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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"The Canines of My Life"
My best friend left this world last year and I still miss him terribly. Today I am thinking about the dimensions he added to my days and it made me...
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"Willow's Tail" 2
Martha‘s brow furrowed at the sound of the door bell. She placed her nearly cold tea down on the side table. “Was there no chance for a relaxing...
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"Willow's Tail"
"What a wicked turn of events,” Martha scowled as her black cat Willow strutted into the room flicking her tail. “And what makes you so happy?”...
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Carpe Diem !
Day dawns unspoken mine to create World unexplored through my garden gate Poems unwritten just words in my head Dance with anticipation trembling to...
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Sidewalks, Bicycles, Ice Cream, Barbecues...and Friends
My childhood home still stands and though it is no longer mine, I have visited my old neighborhood many times over the years. It is bittersweet to...
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Lovely poem Jenny but then
Posted on Sat, 06 Feb 2021
Lovely poem Jenny but then any ode to nature is beautiful to me, and trees are the masters of that world. I can see that barrel oak just as you describe it, watching as it weathers kindly, Remembering its days of growth, upward and outward until...
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Haven't had much time for
Posted on Thu, 04 Feb 2021
Haven't had much time for reading lately, my new job has taken the life out of my life, but it's Saturday and I've just read through the last 5 Craven entries as I sipped my late morning coffee and they gave me a side of laughter to go with it--...
Read full commentPosted in Craven Gets Flashed II
There are no spare words or
Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2021
There are no spare words or images here. This is crisp and clean and not a word is superfluous. I was easily swept into the comparison of sea to life, but then I do love Nature, and it does command our world. The fragility and strength woven...
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Loved the flow of words and
Posted on Mon, 04 Jan 2021
Loved the flow of words and the wintry images- Sounds like time for a snowball fight- build the fort and break out the sled...SNOW DAY! Oh how I miss that crisp cold pristine blanket of beauty - living here in Florida my snow is melted buckets of...
Read full commentPosted in The Evening Sky Lost
Very well thought out
Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2020
Very well thought out seannelson and I wish we had the answer to why- why so many have to live under or at the poverty level. I fear Kindness must be mined like gold these days for it has become too rare and Greed appears to be the commodity of...
Read full commentPosted in On 'the Conquest of Poverty'
Ah yes, Scrabble - I just
Posted on Thu, 24 Dec 2020
Ah yes, Scrabble - I just bought a new one as the tiles from our old game had chipped and worn and we'd lost the X somewhere? No one knows where or when it went missing but I think, due to its point value, it has been deftly hidden. I loved your...
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Lovely meandering through
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2020
Lovely meandering through better days- no cell phones, video game distractions - loved the crackling fire and stories being read to interested children- the milkman in the morning the winter's banketing snow and muffled sounds. All beautifully...
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A Lovely odd to your love.
Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020
A Lovely odd to your love.
Read full commentPosted in Right Before My Eyes
Funny you should mention
Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020
Funny you should mention crows. I had several on m lawn yesterday morning looking for their breakfast- You set the scene well here- The beating wings, its search for sustenance, the lazy day and I could feel the warmth of the day too- and 24c to...
Read full commentPosted in Morning Swoop
Captivating and relatable..
Posted on Tue, 04 Aug 2020
Captivating and relatable...The bedroom of childhood- does it ever truly leave us? To me those are the warmest, most vivid images as we marched on to adulthood. And when we falter, they call us back to comfort and cocoon our bruised ego. This is...
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