by YeahWrite Editor | May 1, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
O I spy a cuckoo, a cuckoo, a cuckoo It’s the merry month of May, although quite a few folks in the USA and Canada can be forgiven for wondering if they woke up in the wrong hemisphere this week! But where I am (and, I hear, where Rowan and Christine are)...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 27, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Do Not Waste Time Y’all. I know you’ve all seen the inspirational memes out there that tell you to go for your dreams, you have to take action to get what you want, success takes work, and so on. In fact, if you’re anything like me, you’ve seen...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 24, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Spring in My Step After many days of rain, we finally have sun in New England! Plus, the trees are sprouting leaves, and it finally feels like actual spring, which makes me happy. Rowan is rolling her eyes, since she’s a winter person, but at least one of us is...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 20, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
New Year, new age, old me This week has been a big one for me. It started with Vishu–the celebration of the New Year in Kerala–on Monday. Vishu signals the end of the spring equinox in Kerala and the transition into the first solar month in the Malayalam calendar. The...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 17, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Pee-Yew I saw a hooded skunk in my yard today, which was a big surprise considering they are local to the southwestern US and no where near New England. I’ve been wondering all day how it made its way to far-away Massachusetts. The iNaturalist app only has one...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 13, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Prey Drive I spied my first coyote of the spring in the woods today, or rather my dog Tango did, which means more are on the way. They tend to be very active as the new pups arrive, so it’s time to be a bit more vigilant and maybe let the daydreaming fall by the...