WELCOME TO OS READERS' PICKS
This week's RPs in the POST category go to:
Eljekar - an American at home...my neighbor
http://open.salon.com/blog/eljekar/2012/05/24/an_american_at_home_my_neighbor
Kim Tutt - Remembering Always
http://open.salon.com/blog/memgal/2012/05/25/remembering_always
Chicago Guy - Back to the Garden
http://open.salon.com/blog/chicago_guy/2012/05/25/back_to_the_garden
Bellwether Vance - All Will be Made Clear
http://open.salon.com/blog/bellwethervance/2012/05/25/all_will_be_made_clear
jmac1949 - Randy Newman named Sr. Media Advisor for Romney Campaign??!!
http://open.salon.com/blog/jmac1949/2012/05/25/randy_newman_named_s
Seth James - The wolf of Winter http://open.salon.com/blog/seth_son_of_umarth/2012/05/25/the_wolf_of_winter_os_weekend_fiction
Cranky Cuss - The Huffington Post Circa 1969 http://open.salon.com/blog/cranky_cuss/2012/05/25/the_huffington_post_circa_1969_1
Workinslob - Charity Real or Imagined http://open.salon.com/blog/workingslob/2012/05/25/charity_real_or_imagined
Femme Forte aka Candace - Brown Bedspread Fort http://open.salon.com/blog/femme_forte/2012/05/25/brown_bedspread_fort
Spirit Man SF, My Father for the Love of Soldiers http://open.salon.com/blog/spiritmansf/2012/05/26/to_my_father___for_the_love_of_soldiers
Janice Phelps Williams - How We Remember Together – Public Memorials http://open.salon.com/blog/janicephelpswilliams/2012/05/26/how_we_remember_together_public_memorials
Joan H.- Memorial Day in Washington D.C. http://open.salon.com/blog/joan_h/2012/05/27/memorial_day_in_washington_dc
Natalie K. Munden, - From Under a Black Sky: Thanks for Serving in Vietnam http://open.salon.com/blog/still_loving_it/2012/05/27/from_under_a_black_sky_thanks_for_serving_in_vietnam
Jali 17 - A Service Man Always in My Heart http://open.salon.com/blog/jali_17/2012/05/27/a_service_man_always_in_my_heart
Cranky Cuss - For Memorial Day Let There Be Light http://open.salon.com/blog/cranky_cuss/2012/05/27/for_memorial_day_let_there_be_light
Robert Crook - Obama Makes it Easy to be Green http://open.salon.com/blog/sacrob/2012/05/28/obama_makes_it_easy_to_be_green
Deborah Mendez Wilson - Let Me Tell You About That Girl http://open.salon.com/blog/escritora98/2012/05/28/let_me_tell_you_about_that_girl
Greenheron - Herons x Heron, http://open.salon.com/blog/greenheron/2012/05/26/herons_x_heron
nerd cred - May is Prader-Willi Awareness Month, http://open.salon.com/blog/nerd_cred/2012/05/09/may_is_prader-willi_awareness_month
Just Thinking - Fighter Planes and My Brother’s Father, http://open.salon.com/blog/just_thinking/2012/05/28/fighter_planes_and_my_brothers_father
Mission - Fukushima Dreams http://open.salon.com/blog/mission/2012/05/29/fukushima_dreams
Hayley Rose - Relationships After a Sexual Assault, http://open.salon.com/blog/hayleyrose1/2012/05/29/relationships_after_sexual_assault
Tommi Avicolli Mecca - Belting Out ‘Faggot” At Independence Hall, http://open.salon.com/blog/avimecca/2012/05/30/belting_out_faggots_at_independence_hall
Rob Neukirch - Barbara – In Three Parts Part 1, http://open.salon.com/blog/robaire/2012/05/14/barbara_-_in_three_parts_part_i
RP FOR COMMENT ON A POST COMMENT THREAD goes to:
Brad Nelson - Out There, After the Party (provided link no longer valid)
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Comments
There is one problem with this post, however. The link to the comment which is this week's Pick doesn't go where it ought to.
Just thought someone should know.
R
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I know I am a part of this but these folks are working hard to get this up and running and since I have not done much to help yet I really want to commend them for their dedication.
LL2: Yes, each winner receives a PM with a link to an RP icon they can put on their winning post. There is also a notification in the comments on each winning post.
nerd cred: This IS the place and you are very welcome!
Looking forward to reading more READER'S PICKS!
I feel honored to be in such good company.
Cleverly, engagingly written, multilayered piece starting with a vivid dream, then discovering signposts of it in a painting her mother had done, all the while telling us of the tension she'd always felt with her mother. It resolves nicely and leaves the reader with a pleasant aftertaste.
