gregory ormson

  • Yoga’s Storage Wars

      Perhaps you’ve watched the A&E Network’s show, Storage Wars. In it, a group of people look for five minutes at the contents of a storage unit from its periphery, but cannot enter the unit. Then they bid to own the unexamined contents inside. The winner is the highest bidder, and his/her reward is ownership of

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  • Midwest Old Style Place (Am Writing)

    I tune to WOJB for an in-breaking from another world. The indigenouspeople speak in even tones, softly on the microphone, nearly a chant. Theiridiom camouflages a humor I sometimes get.  Dead air, then a night-time jock speaks with refreshing lack of pretense, clear and simple. She says, “Good evening everyone. It’s Tuesday and I hope

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  • Midwest This is how Illusion Works (Bear in the woods of Wisconsin)

    Up here, a bear comes and goes as it will, so even a faint resemblance near the woodpile can trick one into thinking its real. My parent’s scare tactics worked, and the wooden carving of a black bear head tricked my brothers too because the chance of actually seeing a bear was lodged in the

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  • Writing      With Crooked Legs of Hackberry (writing inspiration)

    Empty Mirror @EmptyMirror · March 6, 2015 New today! Gregory Ormson’s “With Crooked Legs of Hackberry” http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/features/with-crooked-legs-of-hackberry.html …@GAOrmson Yea! thanks Empty Mirror

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