by Nathan James | Oct 6, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Where ever I sat, there I might live, and the landscape radiated from me accordingly.” Henry David Thoreau, arguably America’s first tree-hugger, wrote that in Walden. I memorized the quote the very moment I read...
by Nathan James | Sep 22, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Happy Hobbit Day! As far as I know, there is no deeper meaning to be found in the coincidence of the fiction|poetry challenge’s first day back in moderation happening on Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’ shared birthday. But if I...
by Nathan James | Sep 8, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hoarding I’ve had my nose in old newspapers all weekend. No, you’re not going to see me on the next season of Hoarders. I’ve been collecting the dirt on my ancestors. Did you know newspapers in the early 20th...
by Nathan James | Aug 25, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Simmering summer I was flabbergasted by the parade of Back to School pictures marching through my social media feeds last week. We’re not even close to Labor Day, I thought. Why are kids headed back so early? Did their parents...
by Nathan James | Aug 11, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Unfiltered I just came back from a sun-baked week on the beach. Every year a few of my college friends and I rent out cottages in a little clapboard “resort.” During our stay, two tribes form: the kids’ caravan...
by Nathan James | Jul 29, 2015 | gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Greetings Fellow Earthlings! It’s 86 degrees and 73% humidity in Chicago right now, the first real dog day of summer. I’ve been laughing at my cats all frizzed out and belly up on the bathroom...
