A Day in the Life

I am joining  Two Writing Teachers  today and sharing a small piece of my day. Three times a grading period, we have a list of root words th...

  After finishing the Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life Challenge, you would think I would take some time off. from publishing every day.  ...

 My thoughts are not what I expected for today. I thought I would be spent and exhausted, and my ideas dried up. After writing and posting a...

In our neighborhood we don't gather much with neighbors. We give the neighborly wave as we come and go down the dead-end street, but it ...

We are reaching the end of  March, a time when ideas seem to come a little less frequently and when I struggle to write a story that engages...

Several times a week I purchase a drink at a drive-through restaurant. Lately, I have been fighting with straw wrappers.  Our McDonald's...

Back in February, my Time to Write writing group participated in a writing challenge. We were to create a two-sentence Hallmark Christmas mo...

his memories of a nineteen-sixty-one scout-- a rusted  treasure     Join  Two Writing Teachers  and other teacher-writers as we  share a sli...

It's been a good day, but a long day. So when you need a quick slice, you go with inspiration from others.  Right now I am... waiting to...

Dear Diary, It is hard to believe that I am fifteen years old. That's pretty old for a plant, especially in the conditions where I live....

Imagine... political division in the United States our country at war disputes over illegal immigrants and border control protests tyranny a...

As the hours and minutes count down and my mind turns to thinking about returning to school after a lovely week of spring break, a colleague...

I'm struggling to write today. Maybe it is because of the gloomy weather on this Saturday morning after a string of gloriously warm, sun...

Being part of a community benefits a writing life. When I first began blogging, it was the community of writers that kept me writing. I have...

In honor of St. Patrick's Day I have created a list of 17 reasons (in no particular order) why I am lucky! I'm lucky because... my c...

Do you ever bookmark something or save a passage from a book thinking you will return to it? During the March challenge, I will save links f...

  Join  Two Writing Teachers  and other teacher-writers as we  share a slice of life during the month of March.   I began my day... with a b...

Spin, thump, thump, thump...swish. Spin, thump, thump, thump...swish. If you have ever watched a person shoot free throws, you will see a rh...

A few years ago, my friend Michelle Haseltine began a Facebook group called the #100DaysofNotebooking. Because I wanted to create a more con...

For the past several years, I have held a "Slicer Party." I have always questioned doing it because I didn't think it followed...