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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Unwanted Magic" 4
Joey listened intently to the bird’s singing in the tree and began to hum the tune along with them trying to remember the words. Joey’s dad picked up...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 12
“Perfidia, I’m sure Jon isn’t in jeopardy with your cousin,” Martha reasoned. “And I’m not so sure,” Perfidia replied and turned back to Willow with...
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"Unwanted Magic" 3
“I want my mom to come on the adventure too,” Joey told Flint. Flint growled in a not so happy tone. “Sure, let's take the whole family on your...
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"Unwanted Magic" 2
The dad stared at the big dog and shook his head with confusion and concern. “I thought I heard that dog speak,” the dad, Jack, whispered to his wife...
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"Unwanted Magic" 1
A blue ribbon of light flew over mountains and grasslands, raced through a forest of trees glistening with morning dew and slipped into the window of...
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"peeping Squirus Vulgaris..."
Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024
"peeping Squirus Vulgaris..." --- I think his cousins live here in Florida; I've seen a few peeping squirrels looking into my windows.
I love your journal entries they are witty and enjoyable. You've brought to life a town of...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Last Orders
Spring awakens in your lovey
Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024
Spring awakens in your lovey words Jenny. Beautiful poetry:
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Read full commentPosted in Rousing Spring
I love the idea of a 100
Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2024
I love the idea of a 100 words a day journal; wish I had the time to start one myself. Maybe when I retire? But that date keeps moving into infinity, so not sure when my leisure begins. But I enjoyed reading your February entries very much and...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Early Doors
Wow...wow...This is so
Posted on Sun, 25 Feb 2024
Wow...wow...This is so interpretive, surreal, filled with twisting images - I loved it! The first verse took me to the white album and of course I love the Beatles (Favorite: John Lennon) so Happiness is a Warm Gun conjured his voice for me but...
Read full commentPosted in Catch-me-if-you-can
I loved this and I think we
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024
I loved this and I think we all can sympathize with that stench of industry seasoning the air with unpalatable odors. Where I grew up there was a paper factory...enough said... and I loved your rhyming of each day’s pungent aroma and the shrewdly...
Read full commentPosted in Cheese and Onion Tuesday
Clever Ewan, very clever- and
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024
Clever Ewan, very clever- and I fear it too- can't be sure what is real these days. AI confusion abounds, fake images on social platforms, faked voices on robocalls, dead artists singing songs and acting in films- where does it stop--where do we...
Read full commentPosted in I'm Afraid of AI
A warm and welcoming story
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024
A warm and welcoming story you fall into like a hug. Their ages didn’t come through until the end, very clever how this took you through the camping expedition that seemed to be in the wild and yet was actually set in the backyard of their...
Read full commentPosted in The Call of the Wild
Off the grid in the bath--
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
Off the grid in the bath-- what a lovely idea---I envy you having a bath - I too have gone the way of the shower but I can remember the oveflowing bubble baths of my youth and off the grid! Soaking in a warm bath is a great place to imagine...
Read full commentPosted in In the Bath
Warm touches in this wedding
Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024
Warm touches in this wedding poem; love is the guest of honor here and it is well seated in your words.
Read full commentPosted in Joyful, frugal celebration!
I've jumped in here and now
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024
I've jumped in here and now have to go back and read from the start of this funny, very funny, undertaking story.
Read full commentPosted in Frankie! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 53)
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