by me | Oct 3, 2023 | city living, contests, Environment, Outdoors, writing, writing for children, yard
Inspired by the above photo (and all the trees I’ve ever loved) for Kaitlyn Sanchez’s Fall Writing Frenzy contest, here is: TREE REVERIE (162 words) By Maureen Egan Tree lovers sightsee when they have a minute; we scroll our mind’s...
by me | May 12, 2023 | Environment, Outdoors, Richmond VA, writing for children
Glad to have this out in the world in the May/June edition of Cricket. Seen this on the James River many an evening.
by me | Jun 12, 2022 | contests, Environment, Humor, writing, writing for children
I reworked an earlier piece for the new #KidLitVibes contest run by a very engaged and generous PB critique group. I spun the wheel and got lucky, literally, as my word. I wasn’t going to enter as nothing had occurred to me, until I went for an evening stroll...
by me | Sep 25, 2013 | current events, Environment, Humor, Outdoors
It was a dark and stormy night when my husband and I arrived in Cape May for a September vacation, so we didn’t do much gazing off into the distance as we unloaded what we needed to get to bed. The next night, Friday, the 13th as it happened, I was out on the...
by me | Apr 29, 2013 | city living, current non-events, Environment, Home, Outdoors, Richmond VA, yard
I walked up the backyard yesterday after a walk with a friend in the soft rain. I was already thinking of the next thing I had to do when I walked over the bridge over the gully kwai (not its real name) and had enough sense to pause and see the blooms where they were...
by me | Apr 18, 2013 | business, city living, current events, Environment, food, Outdoors, Quirky Richmond, REAL RICHMOND, Richmond VA
I have a job where I walk through Richmond neighborhoods during the day and show off almost anything to unsuspecting folks. Friday I’ll be wandering The Fan in search of good food–not exactly a difficult task. Saturday I head to North Side to show off the...