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I have 816 stories published in one collection on the site.
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Joseph Xavier Martin

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Wine Country- Southern California

By jxmartin on Sat, 07 Mar 2020

Temecula, Southern California’s Wine Country If you have never heard of this area before, you are in league with us. We were only tipped off to the...
Travel
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Lenten Rituals

By jxmartin on Thu, 20 Feb 2020

In an Irish-Catholic neighborhood like South Buffalo, New York the Friday night fish fry, served during Lent, is a ritual as unbending and as regular...
Spiritual
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Drifting Through Winter

By jxmartin on Tue, 11 Feb 2020

The air is gray and heavy with frost. The snow makes a crunching sound as you trod upon it. It is cold out, at five degrees below Zero. It is early...
Talecatching
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Rounding Third and Headed for Home

By jxmartin on Mon, 03 Feb 2020

Rounding Third Base and Headed for Home. It is now almost eleven weeks after the accident that ruined my left arm. And, it is nearly nine weeks after...
Spiritual
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Writing While Impaired

By jxmartin on Thu, 16 Jan 2020

“WWI” I had a new experience yesterday, that of WWI. (writing while impaired) A largish, double martini had ended a long day. The C2H5OH must have...
Rant
Non-fiction
Certificate U

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