by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 15, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Aw, nuts! For the life of me, I cannot wait until the Halloween candy is finally gone. I almost never eat candy but the temptation of mini candy bars lying around the house is just too much. I learned something today though. Baby Ruths don’t have nearly as many...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 8, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Shhh Fall is beautiful in New England but the volume of dropped leaves looms large. The main problem, as far as I’m concerned, is the noise. Leaf blowers run all day; their loud consistent buzzing makes my head want to explode. I can’t escape. I...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 1, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
November Is For Writing Only it seems I’ll be reading instead. I have an idea for a novel, because who doesn’t? But NaNoWriMo intimidates me when I can’t even find time to write a blog post. I have done NaBloPoMo a few times in the past, and honestly...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 25, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Get Comfortable I got soaked today while hiking in the rain with my dogs, not because I didn’t wear proper rain gear; I did. But the air temperature was so warm, I had to choose between the lesser of two discomforts. In the end, I stripped off my raincoat, tied...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 18, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Both Ways I’ve been engrossed in a dystopian trilogy (The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin) for the past few weeks and suddenly only 100 pages, give or take, separate my bookmark from the end. On the one hand, I want to ignore the rest of my life and curl up on...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 11, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Just Do It Today I found myself at the mall buying shoes again for my 13-year-old son. Weren’t we just there last week buying the pair that no longer fits? I know what these bigger feet mean: Next time I blink, he will surpass me in height (it’s close)....
