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Joseph Xavier Martin
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The Seaside House.
The house watched unfeeeling, as the turbulent sea crashed upon the slate-gray boulders guarding its shoreline. The sea air was redolent with brine...
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Corona Log entry- Oct. 19, 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020 It is a warm, breezy and rainy morning here in SW Florida. A two-hour visit to the dentist this morning had taken my focus...
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Journal entry- Oct.14,2020 Living in the time of Corona
“ Living in the time of Corona” Wed. October 14, 2020- Journal entry It is a warm, ninety-degrees here in Southwest Florida, amidst abundant sunshine...
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Florida Bound
Florida bound Friday, October 9th, 2020 We started out from Amherst on a sunny, cool afternoon. We had chosen to drive eastward, on the NY Thruway,...
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entry "Living in the time of Corona" 10/8/20
Thursday, October 8 th , 2020 It is sunny and cool here in WNY. Media sources are abuzz with analysis of the Vice-Presidential debate last night, at...
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Good read.
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2020
You are too kind,Ice Rivers. All I did was point you in the right direction. A career English Teacher, you know more about the process than I do. I did buy and read your book. It is interesting, thoughtful and a good read. I have and do reccomend...
Read full commentPosted in Ready everybody, Filler Up
Ineresting observation, Drew.
Posted on Wed, 01 Apr 2020
Ineresting observation, Drew. It is a criticism I have made of film directors and writers. They "know" the who, what and where. The aduiences is sometimes saying "Huh? what or who is this?" To answer. The we is my wife Mary and I. We were on a...
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Yes, insert, there is. First
Posted on Sat, 09 Sep 2017
Yes, insert, there is. First responders canvassed all neighborhoods looking for anyone needing assiatance. Buses were available to ferry anyone needing a ride to shelters. Even the homeless got escorted to shelters, sometimes unwillingly. As...
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Do not go gentle into that
Posted on Sun, 08 May 2016
Do not go gentle into that good night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
The words are the opening couplet...
Read full commentPosted in Sick and Tired and Strong