Slice 2012: 15 of 31
- Share your link in the comments then respond to 3 (or more) other slicers.
I think this week of the challenge is a tough one. Days 11 – 17 can be grueling. The newness has worn off, the end of the month feels far away, and writing topics seem to be hard to come by. You can make it though! This week I’ll share nuggets of inspiration to make writing a little less painful.
Great stories happen to those who can tell them.
—Ira Glass
All of the “nitty-gritty” stays the same, but if you have questions, email me or check out the useful links here.
- 31 Slices to Inspire
http://kookingwithkara.blogspot.com/2012/03/quesadillas-and-peanut-butter-with.html
A John Henry Craze has overtaken our classroom.
http://www.carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-15-john-henry-craze.html
Can you see the difference in the light? http://everydaysnapshots.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-of-life-15-2012.html
And late for me…..
A story about my son’s bird Nugget
http://pamelahodges.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/a-bird-to-love/
Early for me … http://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/he-must-have-gone-with-a-pretty-wild-crowd/
My 6 word stories for the day. Have you tried these before?
http://moore4familyfun.blogspot.com/2012/03/6-word-stories.html
To This One It Matters. A surprise meeting with a former player.
http://tothisoneitmatters.blogspot.com/2012/03/to-this-one-it-matters.html
Student Slicers
http://amandacornwell.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/student-slicers-link-up-1531/
Temps
http://amandacornwell.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/solsc-2012-1531/
Jump Rope Fun http://keeferto.typepad.com/blog/2012/03/jump-jump-jump-around-img-altscreen-shot-2012-03-01-at-70218-am-classasset-asset-image-at-xid-6a0134.html
Just thinking…
http://ellensruminations.blogspot.com/2012/03/collaboration.html
A reminder that six year old students can grow to be very different from their five year old self!
http://keepintouch-sueb.blogspot.com/2012/03/best-not-judge-five-year-old.html
I’m not a cat lady. Really.
http://teachinnature.blogspot.com/2012/03/five-reasons-i-appreciate-my-cat.html
More Disney…gotta love it!
http://www.frommyfrontporchlookingin.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-of-life-15-my-first-disney-memory.html
I LOVE Kindergarten students, all of them, but I REALLY LOVE Kindergarten students that are still a wee bit speech delayed!
http://jenbaum-laughoftenlovemuch.blogspot.com/2012/03/scene-helping-kindergarten-student-s.html
Gotta love the Kindergartners.
http://archermom.blogspot.com/2012/03/kindergarten-crayons.html
http://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2012/03/family-madness.html
My car is now a rabbit!
http://snowflakes6.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/slice-of-life-challenge-2012-day-15-transformed-car/
I have to get better at posting earlier in the day!!!
http://caroline524.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/where-do-they-go/
Good Things come with time – waiting for writers to grow.
http://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/good-things-co…riters-to-grow/
The Power of Words and How You Use Them
http://www.raisingreadersandwriters.com/?p=1337
A long night at the theater…Street Corner Symphony
http://writeonkathy.blogspot.com/
Another late one…a sleepy poem! http://ruthayreswrites.blogspot.com/2012/03/sleepy-sols.html
Journeys
http://deliveringreadingpassion.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/sols2012-15-journeys/
Exhaustion!
http://sowingseeds.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/exhaustion/
http://lookingforthewritewords29.blogspot.com/2012/03/thankful-on-thursday.html
Thankful on Thursday
Before email and cellphones, I used to write letters…
http://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/letters-slice15/
Slice 15: Trying to be a cool teacher
http://blogpraylove.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/trying-to-be-the-cool-teacher/
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Here’s slice 15 of 31…I guess word press wants their slice too?
http://theamyrudder.blogspot.com/2012/03/first-date.html
These are days…
http://lennyehestad.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-15.html
I’m thankful for….
http://wonderingthrough2012.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-of-life-15.html
Backyard Birdwatching
http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2012/03/sols-15-backyard-birdwatching.html
(Thanks, Stacey & Ruth)
It’s the simple things….
http://alittlefaithandalotofheart.blogspot.com/2012/03/heygoldfish.html
Why I love my husband
http://throighmyeyes.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-i-love-my-husband.html
Antiquing
http://lifepse.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-of-life-antiquing.html
The weather’s fickleness leaves me confused when it comes to what to wear! Slice 15 of 31
http://web.me.com/aggiekesler/myjourneyabroad/Blog/Entries/2012/3/15_What_to_wear.html
This Day: a short slice for #15
http://mardiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/03/this-day.html
It was a good day!
http://zeaserspalace.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/99/
I should have taken my own advice!
http://stumblingthroughwords.blogspot.com/2012/03/advice.html
So super thankful to NewTreeMom for her post yesterday, which got me into the mood to write this. I love it, whether or not it gets more polished from here.
