by Charli Mills | Sep 30, 2023 | Z-Uncategorized Carrot Sticks
We are almost ready to go live on the Keweenaw Peninsula with the Keweenaw Interactive Art Walk. If you can’t make it to our small corner of the world, we’ve prepared a virtual event for you! Go to Art Walk for evolving details. The 2023 KIAW is now over,...
by Charli Mills | Sep 26, 2023 | Flash Fiction Challenge
A blade of grass grows from one of two hanging baskets in my front yard. In years past, I’ve grown petunias or moss roses in those baskets. This year, well, I hung the baskets. Another transition is upon us as the earth spins and the weather shifts. In my small...
by Charli Mills | Sep 21, 2023 | Flash Fiction Collections
Welcome to Carrot Ranch Literary Community where creative writers from around the world and across genres gather to write 99-word stories. A collection of prompted 99-word stories reads like literary anthropology. Diverse perspectives become part of a collaboration....
by Charli Mills | Sep 19, 2023 | Flash Fiction Challenge
Bumblebees curl up in blooms of pink cosmos. The Keweenaw is cooling as the world balances and the equinox cools the Northern hemisphere and warms the Southern. The honey-makers are slow on the day of the Farm Tour, a local co-op event connecting eaters to their food...
by Charli Mills | Sep 14, 2023 | Flash Fiction Collections
Welcome to Carrot Ranch Literary Community where creative writers from around the world and across genres gather to write 99-word stories. A collection of prompted 99-word stories reads like literary anthropology. Diverse perspectives become part of a collaboration....
by Charli Mills | Sep 12, 2023 | Flash Fiction Challenge
I don’t know who had the worst day — me or the spider. It began with laundry in the basement and ended in battle for the sanctity of my Rodeo Room. But first, I have to explain to you what a “rat’s nest” is. When I was a kid, I had long...
by Charli Mills | Sep 7, 2023 | Flash Fiction Collections
Welcome to Carrot Ranch Literary Community where creative writers from around the world and across genres gather to write 99-word stories. A collection of prompted 99-word stories reads like literary anthropology. Diverse perspectives become part of a collaboration....
by Charli Mills | Sep 5, 2023 | Flash Fiction Challenge
It was inevitable. The carrot and the rabbit would join forces to do good in the world. When I first met the artist known as TOJ, I also learned that Tammy Gajewski is a poet and was a prison guard. She owns Red Rabbit Studio and lives on Rabbit Bay on the south side...
by Charli Mills | Sep 1, 2023 | Flash Fiction Collections
Welcome to Carrot Ranch Literary Community where creative writers from around the world and across genres gather to write 99-word stories. A collection of prompted 99-word stories reads like literary anthropology. Diverse perspectives become part of a collaboration....
by Charli Mills | Aug 29, 2023 | Flash Fiction Challenge
Two massive tundra swans rest upon the dark waters of Boston Pond near my daughter’s farm. The nesting parties of the northern hemisphere have ended for 2023 and migrators are leaving their breeding grounds to overwinter elsewhere. The merlins, falcons, and...
