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...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-1230 From my journal: Before sunrise . . . Christmas cookies and coffee–Cookies: ice kipfels, date pinwheels, date tartsCoffee: Black Rifle Coffee And while I enjoy my coffee and cookies, As I am pondering the year past and the new one ahead, I am...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-1223 In case you’ve never experienced using one of these solar laundry dryers, let me assure you that using it requires skill. Here’s what you need to know and be able to do to run a solar clothes dryer. You must know how to clip the clothespins so...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-1216 We check into our hotel and then head to Walmart to pick up a couple items. As I hunt for the items I need, Carl goes to get me a hand-held shopping basket. But he returns with a clank-clank-clanking shopping cart. He leaves it with me saying he is going to...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-1209 Motion stops. Doors slide open. The PA announces, “Exit here for gates A22 through A39.” Pulling my rollaboard, I step through the doors, into the Skylink station, and walk across the platform. There I pause. Sun streams through floor to ceiling...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, In My Classroom |
SOL25-1202 It had been a full morning. Full. But good. The productive sort of good. Seven siblings and cousins from kindergarten through eighth grade have been busy with their lessons. Math. Language arts. Science. Social studies. T6, who is 7 years old, is working...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-1125 High we held our umbrellasas we reached for each other,wandering through the cityin the springtime of our love. Raindrops played our sweet love song,echoing unspoken words,summoned us to dance ’til dawnto the rhythm of our hearts. Raindrops fell like...
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