[Note: I’m doing a 26-word post on the first day of each month of 2026. It’s an exercise in concision and precision, which every writer should attempt now and then. Also Note: This explanation is separate from the 26-word count.]
August has a strange personality: dog days, cat nights, and sweltering temperatures that make us glance at the tropics with fingers crossed. We love it anyway.
[Note: I’m doing a 26-word post on the first day of each month of 2026. It’s an exercise in concision and precision, which every writer should attempt now and then. Also Note: This explanation is separate from the 26-word count.]
Two hundred and fifty years ago, we were given the gift of a new nation, based on the idea that we’re all equal. Let freedom ring!
[Note: I’m doing a 26-word post on the first day of each month of 2026. It’s an exercise in concision and precision, which every writer should attempt now and then. Also Note: This explanation is separate from the 26-word count.]
Summer is upon us. With it comes idyllic summer breezes, the promise of plenty, all the time in the world to breathe in warmth and ease.
[Note: I’m doing a 26-word post on the first day of each month of 2026. It’s an exercise in concision and precision, which every writer should attempt now and then. Also Note: This explanation is separate from the 26-word count. Also Note: I’ve posted a haiku, and this post will be measured in syllables — 26 syllables. To make the syllable count, I’ve included a headline for the haiku.]
To Everything There Is A Season
Winter falls behind
Spring edges into summer
May makes time stand still
[Note: I’m doing a 26-word post on the first day of each month of 2026. It’s an exercise in concision and precision, which every writer should attempt now and then. Also Note: This explanation is separate from the 26-word count.]
Browning once said, “Oh, to be in England now that April’s there.” But he’d never been here; otherwise, he’d have edited to praise Charleston in April.
[Note: I’m doing a 26-word post on the first day of each month of 2026. It’s an exercise in concision and precision, which every writer should attempt now and then. Also Note: This explanation is separate from the 26-word count.]
March is here. Lion and lamb brace against buffeting winds: the luck of St. Patrick, knives out at the ides, spring arrives. Enjoy the ride, everyone.
[Note: I’m doing a 26-word post on the first day of each month of 2026. It’s an exercise in concision and precision, which every writer should attempt now and then. Also Note: This explanation is separate from the 26-word count.]
Love is patient and kind, not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs. Me? Not so much. But I still love anyway, the best I can.
[Note: I’m doing a 26-word post on the first day of each month of 2026. It’s an exercise in concision and precision, which every writer should attempt now and then. Also Note: This explanation is separate from the 26-word count.]
The ball drops, last year’s chapter closes, and Epiphany shines on the next. You have clarity now. Turn the page. Pick up your pen. Start again.
Go Write Right Now 