by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 6 It was a sunny day on the Oregon coast. The skies were blue and cloudless. There was little wind. The waves were churning brown with sand. And the sand — the cool, wet sand — was perfect for digging holes, building castles,...
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 |
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, For Fun |
SOL25-0902 Me: Reclining in a lawn chair, relaxing on a warm end-of-summer afternoon.TM and NT: Jumping on the nearby trampoline. I. Wasp appears. Buzzes the boys like a bomber.The boys duck and scream.Wasp lands on the trampoline springs. II.The boys tumble off...
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...
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