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Confession

By jxmartin on Sat, 09 Aug 2025

CONFESSION "Bless Me Father for I have Sinned,” was the opening incantation of the penitent. "Ego Te Absolve, In Nomine Patris, Filie, Spiritu,...

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Looking for yesterday

By jxmartin on Sun, 27 Jul 2025

The River of Time keeps on flowing along, is probably a song lyric someplace. I have just forgotten where. I had pause to think of the notion...

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A Letter from Estero, Florida 7/10/25

By jxmartin on Thu, 10 Jul 2025

Letter From Estero, Florida – Thurs. July 10, 2025 We had a massive electrical storm sweep over our area last night. The acoustic and visual display...

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Guimaraes, Portugal and finis

By jxmartin on Tue, 08 Jul 2025

Monday, June 23 rd , 2025- Porto, Portugal We arose later this morning and caught a late breakfast at 8:00 A.M. There was a tour scheduled for 1:00 P...

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Short answer. "It is."

Posted on Sun, 27 Jul 2025

Short answer. "It is." Thanks for reading and commenting. We are who we are now. We maybe whom we thought we were in our past. We hope that we will be what we aspire to be in the future. And in the greater scheme of things, no one will...

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That is a

Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2025

That is a good observation,Insert. And norrmally, I would employ a summery like this as a denouement at an ending. What I wanted to do, was to clear and set aside a whole matrix of succeeding families, who are actually real...

Posted in Vancouver- City of Adventurers. Ch. # XXI

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Airy,

Posted on Sun, 07 Jul 2024

Airy,

I have always placed my faith in the common sense, decency and wisdom of the average voter. They have the right values and usualy follow through with them at the ballot box.

Now, I don't know what to make of the evil one's...

Posted in Agism or chicanery?

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We do Insert, but sometimes

Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024

We do Insert, but sometimes we forget "thingamajig." :(

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Posted in Forgetting something? Just say London Bridge.

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Interesting sketch, Paul. I

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

Interesting sketch, Paul. I am reminded of Wolfe's dictum, "you can't go home again." Principally, because it isn't there any more. The river of time has carried away alll traces of that remebered visage. New people and new lives inhabit the time...

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Thoughtful piece, Penny. I

Posted on Sun, 13 Aug 2023

Thoughtful piece, Penny. I could almost see the young lad materialize and talk with the young Miss. I wonder if she ever came back by herself to continue the conversation?

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Great portrait of the lads

Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2023

Great portrait of the lads ata school, Paul. I could almost see Mr. Chips in the background, wishing the lads well.

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Interesting observation, Ewan

Posted on Tue, 22 Nov 2022

Interesting observation, Ewan, We explain their audacity and their clueless state of understanding abhorent behavior with the saying "You can't shame the shameless." It is an awful confluence of nuanced messianic vision, outsized egos and avarice...