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 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...
