Just Daniel
Bio
I write short fiction when I have time. There are also elements of my life interwoven with fantasy that I incorporated into my writing. I also like the unknown, so enter into the dark, true, and mysterious if you dare...
Stories (53/0)
Seattle snow
Seattle when it snows, is a major cause of concern for many. The dreaded four-letter word that arrives in winter causes people's veins to freeze and hairs on their forearms to stand on end as they slowly turn their eyes towards the sky, watching the first one, the second one, and then suddenly, a multitude of snowflakes whirring towards the ground. The pine trees and fir trees and the maple trees that are still naked without their leaves, slowly catching but quickly building up volume of snow as the tiny little flakes cling onto each other and welcome each other in a cold embrace, sitting on top of the tree branches, waiting.
By Just Daniel5 months ago in Fiction
Growing up as an ethnic minority
Hi! My name is Daniel as you might have surmised from my username. I am a third generation Chinese American on my father's side of the family and a second generation Chinese American according to my mother's side of the family. Growing up as a kid in the 90s (yes, in the 20th century, not the 21st, man I'm old), I thought I was just like anyone else. I would go to the park with friends and classmates and neighborhood kids, I would go to swimming lessons over the summer to learn how to swim aka performing well enough in the sport so that I was not actively drowning in the deep end of the pool. I would play with Beyblades, the spinning metal tops of doom that I believe were eventually banned from most elementary schools across the nation because of the shrapnel and carnage of metal and plastic pieces coming off of these "toys" and causing injuries to the wide-eyed spectators that were gathered around them. I celebrated the 4th of July or July 4th or Independence Day for the international fans of the United States Of America from abroad. I also celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival (Ooh, fancy name for a holiday!). So yes, I was truly an American kid and still am at heart besides doing a few things that seemed odd to my classmates and peers that as time progressed, made me self-aware and start to doubt myself and everything around me.
By Just Daniel7 months ago in Confessions
Of the land (another rant and rambling)
Most people, when they think of history, they think of the connection of our lives to the lives of our ancestors. This wondrous feeling of connecting with individuals from a bygone era, almost as if we were living in two separate, completely different worlds. I feel like our ancestors from the past would also share the same sentiment. They would be astounded by the conveniences of the modern world but also still be sad that there is still pain and suffering, no matter the era. Yes there is less, but it is still here. It will always be here because of the nature of humankind. Someone will always be the victor, someone will always be the loser and the history books will always favor the one who wins. However, as long as there are ones from the opposing side to tell their version of the story, that are alive to this day through their descendants, they have not truly lost. They are not truly lost and will earn their rightful place in history.
By Just Daniel7 months ago in Writers
Short and Simple
L.O.V.E. Navigating and journeying through life.
By Just Daniel12 months ago in Poets
Thank you father
Thank you father for being the help that gave birth to me, to have me come into such a beautiful, natural world with nature and human-made wonders all around me. Thank you for being by my side all these years and teaching me lessons about life in your own special way. As I grow older now, I see things more clearly from your perspective, although I resented them for quite a long time. I see where things went wrong and I see how you thought what you did was right and how you hold onto your arrogance that you are right through all that you have done for the family.
By Just Danielabout a year ago in Men
