January endings

Our Teaching Authors host for Poetry Friday this week is April Halprin Wayland.  Thanks April!  Come enjoy!

           We continue to experience drought in Denver (not in the mountains as much), so the few inches of snow early this week were welcome.  The temperature dropped from 60 to 20 on Monday and it snowed.  Tuesday when I rolled out the trash barrel, the eucalyptus seed pods rattled in the wind, the pine tree was indeed crusted with snow, only on the north side, and the squirrels perched in the cottonwood sat fluffed, with tails curled over their bodies.  I remembered The Snow Man, by Wallace Stevens.

Beginnings of my One Little Word

The slice of life meme is hosted by Ruth Ayres and Stacey Shubitz at their blog, Two Writing Teachers.  Come see what others are sharing today!  We are grateful for the work they do to make this happen every Tuesday!

On twitter, use #Slice2013

       Be sure to check out Ruth's post about the March Slice of Life Challenge!  I hope to see all of you every single day!

         My OLW this year is Possibilities, defined online by Merriam-Webster:

1

: the condition or fact of being possible

2

  archaic : one's utmost power, capacity, or ability

Exciting Day - Awards Day!

It's Monday! What are you Reading? is a kidlit meme hosted by Jen and Kellee at TEACH.MENTOR.TEXTS.  Find the TBR lists growing longer while reading everyone’s post!  Plus, there is another meme hosted by Sheila at BOOK JOURNEYS that offers even more reviews of all kinds of books, adult and children.  Enjoy!

      On twitter?  Hook up with #IMWAYR

       I had so many errands this am, part of them in waiting rooms, so I finished, guess what?  SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS by Laura Amy Schlitz, recipient of one of the Newbery honor awards.  

Anniversary-Bitter some, sweet much

           Poetry Friday is hosted this week by Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite of Indifference.


Yesterday was my husband's and my 48th anniversary.  It's difficult to write about, but even worse to ignore.  I have had so many happy years, really all of them except this recent one.  I don't want the unpleasant stuff at the end to overshadow every other year.  There has been just too much joy in our lives to dwell in shadows.  So, I've written a poem, for me, for my husband, for you, to celebrate this special day.  

More of How Do You Know!

Two Writing Teachers hosts slice of life each Tuesday.  Come over to see what people have been doing!  Remember the March Slice of Life Challenge will be here before you know it!
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I've been thinking more and more about last week's slice, my conversation with the school's assistants, and Ruth's post where she answered the question, "How do you know?"  In other words, how do teachers know the answers to the myriad of questions they must answer every day, and night!  Or, what do they use as information in order to make decisions?