Week 3, Day 3 Marla Matlin walks her beagles on the lakefront path every morning. She wakes up at 4, gets her dogs up from their comfy bed, and walks the three blocks to Lee Street Beach. She ties the dogs up to a fence while she swims in the…

Week 3, Day 2 Everyone knows the rule: when there is a cat on your lap, you are officially not required to move and in fact must stay in that place and that position for the duration of the cat-sit. That is the rule. Shelby knows the rules and so…

Week 3, Day 1 As we stood by the truck, I put my knuckle to my mouth. It was only a light scrape, but still a few drops of blood were about to run down the back of my hand. It was bad enough that we had to go in…

Week 2, Winner So many lines around my eyes when the light hits my face. So many and so thin is my skin, every day another way that it bubbles up or puckers or shifts into a new texture, just in this one spot, this one small spot. …

Week 2, Day 3 I love maps. Paper maps. …

Week 2, Day 2 “Do you know the moment when you have, like, the perfect shit? How you feel good for hours afterwards? I mean, it’s going to be a good day after that, right?” “Ew. Danielle. Just, ew.” Danielle shrugged and continued to sort clothes into different bins. It…

Week 2, Day 1 So many lines around my eyes when the light hits my face. So many and so thin is my skin, every day another way that it bubbles up or puckers or shifts into a new texture, just in this one spot, this one small spot. …

Week 1, Winner “Happy with it?” he asked, tightening the last strap on the bike rack. “Happy with it,” she replied. She kicked the dust at the side of the road and watched a little cloud gather, then fade away. “Do you think clouds of dust are disappointed when they…

Week 1, Day 3 Think of it like one of those muscles that not everyone has. Yes, there are muscles that some people don’t have. Like pyramidalis. Or this muscle that’s on your palm, or on some people’s palms. I don’t remember the name of that one but there’s a…