Life moves fast, so slice onSOLC 2015, 31 of 31. I think what I love most about 31 days of slicing is that it captures and memorializes a month in my life, a month of my thinking and noticings, a month of captured conversations, questions and situations. Life moves fast, so slicing allows us to honor the moment and then hold on to it. So where is Spring? .

Be joyful because it is humanly possible. Before going into labor for the first time, I think.

Save Draft, No Publish! Getting past the draft stage is rough. What did I write again,. Words are not flowing,. Distance between me and my words increases,.

Spliced into a motionless reel of cars,. I dream through a dusty window. Margined with yellow mustard blossoms-. Reaching towards a chorus of hills. Life hidden beneath its grassy waving surface. Perches onto a utility pole. I witness this ancient negotiation,. The field and the hawk;. I am pulled away,. Awed by their silent agreement.

Teachers College Reading August 2014 Day 1. When students work, do they know what they work towards? Do they know the next goal in their journey as a reader, as a writer? Mastery or growth, there is only work. How many of our teachers? Do we as teachers understand that t.