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Joseph Xavier Martin

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Halloween Costumes

By jxmartin on Wed, 28 Jun 2006

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.
Humour
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Plain People

By jxmartin on Fri, 23 Jun 2006

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.
Opinion
Non-fiction
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Who says Golf is just a game?

By jxmartin on Mon, 19 Jun 2006

Who Says Golf Is Just a Game? The three story Grecian facade of the "clubhouse sits amidst scuplted, emerald lawns and colorful floral landscaping.It appears as an apparition, a gleaming white, ante-bellum plantation house transported from somewhere in Southern Georgia. The mood in the air is festive as the crowd swirls in and around the stately edifice. There is an expectant air of anticipation for the coming duel in the noonday sun.
Miscellaneous
Other
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Communion

By jxmartin on Sat, 17 Jun 2006

THE COMMUNION The chilly winds swept over the Lake Erie ice. The mist and damp, of an overnight cloudburst, lingered and added to the feeling of late autumn. It was May 1st in Western New York.
Autobiography
Story
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Midas Machine

By jxmartin on Sat, 10 Jun 2006

M I D A S M A C H I N E Our plane cruised westward, flying high over Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. In the fading light, the snow tipped, granite range stretched far below us. The jagged, snow-laden outcroppings looked like great white capped Atlantic rollers, as they passed beneath us. The effect is decidely nautical, looking down from 35,000 feet.
Travel
Story
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