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Picking a fight with the Pope

By jxmartin on Thu, 16 Apr 2026

There are a few things in the patois of the Political arena that are absolute gospel. “Keep your mouth shut and your ears open” in one prime...

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Queegian Rant

By jxmartin on Mon, 06 Apr 2026

Queegian Rant After watching a two-hour verbal rant by the President of the United States, threatening to destroy Iran’s bridges, power plants and...

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Tossing tea bags into the harbor

By jxmartin on Sun, 29 Mar 2026

Tossing tea bags into the harbor. Several million Americans gathered together yesterday for “No kings” rallies. There was not a single violent...

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I am an African American

By jxmartin on Fri, 06 Feb 2026

“I am an African American” In a now famous speech, at the Berlin Wall, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy issued the iconic phrase “Ich bin ein...

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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...

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I couldn't summarize it any

Posted on Sun, 29 May 2022

I couldn't summarize it any better, David.

Thanks,

JXM

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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

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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...

Posted in Journey Into Fairy Woodland Part One

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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...

Posted in Blustery Day In Town

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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...

Posted in Kabuki Theater or The Twilight Zone?

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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

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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

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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

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Paul,

Posted on Fri, 24 Dec 2021

Paul,

Dickens would have been flattered:) Well scripted. It stands alone as a wonderful, interesting vignette!

JXM