by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 17, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Pee-Yew I saw a hooded skunk in my yard today, which was a big surprise considering they are local to the southwestern US and no where near New England. I’ve been wondering all day how it made its way to far-away Massachusetts. The iNaturalist app only has one...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 3, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
For Shame My dog Buster split his toenail last Sunday and has been wearing the “cone of shame” and on antibiotics for the past week. I finally de-coned him today, and he’s much happier, obviously. I’m happier too, since it’s pretty sad to...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 3, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
The sublimity of language Words are beautiful things, don’t you think? And language is an incredible tool, capable of describing the ineffable and translating one person’s experience into something more universal by putting the right words in the right...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Mar 27, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Sniffle Nothing is blooming yet, but every morning I wake up congested, then it goes away. I’m typically not prone to allergies so now I’m wondering if maybe I should change my filters (again). In the meantime, I’m feeling much empathy for those who...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Mar 6, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Spring Forward! Longer days elevate my mood even more than warmer temperatures, and that is saying a lot. And this weekend we set the clocks ahead for daylight saving time, so the light will stay with us later in the day. [Ed’s note: NO. no nonononono no no no...
by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 6, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Once upon a time… Okay, so it was really only last week. Asha and I stumbled across a fun little Twitter contest from the Fairy Tale Review, where participants were asked to tell a complete fairy tale in a single tweet. (You can read some of the results by...
