When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

~I Corinthians 13:11 

The quote has been ghosting me, whispering in my subconscious as the past is wont/… Read full post »

What I haven't written about is pride. 

Specifically, I haven't written about "gay pride." 

Last week, I read a post by Constant Calliope, I'm Not All That Proud, Really, and although I saw her point, it bummed me out.

This week, I read some stuff that made me smile… Read full post »

The morning breeze trickled in through my window, lake-scented.  Drowsing beneath the cool worn sheet, a light waft of bleach and sunlight tickled my nostrils.  I dozed with one ear open, stretching to savor every sense . . . 10 years old, a rare summer morning, undisturbed.   I i/… Read full post »

Dear Dad,

First, let me say that, out of love and respect, I won’t be sending this letter to you.  I recognize that what I need to say comes directly out of my own issues, and that it really has no bearing on what did, or did not, happen/… Read full post »

And so, after more than a month of not posting anything, without further ado, I shall attempt to list 12 "Random" Things which span 3 Open Calls, all within 1 Post:

12.  Depending on the specific Myers-Briggs based testing mechanism used, I score as INTP, INFP, or INTJ . . ./… Read full post »

It’s a web like a spider’s web
Made of silk and light and shadow
Spun by the moon in my room at night.

It’s a web meant to catch a dream
Hold it tight ‘til I awaken
As if to say, dreamin’s all right*

"No, Owl, you're not done yet."

"But Moooom . . . I… Read full post »

Dear Straight Folks Who Support Equal Rights for GLBTQIA Folks,

I want to thank you for your responses to the Safe_Bet Project.  It’s not like I’m surprised, really . . . OS attracts some fine, fine people.  My family has gone through some serious ups and downs ove/… Read full post »

The following was inspired by a recent post by xenonlit xl, and is limited to 101 words per a recent open call, and per the number of brain cells I have functioning lately.  Link to Zuma . . . er . . . xenonlit's recent bit of brilliance is in the… Read full post »

The morning breeze trickled in through my window, lake-scented.  Drowsing beneath the cool worn sheet, a light waft of bleach and sunlight tickled my nostrils.  I dozed with one ear open, stretching to savor every sense . . . 10 years old, a rare summer morning, undisturbed.   I i/… Read full post »

I just realized that I've been on OS almost a year.  This is a re-post from March 30, 2009.  It sort of fit scanner's open call, so I thought I'd recycle . . . I linked a couple of things that were in context for what I was writing about at the time… Read full post »

You may have seen the post by Algis Kemezys called Fortune Telling with your ART.   It sounds simple enough:  use each of the following in a spontaneous drawing - circle, square, triangle, the letter "S".  In the drawing, use one of those twice.

After seeing what he'd said in resp… Read full post »

Dear Owl,

I trust you to be open-minded enough to take this letter for what it’s worth, a bit of foreknowledge from your future self.  It’s one of the things I like about you, frankly – your willingness to listen and learn.  For what it’s worth, I don’t t/… Read full post »

I awaken to red sky

Quills protruding through my skin

Nerves taut as bow strings

“Bring it, motherfucker!”

Shaking an impotent fist at the sky

Snow shrugs from the heavens

The words do not escape

The clench of my jaw

Quiets the savage lies

It p… Read full post »

Nothing to say. Just a bunch of big assed uber hugs.
. . . *Muah*          - Safe_Bet, 01/30/2010 

Dear Safe_Bet,

You tried to warn us, with your eulogies and what not . . .  but I didn't really get it, or perhaps I/… Read full post »

Dear Mom,

I don't know how to thank you for the belated Christmas box that arrived yesterday.  Really.  I don't know how to thank you.

I don't usually write Thank You Notes, even though I know they are much appreciated; that's no failing on your part, I just haven't disciplined myself… Read full post »

Hi folks.

Normally, I do things like this via PM.  But I'm making an exception for this venture.

It's not that I know the author, it's that I think - "what could it hurt?"

Bottom line:  Laurie Bogart Morrow has an in with some folks who are on the ground… Read full post »

It's been a long, strange day.  So far, it's been an interesting life.

Mom's text message read:

"Sad news via Sandy B.: Donald passed away last nite. funeral is Thurs. 11 am @ the A.G.  He beat Gram to the Pearly Gates!"

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ROY G BIV

fresh fallen snow

egg shells

kitten paw pads

subtle lipstick

salmon flesh

sailor's delight

wheel barrow

fire engine

traffic cones

dancing flames

tangerine slice

chunk pineapple

daffodil blossom

caution light

spring willow leaves

fruit cocktail grapes

faded girl scout sash

deep forest fern

d… Read full post »

First It Shattered

It is an old metaphor, the shattered mirror,

this mirror we shared/shard/shredded.

There is no replacement, but:

We pick up pieces (is this yours or mine?)

We carefully sweep (what to keep, what to leave?)

We cobble together a larger frame (will it fit us both, including… Read full post »

If you're a fan of Mike Rowe, the guy on Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel), and if you need a good laugh, AND if you've got a few minutes . . .

Mike Rowe started out on QVC.  Clearly, a little too smart for the job, though, as you'll see .… Read full post »

Dark clouds brooded above us as we waited for the bus, squeezing into the little porch of the Methodist church to avoid a strangely slashing wind punctuated with random spittle from the sky.  The walk had only been one block, but each gust smacked the hood of my raincoat with whatever/… Read full post »

INSCRIBED WITH ALL FAITH AND AFFECTION
To all the little children: - The happy ones; and sad ones;
The sober and the silent ones; the boisterous and glad ones;
The good ones - Yes, the good ones, too; and all the lovely bad ones. 

~James Whitcomb Riley

“The ice-house and the bees!”

&ld… Read full post »

To say I’ve had a fucked up summer seems a bit of an understatement.  If I were writing fiction, an editor would redline the sequence of events as over the top.  Here’s the rundown: 

Raven lost her job – well, walked out over some injustice and s… Read full post »

Lyrics

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I had something else in mind to write about today.  

It is September 12, 2009.

Darcy Shaw on OS wrote "The ultimate astroturf project known as the 9/12 March on Washington will encompass all aspects of what's left of the Rep/… Read full post »