It’s Sunday – which for my blog means a photo only post. But, today is also March 1st and the beginning of the Slice of Life Challenge. This is a blogging challenge hosted by TwoWritingTeachers.org which encourages participants to write each day for all thirty-one days of the month of March. In thinking about what…
An Upcoming Celebration
There are only 18 posts left on my blog until I reach the milestone of 1,000 blog posts! This is something to definitely celebrate! I am seeking ideas on how I can celebrate with my blog readers. What do you think? Should I do some kind of give away? If so, what? Should I set…
Kindness is Cool, but Listening is Key!
Recently, I’ve given a lot of thought into the cultural phenomenon of talking over someone. You might know this better as interrupting. We spend a lot of time in schools today on character development and teaching kindness. And, while that is okay and I do understand the need for it, I think that in some…
Poetry Friday: Rhyme & Flow in Poetry & Song
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you might remember that I led a third-grade writer’s circle for six years. Weekly, during those six years, I’d return to the elementary school where my boys attended and work with six students, two from each third-grade classroom, on creative writing. Over those years, we…
What I Miss Series #1: Karen Carpenter
My Carpenter album collection is something I am not sure I’ll ever part with. Right now, it is at our cabin where we have a Crosby LP Album player, along with some other 1970’s pop music albums. It’s not a collection that I’ve added to over the years, or even played each year over the…
Photo Challenge: Lines
Okay, so in my haste to do two photo challenges today in an effort to make my 1,000 view goal for the month of February, I misread the challenge directions! Apparently, it is a smartphone challenge where the photo has to be taken with a smartphone AND you can only post one photo. So, since…
Tuesday Photo Challenge: #201 Yard
Jansen’s Photo Challenge of the week is yard. He tells us and is correct, that there are many ways in which to take this challenge. I stuck with some very traditional interpretations of the word. Still, when I saw what the challenge was, I knew I wanted to participate!
Slice of Life Tuesday: Currently…
I have a fellow blogger “friend” who I “met” through the Slice of Life Blog Challenge some years ago. We periodically go through cycles of reading and commenting on each other’s posts. I can tell she is a dedicated educator, fully invested in her students, and for that reason, I continue to follow her and…
Thoughts on Hospital Visits
Over the last four days, I’ve been in a hospital environment three times, on three different days. The first was emergent. That and the second visit were unplanned and a third visit, today’s, was a scheduled visit. None of the visits brought bad or unexpected news, so you can relax, this is not a post…
Silent Sunday: White Sands National Park
Nature Trail in the park All images copyright by Carol Labuzzetta, 2020. All rights reserved. Do Not Duplicate.