Dunno if we can nominate more than one at a time, but if so I would nominate Chauncy De Vega's piece on Romney's subtle race-baiting ad. I'd give you the URL, but can't find it at the moment. It's so good it will probly get an EP and go on the cover. Would that disqualify it for a Reader's Pick?
If so, please:
• Put READERS' PICK RECOMMENDATION in bold at the top of your comment.
• Provide a link to the post.
• Write a sentence as to WHY you're recommending the post.
Thanks.
Just Jali smiling :-)
I second Chicken Mãâàn with Black Eyed Susans of Ande Bliss.
Remember, I take bribes for nominations!! Money is nice but tuna fish and booze work too!!!
Just saying!! :D
Many of these I would have missed ~ thank you.
( So glad to see Kim Tutt's piece there.)
Does anybody really need an explanation as to why anything by Tom should qualify - other than that it's artfully crafted, full of fascinating lore and colorful characters and leaves a memorable impression of his clan's answer to Elmer Gantry? Also, if this is legal, I nominate a comment Tom left on this very same post. The comment is almost as long as the post and is one of his fine and famous rants against Republican evil and moronacy.
I would second my own nominations but I'm pretty sure that would not fly.
Bookmarked to catch up on a week's work of reading!
awesome :)
I second Chicken Maaan's nomination of Chauncy de Vega's brilliant post.
Lezlie
I second the nomination of Tom Cordle's A Cowboy Buryin'
Lezlie
http://open.salon.com/blog/sarah_brennan/2012/05/31/so_much_to_see_in_such_a_short_distance
why? it was beautiful and made me relax and breathe
http://open.salon.com/blog/robin_robinson/2012/05/31/silence_of_the_woods_-_royal_ferns
why: love the pictures and how personal and intimate the words were
Robin Robinson
http://open.salon.com/blog/robin_robinson/2012/05/31/silence_of_the_woods_-_royal_ferns
I loved greeting these pictures and beautiful accompanying text this morning. Robin offers us her pictures often, but this post includes text that speaks about her love of ferns, the Maine woods, newts and salamanders, and even includes one of her poems. It's all that and a bag of moss.
I would also like to thank Alysa Salzberg for conducting the OS Weekend Fiction Club, as well as all our contributors, for making writing short fiction such a joy.
http://www.open.salon.com/blog/chauncey_devega/2012/05/31/the_genius_of_romneys_obama_is_a_lazy_negro_ad
Chauncey DeVega
Guys,
Please put links into nominations. We have enough work chasing them all down. Thank you.
All it takes to get a link is to go to the top line on your screen ("http:// etc."), copy it, and paste it into the comment. Even if it doesn't go active, we can copy and paste it here. (They automatically go active if you do that inside an actual post.)
Bert Baruch Wylen - Coming Out to Beth
http://open.salon.com/blog/baruch/2012/06/01/coming_out_to_beth
This post received and EP but is still not widely read among active OSers. This a a compelling story about a man's tussle with his homosexuality and his complex relationship with a woman while still in the closet.
Lezlie
Here's his comment:
thanks deb.
booze brought not only misery but growth for me.
i cannot
not acknowledge that.
to be able to tell yer parents exactly what u think of them!
a gift. cuz they were drunk.
art is right:
"Wish you all were here.
We could all buy boats.
We'd become healthy."
til we are healthy, we gotta stick together, we damaged souls,
so called. in contrast to the insane
rats who run the maze
that runs our world.
we are in eternity, often. nothing pressing on us.
no shame, no fences, nothing but the sky.
when we write. when we gurgle.................................................
"Just Some Highlights" by Darla Carmichael.
http://open.salon.com/blog/tellingtosca/2012/06/01/just_some_highlights
Reading this post was FUN! It was like spending a few minutes looking out of her eyes. Recommended!
Some great nominations for this week as well!! Keep 'em coming guys!!
READERS' PICK NOMINATION -
JAIME FRANCHI - LIFE IN MOVIE QUOTES
http://open.salon.com/blog/jaimefranchi/2012/06/01/life_in_movie_quotes
I think we all use the movie quotes for our lives instead of goodbye, I'll miss you, etc. etc. Enjoyable post as well as though provoking in thinking about those movie quotes we use ourselves!!!
READERS' PICK NOMINATION -
GERALD ANDERSEN - GONE IN A FLASH
Gerald writes good fiction! Surprise endings and Gone in a Flash is one of his best.
Admins only get involved when there are objections or if the guidelines have not been followed.
This example is way we need to have comment nominations posted:
James Emmerling for his comment on Deborah Mendez Wilson's post:
http://open.salon.com/blog/escritora98/2012/05/28/let_me_tell_you_about_that_girl#comment_2957249 on June 1, 2012 at 1:08 p.m.
