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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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Random thoughts...
Random thoughts in the evening… Dusk is setting in and the low light of sunset is blanketing the grass with shadows and patches of last light. Day is...
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"Past or Present" Chapter 3
Stephanie sat on the bed in Victoria’s room and wondered what would happen if she fell asleep? Would she wake up back in her own life time? She hoped...
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"Past and Present" Chapter 2
“Oh my lord,” Stephanie cried out, closing her eyes and hoping to wake up from this nightmare. “Prayer does not become you either Victoria. I suggest...
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"Past and Present" Chapter 1
The newsroom was hectic. It was nearing the deadline for the final print and the last of the articles were due in. Stephanie Mitchell was spell...
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Hot Times...Summer in the South
The relentless heat of the noon-day sun wilts the tomato and pepper plants, bending them downward in lethargic fashion. The automatic sprinkler...
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No truer words spoken Luigi-
Posted on Mon, 03 Aug 2020
No truer words spoken Luigi- We don't have a lot of time left to reverse this state of our weather and it appears some leaders are still deaf and blind - refusing to admit their is a danger around us- Your words so well paced- so well spoken- and...
Read full commentPosted in As the Walrus Said
Please don't delete- your
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
Please don't delete- your words here are heartfelt and compelling. I was compelled to cry in outrage for this little brutally orphaned hippo and your kind interspersed endearments and encouragement weaved through the sad facts- and felt natural -...
Read full commentPosted in To my imaginary child
So visual- I was there with
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
So visual- I was there with each depiction- oh for those times we come alive! The place - The person we're creating the best days with - remain forever, vivid in our memory cache.I Loved this walk through yours- thanks for sharing it- and well...
Read full commentPosted in Cherry Dreamin'
I love the romanticism here-
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
I love the romanticism here- the wistful wish for a parallel universe – perhaps another chance to change the ending or to have no ending- Sweet movement and nice rhythm in the verses. I liked this one very much and will read again....
Read full commentPosted in Jessica
What a thoughtful, poetic
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
What a thoughtful, poetic reflection on life with a simply elegant accent on nature. Oh those messages we miss when we don’t stop and smell the flowers, watch the bees or see the leaves come alive on the trees where birds make their homes. We...
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The golden sunshine,
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
The golden sunshine, optimistic, days of our youth- "like pleasure of marmalade on hot buttered toast" you've truly captured these musings here Jenny - You're look back is crisp, clear and packed with dreams - perhaps unrealized-- while...
Read full commentPosted in Time Was
I love these characters-
Posted on Wed, 29 Jul 2020
I love these characters- Josiah and Archibald - they are so well defined that I can completely imagine them and that is the test of a great story for me- when the characters become real, as yours have and now I am afraid Electra might not be the...
Read full commentPosted in Never Say Die!
Strange days indeed. Today
Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2020
Strange days indeed. Today the Yankees-Phillies game was cancelled due to 14 Marlin players testing positive with covid...Marlins played Phillies over the weekend and the Yanks dont want to step in the visitors dugout...cant blame 'em...but...
Read full commentPosted in Baseball 2020 (Love is Strange)
I loved this walk through
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
I loved this walk through your writing process and I completely commiserated with it. It is very time consuming to proof and format your own book and the couch does like to distract us. Anyway, once you’ve hit publish and set if free on Amazon-...
Read full commentPosted in Shiny Things - A Ramble
Poetry doth speak to our
Posted on Fri, 24 Jul 2020
Poetry doth speak to our thoughts – sometimes very well- Nicely done Parson – Wordsworth did applaud the passion of Coleridge’s poem but, I think, was off put by the length of descriptive imagery within the stanzas – Still he said the passion was...
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