by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 28, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Gimme All The Blanklets It’s been rainy and cold all day here, with more of that tomorrow and maybe even some SNOW on Friday and I just cannot with early snow. In particular, my beef is that I have to go outside anyway because dogs. But what I really want to do...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 24, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Mycelium I used to think mushrooms were whole plants. Now when I see them on my walks in the woods I know what they are: fruiting bodies of a much bigger system. See, the mushroom is more like an apple than a tree. That’s how they can pop up so quickly:...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 21, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Geese Gone Most of the New England geese have already migrated south for the winter, and I’m so jealous that I can’t just fly south too, although not now, definitely not now. I wouldn’t miss the most spectacularly beautiful time of year; I...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 7, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Broken Webs My (adult) son’s girlfriend, who lives with us, wanted to go all out on the Halloween decorations this year, which is particularly fun since who knows if kids will even trick-or-treat. If not, at least they can marvel at our spooky house. If so, I...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 30, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Windy Mary All three of my patio umbrellas blew over last night during the storm that raced through my neighborhood. I’m not surprised. But also, I find myself worrying about Mary Poppins using this as her primary mode of transportation. Umbrellas don’t...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 26, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Brain Fog Yesterday, while I was making dinner, I had an idea about what I would write here. Today, less than 24 hours later, that particular brilliance eludes me. I am a logical person, a scientist, with a good memory, at least historically, with one particular...
