SOLC # 1 of 31 - The Little Things

SOLC #1/31 - Beginnings of Another Adventure

      I'm slicing with the Two Writing Teachers community for Day One of Thirty-One of my sixth Slice of Life Challenge in March.  Thank you Stacey, Tara, Anna, Betsy, Dana, Kathleen, Beth, and Deb. It is an enormous undertaking to manage this challenge along with work and family, too. I appreciate the time each one of you take to help make this month a success. There are some who have been writing with me all these years. I look forward to seeing them, and meeting some new slicers, too.

       Best wishes to everyone for writing each day, taking precious time to do something for yourself, to become a writer, or to continue the journey you've already begun. 

From Charles Dickens' Great Expectations: "It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."

Stacey Shubitz shared a post some time ago that I wrote earlier this year considering the "ordinary". You can find it here. In it I questioned the aspect of our culture that seems to expect more than the ordinary, not accepting the ordinary. Yet, I feel that the ordinary is something to savor, something to appreciate, our daily lives continuing on with family and friends, indoors and out. I changed my header for this challenge, emphasizing the ordinary. To me, it IS the little things.

One of my favorite "little things" is looking at clouds, and capturing some
as I observe, enjoying the variation, the color, the way the sunshine
creates shadows on the clouds. And, like many, I love imagining pictures.
Do you see the steer head in the lower left part, with horns? And do you see something
else? I'll let you decide.

I live in Denver, and the weather in Colorado has been unusually warm since the year began. Now, into March, the same predictions apply. Our snowiest month is usually March, so we're all waiting for that other shoe to drop, and a big storm to head our way. As you can see from my header, a picture taken only yesterday, plants are emerging, and I imagine they will survive no matter what. We are hopeful. 

Happy Slicing!