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My stories have been read 480648 times
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19 of my 366 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 19 votes
Joseph Xavier Martin
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Hurricane Ian
The Specter of Hurricane IAN Like most of America, we watched the formation and development of Hurricane Ian, as it drove relentlessly across the...
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Farewell Elizabeth
Farewell and Adieu, Queen Elizabeth As I watched several hours of Queen Elizabeth’s State Funeral this morning, I was taken by the full panoply of...
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Remembering Elizabeth
I watched Elizabeth II give an address one afternoon about dealing with the scourge of Covid, that threatened her nation. She was trying to stiffen...
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Sic transit gloria
An outsized statue, standing tall It sits in a park or monument hall. It speaks of valor in times now past. I wonder how long the memory can last...
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Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rail Excursion-Overview Canadian Rail Excursion Overview We had set out from the far away flatlands and alligator filled swamps of Southwest...
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verbal portrait worthy of a Winslow Homer
Posted on Sun, 24 Jul 2022
Great verbal portrait, Paul. I could "see" what you described as well as feel the wind and the ocean spray sweeping across the moors on a chilly dusk. Winslow Homer tried to capture what you have written and did so artfully, as you have done. A...
Read full commentPosted in The Artist of Swanage Downs
I couldn't summarize it any
Posted on Sun, 29 May 2022
I couldn't summarize it any better, David.
Thanks,
JXM
Read full commentPosted in Novel solutions on gun control
David, Paul, Celtic Man,
Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022
David, Paul, Celtic Man,
Thank you all for taking the time to read and comment. I appreciate your comments in the spirit in which they were given.
JXM
Read full commentPosted in Corona Log Entry 25/4/22
Jen,
Posted on Sun, 27 Mar 2022
Jen,
Thank you for ethereal visions of a land of make believe, that we all wish we could visit. Sugar plums abounding in small minds, faeries alight on the wind. Butterflies, colorful and flutttering, ditsracting to the eyes. It is...
Read full commentPosted in Journey Into Fairy Woodland Part One
Congratulations
Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022
Congratulations on finishng your second book, Ice:) What you have written is now etched in the marrow of everyone's collective memory. Rest and recover for a bit. Everything in life is a story. There is a whole world of stories waiting for you to...
Read full commentPosted in Salad Day I Suppose
The blended imagery, of old
Posted on Tue, 22 Feb 2022
The blended imagery, of old and worn out bldgs, with the visage of poor and blighted souls, relegated to being old and worn out, works. The gray and life-worn countenance is like a weight upon the soul of those observing both. One wonders what...
Read full commentPosted in Blustery Day In Town
In great democracies, lke the
Posted on Sun, 06 Feb 2022
In great democracies, lke the U.S, Britain and Canada, all things are possible if the citizenry takes corrective actions to heal itself. The rascals don't always win. Let's hope common sense and decency steer us in the right direction. Thanks for...
Read full commentPosted in Kabuki Theater or The Twilight Zone?
It is a tale, well told, of
Posted on Sun, 16 Jan 2022
It is a tale, well told, of reverie and longing for a past now far away. Mr Lee is all of us looking back at who and what we are, a composite of those who have come before us. I enjoed the story.
JXM
Read full commentPosted in Mr. Lee's Cafe
Whinsical and entertaining
Posted on Fri, 14 Jan 2022
Michael,
Wonderful mix of whimsy and mythology, drifting back and forth through different temporarl references. I much enjoyed the tale. A slud!
JXM
Read full commentPosted in The God of Mistakes
May the falling waters be
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
May the falling waters be gentle and the rush soft on your life, Jen.
JXM
Read full commentPosted in Embracing New Year
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