GREGORY ORMSON

Tag: Wisconsin

  • Midwest – from the Old Style Place. Cabin Writing

    Midwest – from the Old Style Place. Cabin Writing

    Notes from The Old Style Place                                             Everything at The Old Style Place remains upright, anchored in stubbornness. Its steadfast preachment to tenacity has denied gravity its victory. This stubbornness was earned by hammer and…

  • Midwest Old Style Place (Am Writing)

    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…