Where are you from?
http://severaldrafts.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-am-from-midnight-sun-homeland-slice.html
Can’t find my lead…
http://makelearningcontagious.blogspot.com/2012/03/lost.html
Jacob Gideon, my surprise child, adopted when I was 45 years old, turns SIX today. What mysterious ways the Lord has.
http://eastfieldscrappers.typepad.com/serenity/2012/03/a-slice-of-life-15-of-31-jacob-turns-six.html
Tournament time! I am so excited!
http://slicesfromthesofa.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-own-brand-of-bracketology.html
Reflection about the Early Learning Center
http://deborahjnelsonwrites.blogspot.com/2012/03/early-learning-center.html
Plans? What plans?
http://grownupsanddowns.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/slice-of-life-plans-what-plans/
Just for Fun?
http://lindakulp.blogspot.com/2012/03/just-for-fun.html
I slept in…on a staff meeting morning!
http://livewriteteach.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-slice-of-life-story-challenge-15.html
Seven Minute Essay #15 SOL
http://jellyandthedogs.blogspot.com/2012/03/15-sol-seven-minute-essay.html
grumpy
http://solitaryslices.blogspot.com/2012/03/grumpy.html
Thinking about my mother-in-law’s words today.
http://readwriteinspire.blogspot.com/2012/03/words-i-can-count-on.html
Thank you, Anne Ursu, for making this a truly memorable day for my fourth grade kiddoes!
http://kellitrabertalks.blogspot.com/2012/03/living-life-of-writer.html
My day was full of sleeping…
Sick day slice:
http://chartingbythestars.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/sick-day-slice2012/
Today, as I was talking to a very pregnant teacher in my hallway, I remembered when I was pregnant with my 2nd child, and how I didn’t want to go to the hospital and have her-
http://forty-and-fabulous.blogspot.com/2012/03/when-maggie-was-born.html
http://lostinliteracy.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/overwhelemed/
Feeling the pressure of life
Tired All Over
http://blauveltbabbles.blogspot.com/2012/03/tired-all-over-solc-15.html
A sunny, sweaty day in my 8th grade classroom…without air conditioning…and outside temp of 80…
http://twistsandturns-ann.blogspot.com/2012/03/privilege.html
March Madness is totally impeding me from reading & commenting. I should turn off the tv!!
Go Duke!
http://boxofchocolates29.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/solsc-3-15-2012-not-a-real-number/
This recipe is absolutely fabulous! I think I’m addicted.
http://sliceoflifedeanna.blogspot.com/2012/03/cinnamon-bun-popcorn.html
Let ‘em write!!
http://bethfullerreadingcoach.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/let-em-write/
I will try this one more time with a different email address
http://juliannsblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/solc-15.html
Learning from a character – who happens to be a dog:
http://wendiatrandom.blogspot.com/2012/03/dog-lessons.html
Complete exhaustion…
http://lifeisgrand-pettit.blogspot.com/2012/03/im-wondering-how-one-can-be-so-tired.html
Short one today. Just some “I wonder” questions.
http://stacythemothership.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-wonder.html
WOW I made in the top 100 today!!
http://www.klingercafe.com/2012/03/sols-1531-2012-spring-break.html
#15 Rainbows
http://you-get-what-you-get-lori.blogspot.com/2012/03/rainbow.html
It is time…
http://iteachatec.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/it-is-time/
an attempt at nonfiction
http://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/bluebirds-solc-15/
Places to go before 2013
http://tktandreasalaso.wordpress.com/
Mind the metaphor
http://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2012/03/gardeners-dilemma.html
Poetry Madness is all I got to say! Read about it here: http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/slice-of-life-story-challenge-15-of-31/
Gotta love Chinese take out.
http://yeahwritejanet.blogspot.com/2012/03/chinese-take-out.html
It’s getting harder to do this daily! Here’s a post about the power of grammar.
http://ahopefultransmission16.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-of-my-life-day-14_15.html
I keep trying to post today…let’s see if it works this time. Don’t read this if you don’t like to writing.
http://improvingmysenses.blogspot.com/2012/03/not-everyone-share-my-passion.html
@Wanda: It worked.
http://rdgnana.blogspot.com/2012/03/shhhits-secret.html
http://teachingmomstalking.blogspot.com/2012/03/ugh.html
ugh
Liar!
http://becoming-cathy.blogspot.com/2012/03/liar.html
Just for fun…newspaper nails.
http://teachingyoungwriters.blogspot.com/2012/03/newspaper-nails.html
Tried out a fun new site for creating embeddable games for my students!
http://ihabloespanglish.blogspot.com/2012/03/super-fun-embeddable-games.html
My weekly gratitude list.
