March Musings

• While the March Slice of Life challenge came to an end, writing still lives on in daily practice, for April is here with National Poetry Month.
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• Celebrating Writing, Dandelion Dreams, and A Wee Bit of Luck!
• Reflect in the Stillness of March.
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• It Looked Like...But Grateful for.
• The Architecture of Snow, All Things Poetic,
• Wearing of the Green, #StuVoice Rising,
• A Fresh Perspective on Black History Month.
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• Snow Invitation Accepted!
• Wake Up to Springtime. In the Middle of Night, Frozen Thoughts
• Spring Is In The Air! Snowfeet Balance.
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• There's Never Enough Time!
• Reflect in the Stillness of March-
• A Slice of Winter Past:
• Grandma Wishes, #BalanceforBetter,
• Snow Baby on Skis,

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   Climate Change.
• Grandbaby’s Spring Surprise:
• Energy Boost, 
• Black Cat in Winter!
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• A Wisher and Hope-er I am!

Did you recognize some of the lines from my found poem? They are from all of my March blogs for Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life Story Challenge. I saw on one of the slicers' blogs that she took the titles from her March posts and created a poem (sorry but I did not write down the name of my slicer friend who shared her poem of found titles). I found the blending of blog titles to be challenging but interesting and fun so I drafted one and then revised and revised until I completed what I set out to do.

Happy Slicing to all my Slice of Life friends.

Slice of Life Tuesday

April Foolery

It's April 1st and that does mean it's April Fools' Day.  I remember my mother always starting off the morning with a bit of foolery.  It was so much fun that my children would giggle over the things Grandma said. Now it's nature's turn to play a trick. 

I woke up during early morning and was surprised to see the trees swaying at a rapid speed.  The howling was faint and the sun looked like it wanted to peek. Still groggy from not enough sleep, I crawled back into bed.  

Second round:  I woke to a bright April morning and stillness.  Naturally, I wondered if I really saw the wind sweeping across my neighborhood, so I opened the window and quickly closed it!  Eek!  It was winter-in-spring.  I turned on the news to hear weather words like brisk, chilly, winter-like.  What a trick of nature!

With nature and some digital tools, I conjured up what the original picture I saw could look like with trees swaying wildly pre-dawn.

Or perhaps, I contrived this scene as the sun appeared.

faint hint of winter 
march winds wind up monday -
april foolery
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