Living Life Twice

       I am pleased and proud to announce a major milestone on the journey of Living Life Twice . This post marks exactly 1000 posts in support of teachers of writing ! That's more than half a million words in support of teachers and the young writers in their care...      Living Life Twice launched  on June 9th 2008 and the first post was titled Memories Of Red Pen People . Since that time there have been almost 400 Slice of Life Stories and over 600 posts dealing with theory and practice surrounding literacy and more specifically -writing!       When I launched this blog way back in 2008, I wanted it to provide support for teachers of writing, but it has also served to provide additional meaning and reflection around my own writing life .  I am most pleased that I continue to strive to fulfill these original aims.       In a time of increasing teaching mandates, scripted lessons, AI and pre-packed ...

Making The Most of Quotes My notebooks are liberally sprinkled with quotations. A significant number of them relate to writing in particular and learning in general. Some of them relate to the philosophy of living a fruitful life. Others are collected purely because they entertain me and make me smile. Today I was doing some rereading of my current notebook and it further reinforced my penchant for the gathering of such uplifting and inspiring words. So I then searched further back into my notebooks and found these entries: ‘What’s so romantic about living in a lighthouse? Let me tell you, it’s just me and a lot of fish –and I hate fishing.’ Lighthouse keeper being interviewed on radio ‘Sometimes you think you are finished with the book, but the book isn’t finished with you.’ Khalil, Grade one student P.S 20 Clinton Hill School, NYC ‘Your hormones are back and they’re jumping. I need to talk to your Grandma.’ Teacher at Bushwick Middle School to stude...