I need to add that I’m grateful that Stacey figured out what I needed to do to link my post. Thank you! 
http://onelitcoach.blogspot.com/2012/03/thankful-thursday_15.html
Pocket Discoveries
http://myteachertown.blogspot.com/2012/03/whats-in-your-pocket.html
Silent World game!
http://ourcampreadalot.blogspot.com/2012/03/silence-slice-of-life-15.html
March Madness Begins…and my students are serious about it
http://schwade.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/let-the-games-begin/
Remembering a great man
http://clayfragments.blogspot.com/2012/03/ides-of-march.html
Finally my 15th is ready:
http://blkdrama.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/just-show-upsolsc-15/
Bonnie
parents can make a difference…
http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2012/03/opting-in.html
http://debbie-mewritingmore.blogspot.com/2012/03/its-that-day.html
Halfway there…
http://slicesfromthegarage.blogspot.com/2012/03/halfway.html
My secret life revealed!
http://mmscollins.blogspot.com/2012/03/unknown-me.html
http://heartfeatherenjoy.blogspot.com/2012/03/can-i-sharecan-i-share.html
The Ides of March is here!
http://projectchameleon.blogspot.com/2012/03/rejoice-ides-of-march.html
Short on ideas so here is another list: If I could be anything, I would be….. (How about you?)
http://sunsandstone.blogspot.com/2012/03/if-i-could-be-anything-i-would-be.html
SOLC 15 of 31: Pushy People
http://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/solc-15-of-31-pushy-people/
I’m Grateful For…
http://thesensiblysavyteacher.blogspot.com/2012/03/im-grateful-for-sols-15.html
I am teacher, hear me roar! A little poem of my day.
http://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-am.html
I was late because…..
http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-was-late-because.html
http://coffeefueledmusings.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/shades-of-summer/
Shades of summer in Chicago make it hard to go on with business as usual.
Oooo. I really love that Ira Glass quote!
Today I say goodbye to my middle name. R.I.P.!
http://writingmehome.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/r-i-p/
I finished a journal and started a new one
http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-filled-journal.html
I will comment on other posts later today
From baby yoga poses to not eating due to teething, this short post covers it all.
http://reflectionsofamommy.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/things-im-pretty-sure-of-today-day-iv-of-vii/
http://booksavors.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/solsc-please-can-i-have-a-book/
Birthday musings cut short…
http://fairlyfrazzled.blogspot.com/2012/03/birthdays.html
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Lots of things going on. Lots of follow-ups to previous posts, so I threw them altogether into one. That was probably dumb–I could have gotten three days out of this! Anyway–the end of YA Novel unit, my author-to-be and yesterday’s inservice (there are a couple of pictures!) http://deb-day.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-ups-novels-author-to-be-and.html
My slice for March 15. 13 Things…I should have tried to make it 15! http://allthingspreteen.blogspot.com/2012/03/13-things.html
Another generation communicating…
http://seney-mysliceoflife.blogspot.com/2012/03/another-generation-communicating.html
I couldn’t do what I do without her
http://wakeupandwrite.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/the-heart-of-the-work/
Reflecting on the SOLS community of writers and inspired by a couple of Ruth’s posts:
http://enbuscadeequilibrio.blogspot.com/2012/03/story-web-solsc-1531.html
Mad
http://writekimwrite.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/mad/
It was a red hot moment which thankfully has passed.
“Is this a book theater?”
http://readingamidthechaos.blogspot.com/2012/03/is-this-book-theater-solc-15.html
Thinking of packing up and moving (sharing an obsession):
http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/2012/03/sllice-of-life-march-challenge-15.html
http://alotalot.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/slice-of-life-zzzz/
2 Days in a row! LOL
a piece of creative writing about life:
http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2012/03/life-is-everything.html
http://workingovertime-gina.blogspot.com/2012/03/disappointed-in-myself-this-morning.html
Back in action…
Haiku for a cockeyed optimist! http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2012/03/hope-springs-eternal.html
a visit to the doctor’s office today
http://teachtoinspire.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/the-doctors-office/
My Life’s “Little” Equations!
http://inspire-lynn.blogspot.com/2012/03/few-of-my-lifes-equations.html
Some days . . .
