Rachael MacDonald
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Avid Reader, Sometimes Poet, Occasional Writer, and searcher of truths often lost in the breaths between candy-coated lies.
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Once in a blue moon, see what I did there, I find myself making life harder. Ok, maybe a little more regular than that. Apparently, I can't just write a poem, a normal poem, rhyming or not without causing extra effort and undue stress on myself. Am I a glutton for punishment? Probably.
By Rachael MacDonald3 years ago in Poets
Project Hail Mary is a fucking masterpiece
Ok, listen. If you have not read this book by Andy Weir, notable author of the stellar novel The Martian, stop reading right now. The Martian was incredible in its own right, absolutely, and it brought me to this novel which I will forever be grateful, but I'd rather trek over hot coals than ruin the magic of Project Hail Mary.
By Rachael MacDonald3 years ago in Futurism
Snow and Ice
We drove up the snowy winding road towards the cozy A-frame cabin. The setting sun danced amongst a backdrop of mountainous evergreen trees as a deep wintry calm settled into my chest. Gone was the hustle and bustle of the big city. A whole weekend free of car horns, police sirens, fighting drunkards, and flashing lights laid out before us on a glistening white carpet. Snow crunched beneath the tires as I turned onto Cabin A’s private gravel drive. White smoke billowed out of the chimney ahead, and I saw that I was not the first to arrive.
By Rachael MacDonald3 years ago in Fiction
Message in a bottle
I saw her drop it. I watched the tears falling from her face adding salt to the already salted water. Her yellow raincoat was too bright, her violet-hued hair too playful, as she knelt by the edge of the water. Strictly speaking, I should have stopped her. Whatever she dropped would need to be retrieved before I left for the night. I hadn't planned on getting back into the tank. The fish were fed, and I was ready to go home, but as I watched from the dark alcove something inside gave me pause.
By Rachael MacDonald3 years ago in Fiction
