A Day in the Life

"Oh, Mrs. Eck! You have to keep going!" These words are music to a reading teacher's ears. We have been reading whole class no...

Image by Pixaby I sit this morning in my classroom with the dim light of my computer glowing in the darkness. It's quiet, as it always i...

Don't you love when you read a slice and it sets you off onto a path of new discovery? That is what happened when I read Jill Bless'...

 Sometimes a slice is nothing more than a life equation. sinus infection + yearbook deadline > a well-written slice That's all I have...

Surely, I didn't do that!  No, I really couldn't have. Did I? Photo by jules a. on Unsplash I read a slice yesterday from Lisa Corb...

I know it is March 1st, but I can't let February go by without writing something about leap year.  In my writing group we have a monthly...

"Sometimes stories start with a bang, and sometimes stories start with a whisper, and sometimes stories start with a car chase or a fis...

A few years ago, I participated in a #MustRead book challenge. We created a list of books that we missed reading the previous year and wante...

  Thank you to  Unleashing Readers  for continuing to promote reading and great book titles and especially for letting us wayward readers fi...

 Thank you   Two Writing Teachers  for creating a space to  share our stories. We began hearing whispers of potential snow a few days ago. M...

  Thank you to  Unleashing Readers  for continuing to promote reading and great book titles and especially for letting us wayward readers fi...

I consider myself lucky to live in an area of our country where I get to experience the four seasons. Although I have my favorite seasons of...

We had the perfect plan. All our Ts were crossed and Is were dotted. My sister took Mom and her caregiver out for lunch while my brother, hu...

Thank you to Unleashing Readers for continuing to promote reading and great book titles and especially for letting us wayward readers find ...

As the year makes its way to the home stretch, I took some time to reflect on my writing habit. Or maybe I should say my lack of a writing h...