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Luke & Finley go to the zoo
Luke and Finley go to the zoo It was a special day for Luke and Finley. Mom and dad were going to take them to the Buffalo Zoo. Neither of the...
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Sir Luke, the dragon slayer.
Luke McGinnis and the fire breathing Dragons. Long ago and far away, in a land that saw dragons flying in the sky and twenty-foot crocodiles swimming...
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Who you know counts for something.
We were playing golf, at the Spring Run Golf Complex in Estero Florida, with friends from Milwaukee Wisconsin. The computer assigned tee time was a...
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The Gift from children
Luke and Finley go shopping Luke and Finley needed to go shopping. Their dad, Mason, was turning 28 next week and they needed a Birthday present...
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Luke & Finley hunt for dinosaurs
Luke & Finley go searching for dinosaurs Luke and Finley McGinnis set out one day in search of dinosaurs. The other kids had called them silly. “...
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verbal portrait worthy of a Winslow Homer
Posted on Sun, 24 Jul 2022
Great verbal portrait, Paul. I could "see" what you described as well as feel the wind and the ocean spray sweeping across the moors on a chilly dusk. Winslow Homer tried to capture what you have written and did so artfully, as you have done. A...
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I couldn't summarize it any
Posted on Sun, 29 May 2022
I couldn't summarize it any better, David.
Thanks,
JXM
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David, Paul, Celtic Man,
Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022
David, Paul, Celtic Man,
Thank you all for taking the time to read and comment. I appreciate your comments in the spirit in which they were given.
JXM
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Jen,
Posted on Sun, 27 Mar 2022
Jen,
Thank you for ethereal visions of a land of make believe, that we all wish we could visit. Sugar plums abounding in small minds, faeries alight on the wind. Butterflies, colorful and flutttering, ditsracting to the eyes. It is...
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The blended imagery, of old
Posted on Tue, 22 Feb 2022
The blended imagery, of old and worn out bldgs, with the visage of poor and blighted souls, relegated to being old and worn out, works. The gray and life-worn countenance is like a weight upon the soul of those observing both. One wonders what...
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In great democracies, lke the
Posted on Sun, 06 Feb 2022
In great democracies, lke the U.S, Britain and Canada, all things are possible if the citizenry takes corrective actions to heal itself. The rascals don't always win. Let's hope common sense and decency steer us in the right direction. Thanks for...
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It is a tale, well told, of
Posted on Sun, 16 Jan 2022
It is a tale, well told, of reverie and longing for a past now far away. Mr Lee is all of us looking back at who and what we are, a composite of those who have come before us. I enjoed the story.
JXM
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Whinsical and entertaining
Posted on Fri, 14 Jan 2022
Michael,
Wonderful mix of whimsy and mythology, drifting back and forth through different temporarl references. I much enjoyed the tale. A slud!
JXM
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May the falling waters be
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
May the falling waters be gentle and the rush soft on your life, Jen.
JXM
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Paul,
Posted on Fri, 24 Dec 2021
Paul,
Dickens would have been flattered:) Well scripted. It stands alone as a wonderful, interesting vignette!
JXM
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