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Joseph Xavier Martin
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Falling Water
"Falling Water- A Frank Lloyd Wright Legacy The Buffalo Area is fortunate in deed to claim possession of two superbly designed residences of note,The Darwin Martin House and "Greycliff. Both are fine examples of the genius of America's premier Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The angular plains and prarie style lines stand out visually as distinctive and attractive representations of Wright's genius. I was fortunate to recently visit perhaps the premier example of Wright's vision in another residence of note,Wright's masterpiece of "Falling Water in Mill Run, Pennsylvania.
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X-Country Skiing at Elma Meadows
X-Country SKIING AT ELMA MEADOWS The air is gray and heavy with frost. The snow makes a crunching sound as you tred upon it. It is cold out, at five degrees below Zero. It is early morning and the sun is just peeking over the frosty tree tops, at the far edge of the eastern horizon.
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Footprints in Time
Foot Prints in Time. I stood quietly on the raised portion of the warehouse floor. I could see all of the milling people and scattered equipment stretched out beneath me.
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Halloween Costumes
Halloween Costumes The rain spatters lightly on the dining room windows. Outside, the sky is a leaden gray. In the yard beyond, the golden oak leaves circled lazily to the bronze and green carpet below. The temperature is in the 40's, and is cold and damp. It is mid Autumn in Western New York.
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Plain People
MY VIEW Plain people everywhere make this country great By JOSEPH XAVIER MARTIN 6/22/2006 Joseph Xavier Martin, of Amherst, admires those who give of themselves to help others. It has become fashionable, when cities oppose each other in sporting contests, to trash the accomplishments of an entire city or region just to garner a cheap laugh. It happens to us in Buffalo a lot.
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