by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 24, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Spring in My Step After many days of rain, we finally have sun in New England! Plus, the trees are sprouting leaves, and it finally feels like actual spring, which makes me happy. Rowan is rolling her eyes, since she’s a winter person, but at least one of us is...
by Asha Rajan | Apr 20, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
New Year, new age, old me This week has been a big one for me. It started with Vishu–the celebration of the New Year in Kerala–on Monday. Vishu signals the end of the spring equinox in Kerala and the transition into the first solar month in the Malayalam calendar. The...
by Rowan | Apr 19, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Hoodies While Stacie was looking at hooded skunks, I was looking at Mount Hood. With editors in both hemispheres and all over two continents (although I’m holding out for my move to Antarctica, go away spring) sometimes it’s hard to touch base at a time...
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 13, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Prey Drive I spied my first coyote of the spring in the woods today, or rather my dog Tango did, which means more are on the way. They tend to be very active as the new pups arrive, so it’s time to be a bit more vigilant and maybe let the daydreaming fall by the...
by Rowan | Apr 12, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
A little peace and quiet The dog had surgery Monday and has spent most of the week doped up on her bottomless prescription of narcotics (I legitimately don’t understand the difference between the anodyne principles for pets and those for cancer patients, but...
