by YeahWrite Editor | 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 YeahWrite Editor | Oct 17, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Gimme that Bread According to an article I read recently, the top eight things people have bought during the pandemic are in order from lowest: manicure accessories, jigsaw puzzles, kiddie pools, exercise machines, computer enhancements (microphones, stand up desks,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 10, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Dance Whether Someone’s Watching or Not I’m sure you’ve seen the posts on Facebook where one person (and then about 35-55% of your feed) posts a question on a cute background so everyone can answer and play along. I saw one not too long ago asking...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 3, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Same but different The last few weeks have felt especially hectic and exhausting to me. Or perhaps it’s just the accumulated weight of watching the world literally and figuratively burn, combined with the weird survivor’s guilt of living in a place where...
by YeahWrite Editor | 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...
by YeahWrite Editor | Sep 19, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The Winter of my Summer An understatement: This summer was pretty nervous. In addition to *gesturing vaguely at the world*, I lost my desire to write outside of work. Just nothing in the tank. A much stronger desire overwhelmed me to comfort myself by rewatching Parks...
