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I have 807 stories published in
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My stories have been read 894259 times
and 193 of my stories have been cherry picked.
24 of my 541 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 24 votes
Joseph Xavier Martin
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America, a colorful quilt of diversity!
Martin Luther King Day is celebrated every January 15 th in America as a national holiday. Most people like me, who are of a certain age, remember...
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New Year's Eve 2017
New Year’s Eve It is the 31st of December in the year of our Lord, 2017. As I contemplate the beginnings of New Year, arriving in a few hours, I...
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Please sir, I would like some more !
" Please Sir, I'd like some more. " The words are from a scene in the movie "Oliver." Charles Dickens portrayed the characters in his epic novel "...
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Antecedents
I was born on the Fourth of March, a time of year in Buffalo, N.Y. when Winter still locks the area in its icy grip. Spring always seemed a long time...
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Working the plough or wielding the sword
Working the plough or wielding the sword Politics, in our country, has become a blood sport, a series of “Tong wars," perpetrated with a “for us and...
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