I don’t often look at the stats for my wordpress blog, but last week something caught my eye as I scanned the number of views I had for August. I do, however, occasionally keep tabs on the number of views and visitors I get each month on my site. When I looked, I saw that…
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Poetry Friday: The End and A Beginning
The end of summer is about transitions. Anyone involved in education at any level or anyone with children realize this is a time of change. School aged children move to a new grade level, meet a new teacher, and see a new classroom. College aged students return to their studies at their campuses where they…
Poetry Friday: The Round Up is Here for 8/20/21
Welcome to Poetry Friday! I am so happy to have the opportunity to host the round up for this week. If you want to know what Poetry Friday is, click here for a great explanation!. After reading my post, don’t forget to leave a comment and then add your link! Fingers crossed this works. It…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Twittering about Twitter
I find myself twittering about Twitter. How many of you have twitter accounts? Do you find them useful to your writing, either to get notifications of where to submit your writing or to market your publications? Recently, I was informed that I “should” have a twitter account if I want to be informed of where…
Poetry Friday: Growing as a Writer
Welcome to Poetry Friday! Our host this week is the friendly and accessible author of the Wondering and Wandering Blog, Christie! Please check out her webpage for her post today as well as links to other poets, authors, and all round supportive people! Thanks, Christie for hosting! My first time hosting will be next week,…
Inspiration & Students
Today, when we had our writer’s circle meeting, I talked a little bit about inspiration. I asked the students, “what inspires you?” I did not really expect an answer, so I did not get one. It was asked in more of a rhetorical way. I’ve been writing daily for over four years. I know what…
Poetry Friday: Writer’s Circle This Summer
My new writer’s circle has been going well. It should really be writer’s triangle because there are only three of us. Myself as the instructor/mentor/coach and a soon to be seventh grader and fourth grader. If I had more students, I would have broken the grade levels up from 3-5 and 6-8. But, it is…
Poetry Friday: A Mish-Mash
This week I am getting ready for my student writer’s circle to start. We will meet at our local library on July 8th for the first time. I am excited to have this group. Thank you for your suggestions last week if you offered some to me! I am behind in my return comments but…
Poetry Friday: Poetry of Place
We’ve been travelling over the last week, visiting places we used to live and conduct our lives in Western New York. It brings to mind something my son said when he was young and in elementary school. Mom, he said, “Math is everywhere!” And, he was right. We started noticing how math was a part…
Poetry Friday and RDP: Carousel of Life
One of my favorite rides at the amusement park has always been the carousel. I think it’s because on the surface, it’s predictable in it’s movement but not in where or when it starts and stops. I like routine and predictability so I am drawn to this ride. I also like the artistry of the…