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Picture Box

By jxmartin on Wed, 31 Jan 2007

THE PICTURE BOX Long ago and far away, in a land beneath the clouds, there lived a simple watermelon farmer named Waldo. He was a distant cousin of the famous "Jack in the bean stalk." That relationship made him very sad. He worked hard tending his melons and being good, but no one ever talked of Wally, it was always " Jack " - "Jack and the Beanstalk."
Children's
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BUS RIDE

By jxmartin on Thu, 04 Jan 2007

The Bus Ride The swaying motion,from side to side as the bus picked up speed onto the interstate, was rhythmic and comforting. The cancelled ticket in my hand was stamped "New York City, from Buffalo.
Other Fiction
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Yellow Brick Road

By jxmartin on Thu, 28 Dec 2006

"The Yellow Brick Road" In Politics, as in many areas of business, the road to advancement can be a rocky one. Sometimes, double dealing, cheating, and outright prevarications are the accepted norms, honed to an art form.
Opinion
Biography
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Tree Bones

By jxmartin on Wed, 27 Dec 2006

Tree Bones From twenty paces away, they looked like a pile of bleached and whitened bones lying washed up on the small limestone seawall along the shore
Autobiography
Story
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Yearbook Windows

By jxmartin on Tue, 26 Dec 2006

The Yearbook A few of the faces, staring up at me, are old friends. I have known them since childhood. Others I met in grammar school or church or on various athletic fields in the tight-knit, Irish-Catholic community that is
Autobiography
Story
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