I Don’t Wanna Blog Tonight (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

I’m tired. Don’t want to open my computer. So sore. Itching to write some fiction instead. I blog anyway. Because I know writers write when they don’t feel like it. I know writers… Read More →

Not Enough (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

One thing Slice of Life has made clear to me this month is how full my life is. Being on the look out for a slice each day makes me hyper aware of… Read More →

Kindergarten Roundup (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

Tonight I took the little guy to kindergarten roundup. Unfortunately we spent most of our time in long lines. The thing is, I couldn’t help but stand beside him in awe. He practiced… Read More →

Home (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

Have you ever wanted to write something, but you’re sure your words are never ever going to do it justice? That’s how I feel about tonight’s slice. Some of you may know I’ve… Read More →

Processing My Learning (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

    One of my favorite parts of my job is I am privileged to a lot of professional development. Often when I travel to conferences, I attend with our district reading coach,… Read More →

Dinner (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

This weekend I have the privilege of attending the Michigan Reading Association conference. I’m always surprised how surreal life seems when I attend a conference. The normal evening things like dinner, baths, books, bed are… Read More →

Too Late (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

I am ready to collapse. [end of slice] Updated 11 March 2011: Thank you for your kind comments.

Here’s to Teamwork! (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

Tonight was a quiet night. Andy had to go back to work, so it was just the kids + me. We played games, ate dinner, went through the whole getting ready for the… Read More →

This is Where You’ll Find Me(Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

This is where you’ll find me at the end of the day, cuddling with kids, reading bedtime stories. Then they go to bed and . . . This is where you’ll find me… Read More →

Dinner with Friends (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

We walked through our first adoptions together. Our friendship was built around the ups and downs of becoming adoptive parents. That was six years ago. Since then they have adopted three more children… Read More →

Reading Together (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

“Excuse me Mom,” Sam said as we ended a chapter in The Magician’s Elephant. When he talks like this it always makes me smile. I pause and look at him. “You know, I’ve… Read More →

Spring on a Grey Day (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

  Today was a grey rainy day. After school and before we went to our friends’ house for dinner Sam and I played outside. In our rain boots (yes, his are on the… Read More →

Dessert Club (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

Usually on Thursdays, always after our kids’ bedtime, we host Dessert Club. It started five or six years ago, because we wanted to get to know the high school kids in our Sunday… Read More →

Library Friends (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

My mom (who comments as Quilt Addict) is a library director. She is also Mimi.  In her role as Mimi she keeps my son, Sam, while I’m at work. In her role as… Read More →

And So It Begins (Ruth’s SOLS)

by Ruth Ayres

Hello March. I’ve been waiting for you. My soul feels you. Last summer I longed for a change in season. Summer wasn’t in my heart, but it held on and kept coming back… Read More →

C’mon & Join Us!

by Ruth Ayres

Only two more Tuesdays until the month long Slice of Life Challenge begins on March 1! If you are considering joining the challenge, I’d like to invite you to give it a whirl… Read More →

Stop Waiting to Start a Blog Day

by Ruth Ayres

March is just around the corner (she says, when today is a level 1 snow emergency), which means not only are blooming flowers and warming temps a few weeks away, but so is… Read More →

Sundays for the Soul: Not for Robots

by Ruth Ayres

Check out this website I stumbled across: Not for Robots Writing is hard. People for whom writing is not hard are robots and should go away. Thank you. I’m not telling anymore, just… Read More →

Sundays for the Soul: Write to Feel Better

by Ruth Ayres

Last week Christi Overman posted the minilesson for the day on her class blog. She wasn’t going to be at school and instead of canceling workshop or writing the lessons in the sub… Read More →

Ruth’s SOLS: Away.

by Ruth Ayres

This afternoon Stacey said to me, “You don’t know what to do with yourself, do you?” She was right, I had no clue. Afternoons are the busiest part of my day. When I… Read More →