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My stories have been read 482895 times
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46 of my 958 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 49 votes
jerry ryan
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Disputin' Putin
The motivation of Putin's desire to devour Ukraine regardless of cost is perfectly self-evident. The desire is evident to Putin himself and nobody...
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Summarizing Summaries and Finding Treasure
We forget 90% of what we read within 24 hours. Then over the next week we forget 90% of that 10%. 10 years after reading Moby Dick, we might recall...
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Real Time Calm
This is real time. He's heading toward us. We hope to God he isn't heading at us. He already savaged Puerto Rico made his way East and then ripped...
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The Wisdom of Didion
Inaction is the opposite of action. I have become a man of inaction which begs the question, does writing qualify as action? What is writing anyway;...
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In and Out of Scarlet Woods
In and Out of the Scarlet Woods Nobody saw them come out of the woods. Nobody saw them enter the woods. Nobody knew what went down in the woods...
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just below the surface
Posted on Mon, 03 Aug 2020
in the darkness where falling to greater depth is flying. We are only fearsome at the surface where we misunderstand and are misunderstood simultaneously.
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Reminders of unconditional love
Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2020
bring us courage every time that we connect with them. A beautiful, heart felt poem that will touch the heart of all readers.
Read full commentPosted in "Anna's Blanket"
simply irresistible
Posted on Thu, 21 Sep 2017
a few clean up notes
get rid of a couple "littles"
clarify this sentence" The look, in her mind’s eye, that right now made her want to her jump right back on one and go home"
seek alternatives to the word "seem" ( appear,...
Read full commentPosted in Wrinkles
Still with ya
Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022
love the set up.
Four days quickly passed.
careful not carful
do as you please
And I thnk the first sentence would be better if you used active voice rather than passive voice and got rid of that "importantly" adverb...
Read full commentPosted in The .......Part Two
Hey Maxine
Posted on Sat, 24 Sep 2022
What a start. Engaging, coherent. Enjoyed reading it. I'd give it a cherry even though we have to await the resoultion but the set up is great.
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Congrats
Posted on Thu, 22 Sep 2022
On capturing an ethereal shimmer; the essence of poetry
Read full commentPosted in In Lucid Dreams
wow
Posted on Sun, 04 Sep 2022
what a ride. Readable from start to finish. Good work
Read full commentPosted in Miracle Baby???
clarity
Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2022
is a requirement for great writing. Your clarity is great in this piece. Not all clarity is engaging but this piece engages with the power of coherence and clarity. Thank you for this.
Read full commentPosted in Nanny part 1
Lovely rembrance
Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022
As a committed Scrabble player, I appreciate every detail of this story. I usually play against the computer so there's never gonna be a mystery zee as there was in this great story.
Read full commentPosted in Where's the Z?
hey Drew
Posted on Sat, 20 Aug 2022
We call it soccer over here and it's growing in popularity. The sterotype of soccer fans unfortunately is a bunch of rowdy drunks beating the shit out of each other. We are big fans of Ted Lasso over here for whatever that's worth. Fandom is a...
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