by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 23, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Seedy Solution I’ll bet you’re wondering what I did with my moth-infested bird seed. You’ve probaby been worrying about it all week. No? Well, I poured it on the ground in the mulch along the side of my front yard, so the dogs wouldn’t eat it....
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 16, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Moth Meal My new bags of birdseed that I ordered online arrived today. When I went to put them in the garage cupboard, I first moved the last bag from the previous order, so that I could relocate it to the front. In the process, I noticed that the seed was infested...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 9, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Small Pleasures I’m watching the news about the fires in my home state of California, and in Oregon, where so many people I love live. I’m seeing friends and family post on Facebook and Instagram. It’s terrifying. [Ed’s note: The sky is very...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 2, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Noodle This I do the NYT crossword (and other NYT puzzles) every day. Sometimes, they take liberty with certain clues or words. Today, for example, one clue was “the epitome of limpness.” I know. Get your mind out of the gutter! It was a two word answer...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 28, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Slowing Down A few weeks ago, I started intensive immunotherapy for my bee and wasp allergy. I sailed through the first two weeks, but as the doses of poison increased, my body had other ideas, so I’ve had to slow way down. My default way to be tends towards...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 26, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Arf Arf! Greetings from my dogs on National Dog Day! Actually, I doubt they even know. They are pretty much equally spoiled on any given day. Plus, they can’t read, and who am I to tell and give them a reason to act entitled today? You, on the other hand, can...
