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stop. (soLs)

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It’s been gogogogogoGO! for me. Monday marked a moment to stop and slow down. Breathe a little. The girls are away at camp this week, Karianne is traveling through Canada and Washington D.C. with her family, and Sam has Lego Camp for three hours each morning. Ahhh. I’m trying to make myself slow down and yet it seems like there is still too much crammed into a single day. I only have myself to blame. Tomorrow, though, I’m going to take full advantage of the time alone in the house.… Read more stop. (soLs) →

lazy summer days? (soLs)

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“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live”  — Lin Yutang I strive for this on summer days. I wake up early, attempting to get my 1000 words in before all of the kids are up. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. Often our days don’t have anything specific on the agenda. This is especially true here in the early days of summer because I have a couple days each week for the month of June committed to school.… Read more lazy summer days? (soLs) →

school scents (soLs)

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Yesterday morning I walked into the school where I began my career. I’m not at this school often — especially at the beginning of the day. My days usually start in elementary schools.  The smell of school was overpowering. I knew I wanted to write about it for my slice today. But how do you capture a scent? I was one of the first people in the building, one of the first to open the doors. I walked through the clean hallway and breathed deeply. Then again. And again. This… Read more school scents (soLs) →