by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 25, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Dah Brees-way Our apartment is unique for Chicago because it is both large and comparably inexpensive. In the back of the line of rooms, like a caboose, there’s a large, covered…well, in Michigan we’d call it a back deck but our landlord in his thick...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 18, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Surf’s up Every summer, my little family escapes the heat with near-daily trips to the beach. California is built to be lived in outside, but as the years grow hotter and hotter, staying in the water is the only palatable option available. My kids are finally...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 11, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Cold enough for ya? Every summer, random strangers ask if it’s hot enough, and every winter, without fail, some passing person will pull their coat a little tighter closed around themselves and ask if it’s cold enough. What do they expect in response?...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 14, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Purple, red, and shocking white Natalie’s post last week reminded me of a gift I inadvertantly gave myself. Last year this time, when anxiety was high and everything was a question, I started taking photos of blooming plants I’d see on the...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 7, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Too much The mountain of laundry to be folded on my bed. How much podcasting content I cram into my head. Layer upon layer of dust on the piano. The two-year-old chattering softly in the background of my life’s soundtrack. Life is really full at this stage, so I...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 30, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Masquerade balling We’re right in the middle of Djeran in my part of the world. The days are getting shorter, and cooler for the most part, though we still get the occasional “surprise, it’s shorts weather!” days. Flying ants are getting into...