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2012/03/solsc2012-some-days-1531.html
Treasures Held Within:
http://shredsofmymind.blogspot.com/2012/03/sols15-treasures-held-within.html
My son and 9th grade English
http://thekingzooandfunnyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-sons-lament.html
a day we couldn’t miss in Illinois…enjoy your day today !
http://twoyearsandfinishingstrong.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/a-new-take-on-my-intervention/
We had an author visit in my classroom yesterday:
http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-of-life-15-author-visit.html
A taste of summer…
http://triumphsntribulations.blogspot.com/2012/03/taste-of-summer.html
Creativity & Hobbies
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2012/03/sol-15-31512-creativity-my-list-of.html
I never thought I would be writing about leg hair.
http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-2012-15-of-31-leg-hair.html
Sorry for the typo up there. I was kinda freaking out about not be able to post day 15.
A little poem, a little slice, the little things that matter: http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/the-love-of-little-things/
A quote from a neurologist about the benefits of writing spurs me on…
http://paustt.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-of-life-day-15.html
Thoughts at the half-way point of #slice12:
http://literatelives.blogspot.com/2012/03/reflections-at-half-way-point-slice-of.html
Do you jigsaw? http://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/puzzles/
http://Teachyourheart.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/march15-already/
I’m realizing how fast my trip and time off is going to go. Scary!
Tpettyconrad@att.net
worrying about things….
http://thirdmusings.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/has-google-become-my-new-magic-8-ball/
Happy Birthday Lee
http://showgem.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/slice-15-a-sisters-birthday/
The word count game…. http://jessicawhitmore.com/blog/2012/03/the-word-count/
Notes from an inspirational conference
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2012/03/solsc-15-wisdom-from-jacky.html
http://missy-gink.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/sol-15313.html
I don’t understand what’s change this yesterday and why I can’t post the way I did for slice 14.
Story songs of the 70s. It’s as bad as it sounds.
http://kathgillis.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/we-had-joy-we-had-fun-we-had-seasons-in-the-sun/
http://missy-gink.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/sol-15313.html
I’m having problems posting tonight…I logged into my blog tonight like I normally do but I was unable to post my slice??
Still on my alternate blog site (Thank goodness for the ease of Tumblr). I can’t get the Slice logo to show there… *sighs* But I’m still here, and still writing… this time about the “silence” during state testing.
http://lleullinsdragon.tumblr.com/post/19338471765/sounds-of-silence
Wow — Day 15?
Yesterday, I took my video camera down to our river to catch a Video Slice of a river sculpture project a neighbor and his grandson are constructing from “lost items.”
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/slice-of-life-the-river-sculpture-video-slice/
Kevin
PS — I had trouble posting my comment this morning, Ruth/Stacey. Your blog kept telling me I was not logged in, and yet, I was. I switched to my Twitter login.
I’ve been humming this tune about APPR for a while now; so now I’ve put it down on “paper”…at this halfway point, it seemed like the right time to sing APPR!
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2012/03/sol-15-appr-its-slice-of-life-these.html
Let me try that again without the typo – I have taken on the challenge of trying poetry. http://thelitladies.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/slice-of-life-12-trespassers/
I have taken on the challenge of tryinh poetry. http://thelitladies.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/slice-of-life-12-trespassers/
Storm warnings on the radio as I drove home inspired this poem, Storm Watching
http://livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/slice-of-life-story-challenge-day-15.html
Again, another idea from another slicer…
How I Met My Husband
http://refiningrcraft.blogspot.com/2012_03_01_archive.html
I like Chopin. He helped build my brain and heart.
http://birdsandtreesofthemind.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/slice-15-chopin/
Oh, a glaring typo…oops. Deleting comments not possible, is it? I’ll just go to bed.
I am playing with transforming prose to poetry with part of a tryptich memoir I wrote for the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project to a poem.
This is about a check out dive and my dad’s underwater funeral.
http://meanderingmaya.blogspot.com/2012/03/checkout-dive.html
This slice is a little off the beaten path. Taking a short detour.
http://windows2mylife.blogspot.com/2012/03/taking-detour.html
The power of these 3 little words, “Be a duck.”
http://www.shewritesbecause.blogspot.com/2012/03/be-duck.html
Another memory, this time of a special star – http://teacherdance.blogspot.com/2012/03/memory-of-stars-slice-fifteen.html
Missing my Grandma!
http://firstgradedelight.blogspot.com/2012/03/slice-of-life-day-15-of-31.html
I know they are weeds, but I like them.
http://jama-seedlings.blogspot.com/2012/03/dandelions.html
The Old Potato House
http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2012/03/potato-house.html
A little slice about my big hockey player…well, I guess he’s technically my medium sized hockey player.
Hell on Blades
http://primarywordbyword.blogspot.com/2012/03/hell-on-blades.html