by jo | Sep 9, 2014 | The "New" Challenge
Here are my 26 goals to accomplish before I turn 26 on August 7, 2015 1. Climb another 14er 2. Do a cartwheel 3. Read a Graphic Novel 4. Write/Draw a cartoon/comic series (short or ongoing) 5. Return to Büsingen, Switzerland 6. Read the Brothers Karamozov or Moby Dick...
by jo | Sep 2, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
About six years ago now, I left my college, and then left my hometown to study abroad at a small school in Switzerland. And I mean small. I thought that I had read or been told that it was a school of about 500 people. “That’s pretty dang small,” I...
by jo | Aug 12, 2014 | Everyday Stories
When I saw that Robin Williams had died, I cried. A few silent tears ran down my cheeks at first. And then they just kept coming. Out of nowhere it seemed, I had grief for a person I had never met. This has happened to me when they are related to someone that I care...
by jo | Aug 6, 2014 | fiction writings & poetry
*This is a fictional short story I wrote as a part of my list of 25 goals to accomplish before I turned 25. This Isn’t Funny A Short work of Fiction by Joanna O’Hanlon “Hi!” she said, smiling while leaning in to give him a peck on the lips when...
by jo | Aug 5, 2014 | Everyday Stories
In 2 days, I will turn 25. Kind of a big birthday in my eyes. On my last birthday, I wrote a column about the discipline of celebrating what is good, even if life is hard. It was a good piece that I still think I should abide by. The thing is, I wrote about how life...