by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 18, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Indomitable So in August, my kids and I started taking Taekwon-do together. It’s pretty physically intense, but before we were even allowed to start learning forms, attacks, and blocks, we had to memorize the five tenets of Taekwon-do: Courtesy, Integrity,...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 27, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Talkin’ Turkey Not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving this week. But even if you don’t, the long weekend (here in the US) can be a great opportunity to come together with family, even if it’s just the YeahWrite family you know from the grids! I,...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 20, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Dish Fatigue Today, I’m finally getting my dishwasher fixed, two weeks after its tragic demise! (No, my sink doesn’t look like the photo above; I did manage to hand wash everything during this sad time). It’s amazing to realize how much you depend on...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 13, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Silence is Golden I am sitting here stunned by the silence. For what seems like forever, leaf blowers have polluted the air with their incessant buzzing during the daylight hours. This won’t last long, I’m sure; the trees aren’t quite done yet. But...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 6, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Massahhhhhhge I feel like this woman right now. Why, you ask? Because I just had a massage and I feel so amazing. This time of year I often get the blues but I find if I treat myself to things that make me feel good, it takes the edge off of the colder, darker days....
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 6, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Little talks It happens. You’re at a party, at work, at the bus stop, and somebody launches into a fifteen minute version of a story that all boils down to something like, “the neighbor’s cat stole my laundry,” and you wonder, did they really...
