Owl_Says_Who
- Bio
- I'm sure details will emerge as I write, but how does one encapsulate one's life in words? I consider myself a Michigan native, now misplaced in the southern MidWest. Friends and family have called me a story teller, which is possible. To anyone who reads my work, though, I offer this caution from Isabel Allende, as she describes herself: “If you ask me to tell you my life, I will try; but it will probably be a bag of lies, because I am inventing myself all the time. And at the same time, I am inventing fiction, and through this fiction, I am revealing myself.”
MY RECENT POSTS
- Life's Work
August 30, 2011 12:06PM - My Gay Pride
June 27, 2011 05:39PM - (Almost) Left Behind.
Reposted. Updated. Now with
Epilogue.
May 20, 2011 06:08PM - Funerals and Family Values - A
Letter
January 21, 2011 01:02AM - Owl's 12 Things, 3 Open Calls,
1 Post
September 21, 2010 06:26PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Loss sucks. I used to
try and get profound about it
. . .
anymore, I just say
it…”
March 11, 2012 07:51PM - “Just caught up with what
I'd missed - good to see you
back in
this odd neck of
th…”
March 11, 2012 07:32PM - “Yet another reason why I
like your writing so much . .
. it
puts the reader
right…”
March 09, 2012 06:35PM - “It is no easy task to
be rigorously honest
with
oneself.
I
supported them. I
sup…”
March 09, 2012 06:01PM - “Knocking it out of the
park again, Joan. Exactly
enough words
- not one more
or…”
March 09, 2012 05:51PM
March 11, 2012 07:51PM
“Loss sucks. I used to try and get profound about it . . . anymore, I just say it sucks, and hug the one who's grieving . . . because what more can a p…”
About: Terri's Fog
“Loss sucks. I used to try and get profound about it . . . anymore, I just say it sucks, and hug the one who's grieving . . . because what more can a p…”
About: Terri's Fog
March 11, 2012 07:32PM
“Just caught up with what I'd missed - good to see you back in this odd neck of the woods! Crazy as they may be, looks like the writing prompts are doi…”
About: DAY 1 Writing Prompt: Tiny Truckers
“Just caught up with what I'd missed - good to see you back in this odd neck of the woods! Crazy as they may be, looks like the writing prompts are doi…”
About: DAY 1 Writing Prompt: Tiny Truckers
March 09, 2012 06:35PM
“Yet another reason why I like your writing so much . . . it puts the reader right there, right where you want the reader to be. You share your strengt…”
About: Lowlifes and HotSprings
“Yet another reason why I like your writing so much . . . it puts the reader right there, right where you want the reader to be. You share your strengt…”
About: Lowlifes and HotSprings
March 09, 2012 06:01PM
“It is no easy task to be rigorously honest with oneself. I supported them. I supported us. I am them and they are me and we are all when it gets righ…”
About: AA, San Francisco Style
“It is no easy task to be rigorously honest with oneself. I supported them. I supported us. I am them and they are me and we are all when it gets righ…”
About: AA, San Francisco Style
March 09, 2012 05:51PM
“Knocking it out of the park again, Joan. Exactly enough words - not one more or less than is needed to express both the wonder and the pathos. I'll b…”
About: Starry, Starry Night
“Knocking it out of the park again, Joan. Exactly enough words - not one more or less than is needed to express both the wonder and the pathos. I'll b…”
About: Starry, Starry Night
March 09, 2012 03:51PM
“I've been thinking about this since I read it this morning. I am sorry for your loss . . . and it is a loss. Whether or not she realizes it, your fri…”
About: A Heart Breaks Unevenly
“I've been thinking about this since I read it this morning. I am sorry for your loss . . . and it is a loss. Whether or not she realizes it, your fri…”
About: A Heart Breaks Unevenly
March 09, 2012 03:45PM
“I appreciate you being a test case . . . will be interested to see how it all comes out!”
About: Working the Core
“I appreciate you being a test case . . . will be interested to see how it all comes out!”
About: Working the Core
March 09, 2012 01:40PM
“So frickin' cool! If ya' gotta be absent, you've got some good reasons for being so . . . that house is going to be awesome.”
About: Brief history of time, truncated fore and aft
“So frickin' cool! If ya' gotta be absent, you've got some good reasons for being so . . . that house is going to be awesome.”
