by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life At two in the afternoon we backed out of our driveway and headed to the coast for two relaxing days. This kind of evening I’ve dreamed about the sea before us sand beneath our feet dragons flying in the sky tethered to earth with a...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Celebrate Life. On Friday I became one of 169,000 special people. The morning was routine. I checked out of the Radisson, caught the shuttle to ELP International Airport, checked two bags at the ticket counter, completed the TSA ritual, and walked to the end of...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life. I have been pairing quotes about poetry with images to celebrate poetry for the month of April. #NPM2018. Today’s quote is “Poetry is what we do to break bread with the dead.” When I read Seamus Heaney’s words, I immediately...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Literacy |
Slice of Life. It was Friday, February 13th, and I was thinking about lots of things and trying to wrap up a lot of loose ends. I spent some delightful time with the #PoetryFriday community at the Happy Birthday party for Lee Bennett Hopkins over at Robyn’s...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life By the end of April we will have celebrated ten 2018 birthdays in this family. That leaves us sixteen still to go. Of those sixteen, seven will be in the month of July. Once upon a time, we celebrated each individual birthday. However, in recent years,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March Slice of Life No. 26. Thumbing my journals today, I ran across a few EN anecdotes from his preschool years. Anecdote 1. EN had been trailing me around the house all afternoon. EN: What are you doing, Gramma? Me: Brushing my teeth. EN places his hand on his hip...
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