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24 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 287100 times
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28 of my 713 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 31 votes
jerry ryan
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Black Rock
Black rock glistens in the rain. When I was a child, I learned to swim at Crystal Beach. The bottom of Crytsal Beach is full of thousands if not...
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Caught Guzzling
Kenneth "Kenny" Nutter was accused thrice by his wife Monica of guzzling. The first instance occurred when Ken and Monica visited their friends Paul...
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Random Acts of Kimness
Some say that it's good fences that make good neighbors. I'll tell ya what makes good neighbors....kind people. I have such a neighbor who lives...
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Developmental Hell (Open the Window)
Every night just before I fall asleep, my inner director starts pitching ideas to my inner producer. Some of these ideas have been pitched for months...
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Willie Mays and Glory Days
If baseball is our first love, then Willie Mays was my first crush. 7 years old was I and playing baseball every day in my backyard with the barbed...
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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.
Read full commentPosted in Sea Monsters
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
sensual
Posted on Mon, 17 May 2021
When we are children life is full of new sensations and I'm afraid that we grow more insensitive and jaded as we age and begin to take the world for granted. Beautifully written.
Read full commentPosted in Bobby-Joe-George
well......
Posted on Thu, 07 Jan 2021
A leader does what nobody else is doing...that's why they're leaders.
Once again I could go on and on with dates and quotes and stats to defend my point of view but what's the point? I've never hated Trump and still don't. As a...
Read full commentPosted in Loser, Loser, Loser
juxtaposition
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
is a key to imagination. Imagination is a key to creativty. Creativity is a key to inspiration. Thank you for this imaginative, creative, inspiring piece.
Read full commentPosted in To my imaginary child
Traumas scalded to retinas indeed
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
It's not enough to close our eyes and pretend trauma didn't happen. Even with our eyes closed, our heart has a vision of its own that persists like Camembert melting on an abandoned shore that never retreats into the waves of non-chalance.
Read full commentPosted in To my imaginary child
Drew
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020
Wonderful news. I'm very proud of you. Is the book still available on Amazon or Kindle. You've put in the time as well as being an inspiration to many of us, myself included. Best of luck
Read full commentPosted in Flamingo Dreams
Inspiration
Posted on Fri, 17 Jul 2020
When I was a kid, my teacher said that it was impossible to read all the books in our school library even in the course of a lifetime. Now that I'm getting older, I feel an urgency to read the ones that I've missed and I realize that I have soo...
Read full commentPosted in "Once Upon a Place to Read"
Such an obvious gift
Posted on Sat, 04 Jul 2020
for narrative. I'm into the story and I plan on staying with it. You know how to spin a yarn.
Read full commentPosted in "Past and Present" Chapter 1
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