SOL 7/31: Write by Numbers

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 

to the Slice of Life (SOL) community.

Thanks to Stacey, Betsy, Beth, Kathleen, Deb, Lisa, Melanie, and Lanny

for hosting this meeting place each day in March

and for nurturing our writing lives.

Sometimes it's important to have fun!  Today's slice is one of those, a follow up to my Read by Numbers slice from last month.  I rounded up all my number books that have appeared on my holds shelf in the past three weeks.  There's no way I would ever read all these books, so I scanned their pages for things that resonated with me.  I made a list from each book and this is where the fun begins.  I decided to compose a found poem from the activities.  Each stanza includes an activity from each book.  See if you can figure out which activities came from which book.  The key is provided at the end of  the slice.

The sources of the fun for this slice!

 Poem from The Things to Do Books

Eat home cooked meals

Pig out

Grab that

Let it go!

Hold it
Be a grouch

Find love and loss

Sing!

Follow your passions

Get your groove on

Laugh

Reach out!

Oh those summer sunsets and bonfires
Happy hands

Eat dark chocolate

Cherish each day!

And just in case you haven't discovered it yet, don't miss Elaine Magliaro's book Things to Do with beautiful illustrations by Catia Chien.  I blame all my "read and write by numbers" silliness on Linda Baie's review which sent me scurrying to my library site to request this book (see how easily I can be distracted).  By the way, I don't purchase many books anymore, but Things to Do is a picture book that I simply must own!

The Key:

100 Things to Do in Seattle Before You Die

Pig out (Pike Place Market)

Find Love and Loss (Olympic Sculpture Park)

Get  your groove on (Green Lake)

Oh those summer sunsets and bonfires

(which get us through the gray days of winter)!

60 Things to Do When You Turn 60

Let it go

Be a grouch

Follow your passions

Cherish each day

100 Things You Can Do to Stay Fit & Healthy

Eat home cooked meals

Sing

Laugh

Eat dark chocolate

50 Fantastic Things to Do With Babies

Grab that

Hold it

Reach out

Happy hands