by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life. It is still twilight when I pick up a banana and cup of coffee from the hotel breakfast buffet. My reserved Carmel Car drives up as I exit the lobby. I drop my bag onto the floorboard and slide into the back seat of the dark sedan, confirming my...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, In My Classroom, Indexed, Literacy |
I flew six thousand miles from Pacific to Atlantic to Pacific to spend three wonderful days teaching in kindergarten through third grade classrooms in two Brooklyn schools. Travel … Here are a couple views from my window in the sky: NYC skyline as we approach...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life: Greenwood I dedicate this post to my dear sister-teacher, Sharon Williams. Her roots grow deep in Greenwood. It is a hot August evening. We drive slowly along the back roads of Wise County, and although the scorching high for the day was 107 degrees, we...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 14. I failed I didn’t reach my goal But Failure is okay Because It means I tried And Trying is what Really counts I was in Miami –en route home after two weeks in Ecuador, waiting to board a flight– when I saw the...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 13. From personal travel journal It’s 5 AM and I’ve said Good Morning and Thank You to no less than a dozen people between my hotel room and my departure gate at the airport — all people who in some way served me....
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
Celebrate this Week : March 12, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 12. Today I celebrate a SAFE JOURNEY. Today I celebrate HOME, SWEET HOME. Today I celebrate having TIME. Yesterday, I wrote my slice (Journey Home) while on a long Miami layover, when we were...
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