by Stacie Dalrymple | May 6, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
New Bird, My word! I saw a new bird today, which is not very common since I don’t actively bird right now. On my regular dog hike, a great crested flycatcher perched on a branch right in front of me. I wanted to show you this bird in the post image, but when I...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 29, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Not So Far One of the interesting side-effects, at least for me, an extrovert, of social distancing is that my out-of-town friends don’t feel as far away. I can’t see my in-town friends, so my interactions with all of my friends is similar, meaning they...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 15, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Rubber Erasers and Ham Today is National Tax Day here in the US, only this year we don’t have to pay taxes until July 15. So it isn’t really National Tax Day after all. BUT it is also National Rubber Eraser Day and National Glazed Spiral Ham Day, so please...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 11, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Marathon Shopping In Massachusetts, we now have a rule that grocery stores have to operate at 40% capacity relative to how many people are normally permitted inside. I had to shop today and it was a two-hour ordeal because it took 50 minutes of waiting in the line...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 8, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Making Do Chag sameach to all who celebrate! We understand your experience is likely to be very different this year and hope that whatever traditions you are able to preserve bring you comfort and joy during these uncertain times. Social distancing is hard on so many...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 1, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Find Small Joys I don’t even know how to feel anymore. Everything is so surreal, only it’s not. It’s real, real. I had an extremely rough year, even before this pandemic. [Ed’s note: you might not think that two months is a long enough time to...
