by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, In My Classroom |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 3 It had been a slow, uneventful day. Just rain. Lots of rain. At times it just poured straight down, like it was coming from a gigantic tub faucet. Visibility was significantly reduced. I could barely make out the neighbor’s...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Literacy |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 2 EM came over with her daddy to show me her newest creation–a handmade book with a hard cover. Daddy said it was all her idea, even how to make it. He only helped where her little hands were not strong enough to bind with yellow...
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...
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