by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 26, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
What’s up My kids have me listening to “oldies” lately—you know, songs from the ’80s and ’90s. (Ouch.) I find it remarkable a) how many songs I can still sing along with, word for word, and b) how relevant certain songs still are, even...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 19, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Leaving on a jet plane As I’m writing this, I’m also trying to pack for a family trip across the country to visit the in-laws. I’ve been doing laundry all day, and somehow the pile beside my suitcase keeps getting bigger and bigger. It’s almost...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 12, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
School’s out (for the summer) It’s my kids’ last day of school before summer break, and for the first time in, well, ever, I don’t have a nine-to-five job. They won’t be home all day every day, but I’m looking forward to some long...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 5, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
All together now I went to my second grader’s school play today. It wasn’t much in terms of length—only five minutes—but it told the story of an old man who grew an enormous turnip, a turnip so big that he couldn’t pull it out on his own. So the old...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 29, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Stormy weather All over the US we’ve been having some pretty wild weather: tornadoes, thunderstorms, excessive heat—and it’s only June. I know it’s a sign of the times (climate change, anyone?) and I should anticipate it by now, but I just...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 22, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Talking Turtle I have an “if animals could talk” calendar. Yes, the old-fashioned paper kind. And apparently May 23 is World Turtle Day! Who else is excited? Just me and all the turtles of the world? Well, hopefully for the nonturtle folk, reading and...
