by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 1 Yesterday, I said “Goodbye” to February. Today, I say “Hello” to March. For several weeks I’ve been looking for signs of spring, and what I saw called for a poem. SPRING Cold melts awaySun rises...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL26-0224 I’ve been thumbing the pages of my journals, reading slices about my grandkids–well, maybe more like “bites.” Here’s one that still makes me laugh and still makes me wonder how Mommy taught this lesson so well. BN (3 yrs old)...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL26-0203 Monday.School is over and the four boys are pulling on their coats, hats, and shoes to walk through our backyards to their house. EM already has her hat, coat, and shoes on. She stands quietly beside me and in her sweet, barely-three voice asks,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL26-0127 “I love you.” Be quick to say itBe sure to write itIt is never too often It will fill your spaceIt will warm your heartIt is comfort to your soul A zephyr of loveNow and in years to come -Alice Nine, 2023 A memory in print, like a zephyr on a...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL26-0120 Here in the Northwest, the sun rose about 7:43 today. By that time, I had eaten breakfast — two thick slices of smoked pepper bacon, scrambled eggs with pepper jack cheese, toast slathered with butter and a thin layer of Kelly’s Habanero Pepper...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL26-0106 Have you ever used one of those sleek fast-drying, high-efficiency commercial hand dryers? The ones they have in airports? Then what follows will resonate with you. CAST OF CHARACTERSCharacter #1: ATN – That’s me and I live in OregonCharacter...
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