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StoryMadrid, The Prado jxmartin25 months 1 week ago
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StoryIberian Interlude jxmartin05 months 1 week ago
StoryOnly With Our Own jxmartin16 months 3 weeks ago
StoryVancouver- city of adventurers= ch.# XXXIII ceremony plans and painted bricks jxmartin07 months 3 days ago
StoryVancouver Chapter XXXII. "Wedding Plans" jxmartin07 months 6 days ago
StoryVancouver Ch.# XXXI "entering the lion's den" part II jxmartin07 months 1 week ago
StoryVancouver Ch.# XXXI entering the lion's den- part I jxmartin07 months 1 week ago
StoryVancouver- city of adventurers- Ch. # XXX delivering on a promise" jxmartin07 months 1 week ago
StoryVancouver- Ch.# XXIX "Making a deal with the loggers" jxmartin07 months 1 week ago
StoryVancouver Ch.# XXVIII- "doing some business." jxmartin07 months 1 week ago
StoryVancouver- city of adventurers. Ch. # XXVII. Opening the Brick Yard jxmartin07 months 1 week ago
StoryVancouver-city of adventurers. Ch.# XXVI. Craftsmen from afar. jxmartin07 months 1 week ago
StoryVancouver- Ch.# XXV- Christmas Eve in Vancouver and Dawson jxmartin07 months 2 weeks ago
StoryVancouver Ch. # XXIV- Gold Fever jxmartin07 months 2 weeks ago
StoryVancouver- City of adventurers Ch. # XXIII. The Family Dinner jxmartin17 months 2 weeks ago
StoryVancouver Ch. # XXII- part II jxmartin07 months 2 weeks ago
StoryVancouver Ch. # XXII- part I jxmartin07 months 2 weeks ago
StoryVancouver- City of Adventurers. Ch. # XXI jxmartin37 months 2 weeks ago
StoryVancouver (Staunton series) Chapter XX. Ian's engagement & building a kiln jxmartin07 months 3 weeks ago
StoryVancouver (Staunton series) Ch. # XIX Services at Christchurch Cathedral jxmartin07 months 3 weeks ago
StoryVancouver (Staunton series) Ch. # XVIII friends in strange places jxmartin07 months 3 weeks ago
StoryVancouver (Staunton series) Ch. # 17 putting out the trash and building a roof jxmartin17 months 3 weeks ago
StoryVancouver (Staunton series Ch. # XVI. The Mounties come for a visit. jxmartin27 months 3 weeks ago
StoryNew Tariffs generate a lot of crap. jxmartin07 months 3 weeks ago

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Letter From Estero

A letter from Estero It is the 29 th of September here in Estero Florida. The last two weeks, the mornings have been glorious. We sit outside the...

Ancestors were immigrants

Immigrants like our own ancestors More than 150 years ago, many of my ancestors emigrated to America, seeking a better life for themselves and their...
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Treachery at Wuhan

Chapter # 11 Beating Them up on the Beach - from the novel "Treachery at Wuhan"- Joseph Xavier Martin As Jack Martin’s team was settling into the...

"At Your age."

It happened during a routine visit to a cardiologist, to clear up some nagging issues. Like most doctor’s visits, the conversation drifted into life...
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Fragile Technocracy

I was driving down Sheridan Dr. in Amherst, New York. I was stooped at a red light, idling the car and musing. I happened to look at the car in the...

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24 of my comments have received 24 Great Feedback votes

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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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Posted in Corona Log Entry 25/4/22

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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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Posted in Journey Into Fairy Woodland Part One

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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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Posted in Blustery Day In Town

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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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Posted in Kabuki Theater or The Twilight Zone?

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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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Posted in Mr. Lee's Cafe

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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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Posted in The God of Mistakes

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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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Posted in Embracing New Year

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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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Posted in A Christmas Boris

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De nada, Insert. It is we,

Posted on Wed, 15 Dec 2021

De nada, Insert. It is we, who post here, who Thank you and all of your volunteers for providing a place for writers to gather and display their works. My warmest wishes to all of you for a happy and healthy Holiday Season and Bonne Chance in the...

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Posted in Happy Christmas

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Touching, Paul. Many of us

Posted on Tue, 14 Sep 2021

Touching, Paul. Many of us can relate to the tragic emptyness when a loved one is lost. And hope always is a good ending. I much enjoyed the piece.

JXM

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Posted in With or Without You

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