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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Willow's Tail" 17
“How do you know where I live?” Perfidia asked the purple suited, delivery man with venom in her tone. “The poor delivery man’s eyes widened with...
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"Willow's Tail" 16
Perfidia walked down the stairs but hearing voices coming from the kitchen she stopped to listen.One of those voices had her hovering in indecision...
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Wind Chimes on the Boardwalk
The smell of cotton candy and hot dogs was most welcome on this warm summer day strolling along the boardwalk; it evoked past days of summer as a...
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"Willow's Tail" 15
The silver sport car hobbled over to the side of the road; the unexpected deflation of all four tires was a nasty deterrent but it would not delay...
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"Willow's Tail" 14
The tea was poured and Willow had her treat. “Okay Martha you’ve stalled long enough.” Perfidia nodded to the letter lying on the kitchen counter. “I...
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Hi Di-hard, so happy you're
Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022
Hi Di-hard, so happy you're reading along. Hadn't thought of a sequel but you're right, it's possible. I’m trying to finish this with a worthy ending but I'll miss these characters too; they've been fun to create and get to know...hmmm, maybe a...
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You have a human voice in
Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022
You have a human voice in your writing: it stings, it cajoles it pains. This is written with such clarity and emotion and will resonate with anyone who has had circumstances such as these with a parent. Excellent story!
Read full commentPosted in I Used To Have a Garden
A poignant story, it ripped
Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022
A poignant story, it ripped at my heartstrings. This is so well written, believable dialogue, excellent scene setting and dimensional characters. The beginning draws you intimately into the family and their circumstances and it has a humorous...
Read full commentPosted in Wait!
A beautiful poem enriched by
Posted on Sun, 27 Feb 2022
A beautiful poem enriched by your memories Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Brief Moments To Imagine
This is what great poetry
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022
This is what great poetry does- it opens up the marketplace of ideas and encourages discussion, and your intense poem has done that, I've learned so much from reading all the varying comments and found myself agreeing and disagreeing in varying...
Read full commentPosted in Listening to the News 2/3/22
Tearful reading this one and
Posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2022
Tearful reading this one and stirred the pain in my heart as I too lost my precious pup over year ago but his trusting, loving eyes ...I will never forget.
Read full commentPosted in Good Bye My Friend
I remember that specific
Posted on Wed, 12 Jan 2022
I remember that specific cartoon and it was hysterically funny. Of course, I am taking a childhood point of view here but your literal dissecting was apropos. WB bugs bunny and daffy duck cartoons were outrageously irreverent and constantly broke...
Read full commentPosted in Duck This
I hear the love for the
Posted on Wed, 12 Jan 2022
I hear the love for the animals throughout your story and I have to say, didn’t see the ending coming that you’d find your best friend. I love dogs, well truth is, I love all animals, but dogs have been the major best friends in my life. I lost...
Read full commentPosted in How I Came to Meet Eric
Enjoyed this slice of life
Posted on Tue, 11 Jan 2022
Enjoyed this slice of life story; It could have been a sweet, 'other time tale,' only for the fact it is threaded with current day issues and modern day humor, sooo much humor, I smiled throughout my reading it. You have kept this humor even ...
Read full commentPosted in A Hot Little Model from France
The connection of Mistletoe
Posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2021
The connection of Mistletoe to the Mistle thrush exemplifies that all of nature has a reason for being, both destructive and life supportive. The sorrow of birdlime used to trap delicate birds shows the heartbreaking use by man of this natural...
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