bloggers post their 5 minute free writing inspired by a one word prompt. Today’s word prompt is friend I have a friend who sticks closer than a brother His...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Poetry Friday : March 17, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No.17. A slice– Today I’m wearing green. A blessing– Today, in the tradition of the Irish, I share two blessings, from me to you. The first one I adapted from Psalms 84:11-12. The second...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 16. Part I. Have you ever shopped for four look-alike dress shirts in four different sizes, the smallest being 12-18 month size? Oh, I must add that they must be on reduced pricing ’cause who wants to pay full price on...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 15. I was e-thumbing through an e-copy of It was published in 1913. And in that book, I read the following . . . And as I read, I wondered and asked questions. 1. How many eggs would I need to buy in the summer to last through the...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 14. I failed I didn’t reach my goal But Failure is okay Because It means I tried And Trying is what Really counts I was in Miami –en route home after two weeks in Ecuador, waiting to board a flight– when I saw the...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 13. From personal travel journal It’s 5 AM and I’ve said Good Morning and Thank You to no less than a dozen people between my hotel room and my departure gate at the airport — all people who in some way served me....
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Celebrate this Week : March 12, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 12. Today I celebrate a SAFE JOURNEY. Today I celebrate HOME, SWEET HOME. Today I celebrate having TIME. Yesterday, I wrote my slice (Journey Home) while on a long Miami layover, when we were...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 11. Long day Short post Farewell, beautiful Ecuador On Friday… Drove the coastal roads from Portoviejo, city of our visit to Guayaquil, city of our departure One of the views along the way Fishing boats dot the waters On...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Poetry Friday : March 10, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 10. I read the words of Mary Gordon, shared by Maria Popova. So many phrases resonated with me. They danced on the page and played like music in my mind. I wanted to capture them; I wanted to remember...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 9. For about 30 minutes, we drove through the streets of the former downtown of Portoviejo. It should have been the busiest part of the day. However, the streets were nearly vacant, like a ghost town, block after block after block. A...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 8. On the beach . . . This little red sand crab was not disturbed by the roar or crashing of waves on the sand. He was not bothered by rain drops from the black stormy clouds above. He did not care that a school of porpoises were...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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, ...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
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...
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