The original challenge--to myself, to my students, to you--was given on my blog:
I love the exercise of writing... of capturing the thoughts and feelings swirling around in my head, and organizing them into something that makes some modicum of sense... of sharing those thoughts, however dull they may be on any given day, with those who care to read them... of chronicling the mundane and the ordinary from our daily-day life, and thereby--if only occasionally--hallowing it as something extraordinary. It also forces me away from the tyranny of the urgent and back to the truly important, so often overlooked in our daily-day busyness!
Therefore, this year I am committing to continue throughout the year with the 12 Months of 2014 Blog Challenge. The rules are simple:
1) Blog at least once each month, sometime during that month. (You may post to an actual blog, if you have one. If not, compose a note to be published on Facebook, or simply write it out longhand and share it with at least one other person. Whatever works for you. Just grab your thoughts, organize them, capture them in words, and share them with at least one other person.)
2) Give your blog post a clever title, using the title of or a line from a song. (Identify the song at the bottom of the post.)
3) Include a photograph you took to accompany your post, if at all possible. ("If at all possible" is the caveat for those of you who don't take pictures, or don't own a digital camera, or don't use a smartphone, or don't look at life with a photographer's eye... But maybe 2014 is the year to learn to do just that! Look for ordinary miracles in your days, and capture them. Look at life with gratitude, and express it. I'm planning to, and I believe it will change me!
Won't you join me?
"There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know 'til he takes up the pen and writes." ~ William Makepeace Thackery
January's Entries
Mrs. S ~ Today Is All You'll Ever Have, appearing on Parkside Musings
Emma ~ Use Your Words to Inspire, appearing on Sheer Beauty
Jonathan ~ Let It Snow, appearing on Jonathan's blog.
Bryce ~ Winter Wonderland
Elizabeth ~ You've Got A Friend in Me
Miranda ~ Keep Your Head Up; Nothing Lasts Forever
Baylee ~ I Am Aware of These Afflictions Eclipsed By Glory
Claire ~ I'll Be Back Again Someday
David ~ We Are the Champions
Sam ~ Dare You to Move
Alexa ~ It's A Great Day to Be Alive
Danielle ~ Stand In the Rain
Tori ~ Barking at the Moon
Josh ~ I'm On Fire
Jenae ~ Midnight Memories
Mark ~ Speak Life
Hardy ~ Unplug from the World of Technology
Rachel ~ Only Miss the Sun When It Starts to Snow
Heston ~ My Favorite Things
Emily ~ Let It Go
Ellie ~ For the Bible Tells Me So, appearing on Elliebean: Welcome to My Sweet Thoughts
Jessie ~ Do You Want to Build A Snowman
Evan ~ You're My Best Friend
Ethan ~ Oh Great January
Olivia C. ~ Someday I Wish Upon the Stars
Heidi ~ Snow Day
Cameron ~ Strawberry Avalanche
Olivia H. ~ Super Bowl Ads
I love the exercise of writing... of capturing the thoughts and feelings swirling around in my head, and organizing them into something that makes some modicum of sense... of sharing those thoughts, however dull they may be on any given day, with those who care to read them... of chronicling the mundane and the ordinary from our daily-day life, and thereby--if only occasionally--hallowing it as something extraordinary. It also forces me away from the tyranny of the urgent and back to the truly important, so often overlooked in our daily-day busyness!
Therefore, this year I am committing to continue throughout the year with the 12 Months of 2014 Blog Challenge. The rules are simple:
1) Blog at least once each month, sometime during that month. (You may post to an actual blog, if you have one. If not, compose a note to be published on Facebook, or simply write it out longhand and share it with at least one other person. Whatever works for you. Just grab your thoughts, organize them, capture them in words, and share them with at least one other person.)
2) Give your blog post a clever title, using the title of or a line from a song. (Identify the song at the bottom of the post.)
3) Include a photograph you took to accompany your post, if at all possible. ("If at all possible" is the caveat for those of you who don't take pictures, or don't own a digital camera, or don't use a smartphone, or don't look at life with a photographer's eye... But maybe 2014 is the year to learn to do just that! Look for ordinary miracles in your days, and capture them. Look at life with gratitude, and express it. I'm planning to, and I believe it will change me!
Won't you join me?
"There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know 'til he takes up the pen and writes." ~ William Makepeace Thackery
January's Entries
Mrs. S ~ Today Is All You'll Ever Have, appearing on Parkside Musings
Emma ~ Use Your Words to Inspire, appearing on Sheer Beauty
Jonathan ~ Let It Snow, appearing on Jonathan's blog.
Bryce ~ Winter Wonderland
Elizabeth ~ You've Got A Friend in Me
Miranda ~ Keep Your Head Up; Nothing Lasts Forever
Baylee ~ I Am Aware of These Afflictions Eclipsed By Glory
Claire ~ I'll Be Back Again Someday
David ~ We Are the Champions
Sam ~ Dare You to Move
Alexa ~ It's A Great Day to Be Alive
Danielle ~ Stand In the Rain
Tori ~ Barking at the Moon
Josh ~ I'm On Fire
Jenae ~ Midnight Memories
Mark ~ Speak Life
Hardy ~ Unplug from the World of Technology
Rachel ~ Only Miss the Sun When It Starts to Snow
Heston ~ My Favorite Things
Emily ~ Let It Go
Ellie ~ For the Bible Tells Me So, appearing on Elliebean: Welcome to My Sweet Thoughts
Jessie ~ Do You Want to Build A Snowman
Evan ~ You're My Best Friend
Ethan ~ Oh Great January
Olivia C. ~ Someday I Wish Upon the Stars
Heidi ~ Snow Day
Cameron ~ Strawberry Avalanche
Olivia H. ~ Super Bowl Ads
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