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...
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