Literacy Learning Zone

Image from Unsplash: Photo Credit Kimberly Farmer March 13th Before the world closed the doors indefinitely I made a quick stop at our library grabbed stacks (and stacks) of books and a few movies to entertain the family during the unknown months ahead. The pile waited -- I imagined enjoying my time at home, spending hours upon hours just reading with my feet up, living in a new book a day. But, for me, I couldn't focus. Fall into a book. Feel lost in another world. All my attention online had my brain dinging like a pinball machine. The pile waited -- The extended lease is up on all the library materials in 5 days. Now I am frantically trying to read and read and read in an attempt to move my to-be-read books to the finished, completed,  happily read and ready to return to the library pile. The pile patiently waited.  Some books will be pleasantly devoured. Some books will be a quick read.  Others will be returned with  a desperate plea to be checked out again. June...

__________________________________________________ The March Slice of Life Story Challenge hosted  at the  Two Writing Teachers . Join us for a month of writing! __________________________________________________ Right now I am: ::sitting in the family room watching over the puppy who is resting from her surgery yesterday ::hearing the laundry flip and turn in the dryer dreading the final buzzer ::planning a return trip down to the Science and Industry Museum tomorrow ::celebrating how easy the stories have come to me over the last 26 days ::wondering why now -- on day 27 -- I don't know what to write ::borrowing this slicing format from my friend Terje ::accepting her gift of words because it's just what I needed to get me through another day of writing! Right now ...