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Monthly Archives: January 2014
The Jester
He hides his pain behind a permanent smile. Making other people laugh, while feeling no joy. A beautiful painting of conflicting emotion. Suspended in ultimate devotion. To the task of making other humans laugh. A slave, a servant, is there … Continue reading
Winter’s Night
She holds my hand and we step into a moment of our own. Nothing else matters, you share everything regardless of what type of emotion is being ingested at that given time. I feel that way about my wife and … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, feminism, food, introduction, life, love, people, photography, poem, relationships, travel, women, wordpress, write, writing
23 Comments
Melting Dreams
Melting dreams they drip from above. Tumbling down filled with love. Love and hope that will never see the light. Try and try as we might. I would not say I am an example to follow. To perhaps read in … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged blog, dreaming, dreams, friendship, life, people, personal, poem, poetry, prose, thoughts, writing
7 Comments
Seaside, Florida
The date is set and already my mind travels to your shores. I smell the salt in the air and hear the waves in the distant. This small town has become our hideaway from the world. Here we forget societal … Continue reading
Airbrush
She uses her airbrush with ease. Wistfully erasing the imperfections she sees, the mistakes she knows others must observe. It is a sad kind of art that takes place here. Instead of adding to a masterpiece a portrait is created … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing
Tagged airbrush, art, blog, design, elle, fashion, females, image, life, love, magazine, personal, photography, relationships, style, women, world
16 Comments
30 Years Ago I came to America
Thirty years ago a Korean boy stepped off a plane accompanied by a translating chaperone. He was two and a half years old, he was most likely scared, and he was about to step off the plane into a very … Continue reading
To Kill a Unicorn
I stalked a unicorn one night and shattered her life with a stone. Her soul did not die, but I had slain her connection to this world. The earth began to weep over the loss that I am still trying to comprehend. … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing
Tagged blog, christians, death, emotion, faith, family, god, love, reading, regret, relationships, sadness, travel, write, writing
18 Comments
There is a hole in my pocket
There is a hole in my pocket. I dare not place anything of value within it. I wonder now what may have been already lost. Have I been giving to the world blindly and do inadvertent gifts of charity count … Continue reading
Erindale Burning – Flash Fiction v2
Scar stared in the distance. The city of Erindale sat nestled peacefully against Redrock Mountain under the light of the moons Alta and Sinta above. Rage filled him for a second, so strong it caused his hands to shake. He … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles, Creative Writing, Flash Fiction Articles
Tagged 2014, amazon, blog, fiction, flashfiction, google, introduction, new year, practice, resolution, science fiction, writers, writing
4 Comments
Abandoned Warrior
You kneel there facing the sun. Contemplating a lifetime in a moment as you gaze at the light for the last time. The sun seems to strive at forcing away the quickly tumbling curtain upon reality before your eyes. It … Continue reading
“How I Write” By OM
I hope Jami doesn’t mind, but I will reference her comment for this post. She requested it and I am always willing to write about things I am not good at. I will post here comment first “I still watch … Continue reading
Erindale – Flash Fiction v1
If you walk from the beaches of Dreadbin and follow the river inland for a mile you will reach a giant forest. There are many names for the trees found here, but most people in this area call them Blackwater … Continue reading
My God
My God comforts me in the morning. He listens to me in the evening and whispers to me during the night. He calms me when I allow it. I ignore him often, but he does not seem to mind. Like … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Writing
Tagged art, christians, dreams, faith, fashion, god, life, love, motivation, personal, photography, poem, religion
44 Comments
Blogging without Rules
There are no rules for blogging except for the few defined by WordPress and Google in terms of interaction, spamming, and copyright. In fact all the “rules” you will see on SEO and Google relationships are many times wrong. Be … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Writing
Tagged 2014, advice, art, blog, bloggers, fashion, food, life, love, new, new years, personal, photography, resolutions
38 Comments
The Lost Journals: Chapter One – Pg. 5
St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea 11/25/1975 – Journal Entry One We have been out for a few weeks now. The weather has been fair so far and I feel right with the roll of the sea beneath my feet. I sleep … Continue reading
Dead Snowmen
Someone left the bodies of a bunch of snowmen in my yard this morning. I think they are sending me a message. -OM
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged blog, cold, colorado, denver, family, humor, life, photo, photography, picture, snow, winter
24 Comments
Dinner!!!
Southern Pot Roast with a nice Merlot. Sounds good to me. I am cooking it in a crock pot for 7 hours. -OM
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged blog, cook, cooking, dating, dinner, family, food, introduction, life, marriage, meat, relationships, roast, welcome, wine, writing
7 Comments
The Daily Opinion – Connection
Do you remember life before the cell phone? How did we survive back then?
Posted in The Daily Opinion
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, life, love, opinion, personal, photography, poem, poetry, writing
46 Comments
The Daily Opinion – National Pride
Would you die for your country?
My Friend Crohn’s Disease
Someone asked me to write a little article on what it is like living with Crohn’s Disease. I am happy to do so and actually I just had this conversation recently with my parents while they were visiting for Christmas. … Continue reading
Ahn Jung He
I wonder sometimes if you are searching as well. Do you know I am alive? Do you rememeber when we held hands as children? Oddly I feel like I remember your hand late at night. Silly, I know, since I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Writing
Tagged adoptees, adoption, ahn jung he, ahn soo jin, busan, family, holt, korea, koreans, life, pusan, search, seoul
19 Comments
Nameless but Important
I believe you are as important as you want to be. When I come to work I don’t get handshakes and head nods from the people that work during the day. All they see is a shadow, a nameless, hoody … Continue reading
The Daily Opinion – Resolutions
Who has made a New Year’s Resolution for 2014? Has anyone broken theirs already?
Posted in The Daily Opinion
Tagged 2014, blog, family, fun, goals, life, love, new years, opinion, people, personal, relationships, resolution, writing
19 Comments
What a Disappointment You were
What a disappointment you were. I got dressed and drove in the middle of the night for you. You lured me in with your false promises of succulent satisfaction. Whisper not in my ear anymore of delicious aromas that we … Continue reading
A Good Blog is Hard to Find 