I am participating in the March Slice of Life Challenge: A slice a day for all of March.  You should do it too!  Thank you, Two Writing Teachers! Readers, check out their site, and start slicing! 

Can I Celebrate too? It's the weekend, and really I've been looking forward to March Slice of Life Challenge for awhile. I'm so happy to be slicing again! A streak of writing is just what my brain needs! A streak of connection and reflection... I also need a running streak. . . Maybe April!  Thanks Ruth Ayres for this wonderful link up! 

March comes in like a lion. AGAIN!

It’s March. March! I sit at my dining room table watching snow fall. I am trite and boring:  Last March seems like a decade ago, but also yesterday. Time flies. You can’t go back in time. The years are short but the days are long. Was it really a year ago that I did the slice challenge? March better leave like a lamb. I’m tired of snow. Was March always like this? It must be. I checked my own blog. I found this. So, Yes. 

I’m worried this month, that my second March Slice a day challenge will be tougher than last year. I’m worried I have nothing new to say, that I will accidentally rewrite things I’ve already written. I’m trying to rein in my expectations. Is this your first time with the March challenge? What do you expect?

I expect blank screens,
I expect to hit delete
try new formats
enjoy the poetry of words
I will google words I should know to make sure I'm 
spelling them right
using them right
and basically not sounding like an idiot.

I will sometimes bore myself: select all, delete. 
I will make typos, I will go back and edit --
From my phone
Which will be annoying.

I will think about slices all day, 
I will be closely reading 
my day and weeding
for appropriate 
meaningful 
tiny tales to tell. 

I will submit 
way too many slices at 11:57 pm, 
and just a few in the middle of the day. 
Hurray! (in advance for those successful days)
 
I will get excited to see comments, and I will reply. 

I will read other bloggers' slices and be inspired, 
and more often than I care to admit, I will be jealous of their articulation.

I will annoy you, I'm sure 
with my 
line 
breaks 
and, my commas
(and my dogmas)

I expect I will grow as a writer
I will be fired up about the connections
The new blogs
The routine

The slices all around.

Happy March, Slicers!