by Stacie Dalrymple | Mar 21, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Distracted I have a friend staying with me this week while her son checks out colleges in the area. Visitors are fun, but I almost forgot to write this post! Now I have no idea what to even say, unless you want me to complain about the 4th March nor’easter we...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Mar 14, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
In Like A Lion Here in New England, March is living up to its reputation, with three nor’easters in less than two weeks. This is my fourth winter here and the lion has never been displaying such force during my limited experience. By the time you read this,...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Mar 7, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Cozied Up Yesterday I was in Napa, CA, and now I’m in the middle of a nor’easter predicted to dump 15 inches of snow in my Boston burb. Normally, I’d be a lot more bothered by this scenario, because dogs. But I decided to give myself the gift of...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 28, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Wild Things I’m back from the land of gators and purple gallinules (I have a few more photos to show you later), but I’ve seen some wild things at home within the past couple of days too. The coywolves are out. No, you didn’t misread that. The...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 21, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Finally, 45 Years Later I’ve been a bird nerd since I was a little girl. I guess I should say “geek” meaning someone with a specific focus, but “bird nerd” rhymes so we’ll go with it. I used to study my bird book and wish really...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 14, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Leaving on a Jet Plane My brain is already in South Florida even though I don’t leave until Friday. Normally, when we vacation during Presidents’ week, we are escaping the bitter bitter cold for shorts weather. This year, New England’s February has...