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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Willow's Tail" 4
Martha slid a sideways glance at Perfidia as they walked the two blocks to the market. Perfidia was wearing a brilliant yellow sundress and a big...
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"Willow's Tail" 3
Martha placed Willow's breakfast bowl down near her and went back to her seat at the table. Willow kept her eyes on the visitor as she lowered her...
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Storm clouds rolling in
Cold front coming in Disturbance in the upper atmosphere Shivers expected Electrical flashes Dangerous lightning Rumbles of thunder over the home...
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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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Oh that Sergeant Dowd and his
Posted on Thu, 18 Mar 2021
Oh that Sergeant Dowd and his antique hunting tactics- Craven or I should say Betty had to lose that typewrite to him- Your characters are so well thought out, so dimensional, you know them after their first entry into your stories- and even...
Read full commentPosted in Craven Gets Flashed XV
Grand Anniversary
Posted on Sat, 20 Mar 2021
Grand Anniversary Congratulations Luigi! Fifty-five years of wedded bliss is a loving accomplishment and should be celebrated. I raise a glass and toast to you both for fifty-five more!
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That secret forest sounds
Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2021
That secret forest sounds magical and perhaps a bit like Brigadoon, maybe you were meant to turn at that precise moment to capture a sight you’ll never forget.
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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...
Read full commentPosted in To a Lone Sailor
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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