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45 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 492476 times
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118 of my 4,273 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 120 votes
Jean Day
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Al and the Wonderful Summer
Al's blue and white Buick drove up to my house about 15 to 7 but I was waiting. "I hope you don't mind if we give a friend a lift to her job first,”...
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Al and the Levecar
"What a stupid thing to do. You're just asking to be hurt," said Joyce with a mixture of pity and exasperation. Joyce was my co-worker at the records...
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Sorority Drop Out
When I transferred from St. Teresa's all girls’ college to North Dakota State University, one most important ingredient in my life was lacking - a...
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The Sophomore Boys
Men in my Life 1960- 1965 - aged 16 - 21 I was an Oblate of St. Benedict, a girls’ group which was a sort of being a lay religious (a real perk in...
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The Men in my Life - part 1
1950 - Jackie Braun - aged 6 I remember that he was good looking and that I very much wanted him to like me. He asked me why my hands hung down from...
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019
Hi Rhiannon
I don't think I was around to read these when they were published the first time. They are wonderful. Perhaps you could make them into a booklet and self-publish them. If you want my help in doing that, let me know.
Jean...
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Hi Bee
Posted on Fri, 19 Dec 2014
Hi Bee
Another very good poem for your collection of work on abused women. Have you thought of publishing it as a group? Or getting in touch with someone who would have contact with a woman's shelter who possibly publishes a newsletter or...
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Sun, 20 Oct 2019
Hi Rhiannon
A very strong story line with this hymn. Nicely done.
Jean
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Hi Steven
Posted on Tue, 30 Oct 2018
Hi Steven
It took me awhile to find the beginning of this. It started over a year ago. What dedication that you are still writing it. Very complicated first chapter - but each section has its own hooks. Very good writing.
Jean
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Hi Jenny
Posted on Wed, 16 Oct 2019
Hi Jenny
This poem meant a lot to me. Your description of the grave yard, and the sadness, and then the joy of release and the possible new life. The 10th anniversary of my husband's death is coming up soon. I was thinking the other night...
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Mon, 16 Sep 2019
Hi Rhiannon
THis would be magic to read to little children. I'm sure your grandchildren would love eit.
Jean
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Mon, 19 Aug 2019
Hi Rhiannon
These are so much fun to read. And they certainly have a ring of truth about them.
Jean
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Hi onemore
Posted on Tue, 20 Aug 2019
Hi onemore
This is so good. You start with the absolute beginning and get more and more complicated and involved in life. Beautifully done.
Jean
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Hi Hudson
Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2019
Hi Hudson
I enjoyed this too, and although not from the PE point of view, I could identify with the nuns in the school bits. I don't think any Americans would eat pizza with a knife and fork. I was absolutely amazed when my...
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2019
Hi Rhiannon
Lovely images of orangey things. One of my favourite colours and without the cateracts, my entire world of colour has changed. I bought a coat which I thought was an orangey brown - and it turned out to be a pinky pumple. I...
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