About: Brief history of time, truncated fore and aft
March 05, 2012 01:47AM
“Glad I caught part one...curious about part two...I feel like I recognize these guys...”
About: Death Be Not Loud
“Glad I caught part one...curious about part two...I feel like I recognize these guys...”
About: Death Be Not Loud
March 05, 2012 01:39AM
“Oh, Chica...wishing you unexpected blessings on your birthday...this life is, for better or worse, full of undeserved crapulence...which is why I wish…”
About: Growing Up
“Oh, Chica...wishing you unexpected blessings on your birthday...this life is, for better or worse, full of undeserved crapulence...which is why I wish…”
About: Growing Up
March 05, 2012 01:39AM
“Oh, Chica...wishing you unexpected blessings on your birthday...this life is, for better or worse, full of undeserved crapulence...which is why I wish…”
About: Growing Up
“Oh, Chica...wishing you unexpected blessings on your birthday...this life is, for better or worse, full of undeserved crapulence...which is why I wish…”
About: Growing Up
March 01, 2012 09:12PM
“I read and rated this a little while ago, and have been struggling with how to comment. It seems that there is a paradox . . . things have changed, th…”
About: Racism 101
“I read and rated this a little while ago, and have been struggling with how to comment. It seems that there is a paradox . . . things have changed, th…”
About: Racism 101
March 01, 2012 09:01PM
“Who knew? This is why I like history . . . it's interesting, when the story is told properly . . .”
About: "Brokered" conventions have happened before
“Who knew? This is why I like history . . . it's interesting, when the story is told properly . . .”
About: "Brokered" conventions have happened before
March 01, 2012 08:55PM
“Your story makes me smile . . . people watching is one of the most satisfying pass-times, since we get to use our imaginations to connect the dots . .…”
About: The Wheatland Girl
“Your story makes me smile . . . people watching is one of the most satisfying pass-times, since we get to use our imaginations to connect the dots . .…”
About: The Wheatland Girl
March 01, 2012 08:48PM
“I wish I was as smart and quick as she is . . . I'm soooo cheering her on!”
About: The Unbearable Whiteness Of Being (for Joan H.)
“I wish I was as smart and quick as she is . . . I'm soooo cheering her on!”
About: The Unbearable Whiteness Of Being (for Joan H.)
February 29, 2012 09:49PM
“Great lead, and just the perfect amount of drama! Glad there was no sustained loss in this case . . .”
About: To Catch a Thief
“Great lead, and just the perfect amount of drama! Glad there was no sustained loss in this case . . .”
About: To Catch a Thief
February 29, 2012 09:42PM
“This sounds like an epic road trip! How awesome!”
About: On The Road To The Women Who Rock
“This sounds like an epic road trip! How awesome!”
About: On The Road To The Women Who Rock
February 29, 2012 09:34PM
“Mimey, I'm just catching up . . . I am so sorry that cancer is trying to break into your family. I will hold you all in my heart, and light a candle t…”
About: Joy Beneath the Sadness
“Mimey, I'm just catching up . . . I am so sorry that cancer is trying to break into your family. I will hold you all in my heart, and light a candle t…”
About: Joy Beneath the Sadness
February 29, 2012 09:30PM
“I'll give it some thought - in the meantime, at least the comment will bump this into the feed!”
About: OS Help!!! Need Artsy Stories for my Newspaper Blog
“I'll give it some thought - in the meantime, at least the comment will bump this into the feed!”
About: OS Help!!! Need Artsy Stories for my Newspaper Blog
February 28, 2012 12:42PM
“When I think about my Grandad's funeral some years ago, some of my favorite memories had to do with those hilarious moments, mostly unintentional, whic…”
About: I've Had Just About Enough of You Kids
“When I think about my Grandad's funeral some years ago, some of my favorite memories had to do with those hilarious moments, mostly unintentional, whic…”
About: I've Had Just About Enough of You Kids
February 28, 2012 12:38PM
“I wish I didn't relate so closely to the TV thing . . . but I have enormous admiration for your cookery.”
About: Sweet Surrender
“I wish I didn't relate so closely to the TV thing . . . but I have enormous admiration for your cookery.”
About: Sweet Surrender
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