Thanks,
OSRP Admin
icyhighs is a relatively new writer on OS who needs to be read by anybody who wants to laugh herself silly like I just did. Icy's comedic voice never waivers and he can spin a yarn like no other. He writes from India. My Grammy's an Axe Murderer is hilarious:
http://open.salon.com/blog/icyhighs/2012/06/01/so_my_grammys_an_axe_murderer
Lezlie
I second James Emmerling's comment on Deb's "Let Me Tell You About That Girl.
Lezlie
I also second GERALD ANDERSEN - GONE IN A FLASH. Go read it!
Lezlie
Hitting the nail on the head of the world if it continues on course
http://open.salon.com/blog/harry_homeless/2012/06/01/the_end_is_fear
Jaime Franchi's Life in Movie Quotes
http://open.salon.com/blog/jaimefranchi/2012/06/01/life_in_movie_quotes
Because Jaime's writing style is personal, sentimental and resonant without drifting off into whiny, maudlin or self-indulgent. It was a pleasure to read.
Karen McKim, This is what democracy without conversation looks like
http://www.open.salon.com/blog/prairiefire52/2012/06/01/this_is_what_democracy_without_conversation_looks_like
Karen makes a terribly important point here and does it well, explaining how and why elections are lost on a micro level and what to do about it. I really urge a second.
Koshersalaami - Running for Congress with a New Third Party
http://open.salon.com/blog/koshersalaami/2012/06/01/repost_running_for_congress_with_a_new_third_party
Kosh creates a stunningly prophetic fictional interview with a third party called the Corporatist Party of America. Truth and fiction sometimes intersect.
Lezlie
I'd like to second the nomination for Bert Baruch Wylen's "Coming Out to Beth".
And
Gerald Anderson's "Gone In A Flash".
Both are excellent!
http://open.salon.com/blog/escritora98/2012/06/02/hello_its_me
Icyhighs So my grammy's an axe murderer
Nominated by Lezlie
Actually already seconded, but the comment isn't titled so you might miss it
Cheshyre Grin's "The End is Fear"
http://open.salon.com/blog/harry_homeless/2012/06/01/the_end_is_fear
Chilling!
and Libbyliberalnyc's comment thereon.
Both were very touching expositions of clinical depression which, judging from the comments, is fairly common among us here at OS.
http://open.salon.com/blog/escritora98/2012/06/02/hello_its_me
http://www.open.salon.com/blog/prairiefire52/2012/06/01/this_is_what_democracy_without_conversation_looks_like
Well thought out and written.
(must be the 4th or 5th second, but I lost count)
http://open.salon.com/blog/escritora98/2012/06/02/hello_its_me
Karl Hammerschmidt's "From Dusk and Dawn: The Imagination Converging In The Eye of God"
http://open.salon.com/blog/thunderbird/2012/06/03/dusk_and_dawn_the_imagination_converging_in_the_eye_of_god
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I don't know enough about prosetry to say whether this is "good" or not. I CAN say that I personally adored his wording! It's a drug free acid trip! Amy Picked!!!!!
Deborah Méndez Wilson Hello, It's me
I second the nomination of Karl Hammerschmidt's http://open.salon.com/blog/thunderbird/2012/06/03/dusk_and_dawn_the_imagination_converging_in_the_eye_of_god
Don't let the lack of formatting throw you. The writing is exquisite.
Lezlie
I second the nomination of Karl Hammerschmidt's http://open.salon.com/blog/thunderbird/2012/06/03/dusk_and_dawn_the_imagination_converging_in_the_eye_of_god
Don't let the lack of formatting throw you. The writing is exquisite.
Lezlie
Karen McKim's "This is what democracy (without conversation) looks like."
REALLY good stuff!
All nominations above this comment have been seconded with no opposing comments posted.
Del Stone's granny a great read for the times
http://open.salon.com/blog/delstonejr/2012/06/03/why_grannies_deserve_a_pass
SCYLLA The Rock KOLEKOLE PASS
http://open.salon.com/blog/scylla_the_rock/2012/04/27/kolekole_pass
Incredible journey, harrowing and inspiring read.
Nusser " Newsprint"
http://open.salon.com/blog/nusser/2012/05/30/newsprint
Nusser's been writing some wonderful poems, little read here, enjoyed this one.
Rita's re Scyllas Kolekole Pass
Lucy Simpson's "God's Banjo"
A sweet and lovely poem of summer and music.
http://open.salon.com/blog/one_thousand_days/2012/06/03/gods_banjo
That is gorgeous!