(This is part of the Slice of Life Challenge with Two Writing Teachers. We write about small moments each and every day for March. You come, too. Write with us.)
It seems like Mondays are good days to catch up on busy Sundays, so here is another post of little slices:
I spent part of my morning changing the theme of my blog. Partly, it was time. But also, I had noticed that my old theme looked just awful on mobile devices, so I heeded the note from my Edublog friends to find a more mobile-friendly theme. I like this new one — it’s a clean design. I’m still tinkering with some of the settings but mostly, I was able to “flick the switch” and things are running pretty smooth.
Do you like the change?
In the other part of my morning, I was working on a writing prompt with another online writing community, where the focus was on the idea of a force field or portal. I tried to get serious and failed. So, I moved in the other direction and posted this webcomic:
In the afternoon, I took my youngest son and a friend to see the new Muppets movie. We’re huge Muppet fans here and I thought the movie had lots of those little giggle moments that I love, and seemed to keep my attention for most of the time. The nine year old boys? They loved it.
Finally, throughout the day, I noticed some interesting activity at the #25wordstory hashtag on Twitter where I periodically write short 140-character stories as a way to experiment with writing in short-form fiction. It’s not that easy. But I noticed a CUE group working on the hashtag, retelling fairy tales. Intriguing!
I had to add a few of my own:
One house. Three chairs. Three bowls. Three beds. Three bears. One Girl. The End. #25wordstory #cue14
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) March 23, 2014
You’ve got some straw? I can spin gold. You get rich. I get the kid. My name? You’ll never guess. Never, in a million years. #25wordstory
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) March 23, 2014
Humpty never saw a wall he didn’t want to parkour off of. Unfortunately, this was not the wall you’d want to parkour off of. #25wordstory
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) March 23, 2014
Peace (in the day),
Kevin
I like the new look of the blog!! I prefer lighter colors for the background and I like simplicity! 🙂
Me, too. Still tinkering with little things …
I really like this new look. So much cleaner. As far as your 25 word fairly tales go — brilliant!
I like it. The redesign and the slice. 🙂