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,...
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