The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Sunday July 31st, 2022 – Avocado Day
National Avocado Day is celebrated on the last day of July, at the peak of the avocado season in California. But, luckily, avocados can usually be found in supermarkets all year round for people who want to eat them in all of the seasons. National Avocado Day was founded in 2017 and has been observed annually and gaining in popularity ever since.
Laughter in the dark #fiction by Abigail George
“I mean if she was a perfectionist I think I would be able to understand that. I think I would be able to understand if she was an anorexic or bulimic.” I can hear my wife’s voice in the distance.
We’re driving through the drizzle to reach you. Thoughts on my mind. Passing endless fields.
You’re my daughter. You will always be my little girl. You’ve gone through something, is all that I can read in your eyes, that and the fact that you don’t want to talk about what is on your mind. All I can read, see, analyse is the veil that covers what you want to hide from your mother and me. I’m wooden in your presence. You’re wooden in my presence. We’re mortals but we’re tender ghosts as well. I don’t want you to waste your life. You’ve always had such presence in the company of your peers. Of course, I’ve always wanted to protect you. Your mother had other plans. It was she who wanted a daughter. She wanted you to make your mark on the world. Ballet, tennis, diving, Toastmasters, editing the school magazine, the drama of the house play every year in high school. Nothing could stop from putting a mark on everything that you put your mind to. I remember the first dance you went to. The year you dressed up as Madonna. Your first pair of high heels.
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Etched In Black Ivory #poem by David Barger
“The beginning is a cracked egg shell
With yoke dripping from the frail
Limbs connecting human form,
And the ever present spirit of everlasting,
Everlasting aeonian.”
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Ephemera #65 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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