by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Celebrate this Week : Family. [I’ve linked up with Ruth Ayres where bloggers share something they are celebrating.] I celebrate family every week, but this week it is extra special. On Sunday we all knew we were into the final countdown. A countdown that has...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Five Minute Friday : Mom 00:00.00 Begin a five minute stream of consciousness on paper. Mom. How do I write in five minutes about you? You are the one who gave me life, Who showered me with unconditional love. You kissed away my boo-boos and told me the great stories...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life. Solving Problems Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. –Roger Lewin Big brother TM has been working on his math lesson at the table, and now Mom’s checking his work with him. EM, the...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. — Dale Carnegie I was very young when I learned that my last name was too hard. Before I entered first grade, my mama had taught me how to spell it,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Celebrate this Week . Celebrating Completion of a Challenge This week, the 10th Slice of Life Story Challenge over at Two Writing Teachers wrapped up. For one incredible month, I blogged day after day with several hundred other writers. On Friday, over 100 of us...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Literacy |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 28. Backstory of yesterday and today’s posts. Last year, during #SOL16, I revised a draft about a childhood memory, a first grade memory, “The Day My Teacher Died.” The next day I wrote about how I revised that...
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