Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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

11 comments:

  1. What a clever idea Ramona! I got the baby one right, the others, not so much. I hope you follow all the advice you've gathered from these resources.

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  2. Love this post and the writing idea!

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  3. Love this slice, and that looking for Elaine's book, you found all these "what to do" books, then turned them into found poems! You are so creative, Ramona! Thanks for the shout-out. I do love Elaine's book! Have a wonderful day, maybe reading more?

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  4. This is a really cool idea! Your poem turned out great!

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  5. What a great poem and format, Ramona. Thanks for the idea.

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  6. Love your suggestions...
    Bonnie

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  7. Clever! This was such fun to read and try to figure out, Ramona!

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  8. What fun! Love how you wrote this!

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  9. This is really clever! I might have to try this some day!

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