by Stacie Dalrymple | Jul 6, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Yeah, Book! Earlier this week, I went to a friend’s book launch party here in Boston. It’s always exciting to see a writer friend publish their first book, in his case a memoir, but this event was especially meaningful because I met Bill Dameron here at...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Jul 3, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
She’s Baaaack Did you guys miss me? I took a few weeks off, in case you didn’t notice, and spent the last ten days in Northern California wine country! Ahhh, it’s so nice there, I already want to go back. Of course, it’s exciting to be back at...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 22, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Talking Turtle I have an “if animals could talk” calendar. Yes, the old-fashioned paper kind. And apparently May 23 is World Turtle Day! Who else is excited? Just me and all the turtles of the world? Well, hopefully for the nonturtle folk, reading and...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 15, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Spring Cold I was healthy all winter but now I have a spring cold. The weather’s been terrible though, rainy and dismal, so at least Mother Nature is commiserating with me, I guess. I’ve been popping the zinc cough drops, and I think they might be working?...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 11, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction
TLC I volunteer at a dog rescue place, and one of the puppies was sad today. Normally, this particular shelter is a happy place, unlike the ones in those heart-breaking television commercials [ed’s note: I will never hear a Sarah McLachlan song the same way...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 8, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Rain, Rain, Go Away The first winter I lived in the greater Boston area, Mother Nature delivered the most snow in recorded history. Now, we’ve had the wettest month in recorded history. I am really tired of breaking all-time weather records. I just want some...
