Merely Day By Day

Well today is the official start of the month long Slice of Life Challenge hosted at Two Writing Teachers .  This is my third year to participate.  I'm excited to continue to collaborate, learn and grow with this amazing community. I'm also thrilled to have some new friends joining this year, but I'll tell you about that in another slice.  After all, I have to write for 31 days straight!  I can't tell you everything now.   Today is also the Celebrate Link Up at Ruth Ayres blog .  Since it is the end of the month I want to Celebrate my February Discoveries.   This year my One Little Word is DISCOVERY .  I must admit this month has been a tough one for discovery.  It's been cold.  Bitterly cold.  It's also been full of busyness with school commitments, professional learning opportunities, and life.  Still I manage a few discoveries.   I was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet friends for...

Today's the Celebrate Link-up hosted by Ruth Ayres at Ruth Ayres Writes .  Stop and join the celebration! The calendar turns to February, but as I look forward I want to take a second to pause and reflect on January.  As we entered 2014, I chose my word DISCOVER to be my lens for a new year.  Today I want to take a minute to recap some of my discoveries.  Some are new to me; others I just paused long enough to enjoy them or to see them differently.  Today I celebrate January's discoveries. Mmmmm!  January discoveries: Places and moments I loved in January:   Books and blogs:   The Highlights Let's see what February will bring.  

I was pretty excited to learn of Ruth Ayres' Celebrations Round-Up at Ruth Ayres Writes .  As I have thought about it, I have so much to celebrate each week it is hard to choose just one thing, but here it goes. Today I'm celebrating DISCOVERIES.  This weekend we found a little time to sneak away to visit our oldest daughter.  As teachers it isn't often we manage a fall get away.  With Friday off, we packed our bags, jumped in the car, and decided to head south.   The drive was beautiful as we meandered through the Blue Ridge Mountains speckled in crimson and gold.  We arrived in North Carolina at the end of her school day and the adventure began. Staying at the Ritz Cortney has been full of delightful discoveries.  I became a vegetarian after eating a zucchini sandwich at Natty Greens in Greensboro.  Maybe it was the combination of vegetables.  Maybe it was the fresh bread.  Either way, I wondered why I didn't order veggie m...