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14 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 425763 times
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357 of my 1,515 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 376 votes
JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Once Upon a Place to Read"
There was a place I loved to go as a child; it held a myriad of stories in worn pages, bound in leather and cloth covers. It beckoned me to come and...
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Under the Redwoods...
My hand upon it; I feel its warmth; its rough bark is pliant under my hand. I feel the breeze as the branches above move with the wind. I look up and...
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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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Cute poem, very Funny image-
Posted on Sat, 27 Jun 2020
Cute poem, very Funny image- I think many can relate to that too far away 'Throne' and possible charlie chaplin walk trying to get there- nice touch to have the kiddies lauging from a window perch at the elders running by...made me laugh.
Read full commentPosted in Mayhem
Great piece of childhood
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2020
Great piece of childhood reminiscence- The stories read by lamplight or candle in the impressionable years were absolutely the best. I myself fell in love with anything magical. I loved that you described the village and the mobile library and...
Read full commentPosted in The Corner Library
Sacred geometry-phi- fractals
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2020
Sacred geometry-phi- fractals- the beauty of design and connectivity in nature...the fragility of life...the curiosity of death? I felt all of this flowing outward from your eloquently written poem.
Especially loved:{ If we are made of...
Read full commentPosted in Golden Ratio
The movement of the river,
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2020
The movement of the river, swift and forward like time it does not change its course. No, sadly, we can never go back to what was- but we can hold the memory forever in our hearts of those who have taken the rivers ride away from us. I loved this...
Read full commentPosted in Sweet river
It reads like a symphony of
Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2020
It reads like a symphony of nature, each playing their part in the garden's orchestra. I loved the grass audience and the cascades of pale gold candelabras - it all creates a picture of beauty and harmony and I could almost smell the honeysuckle'...
Read full commentPosted in june 25th, woods after a hot day
I love a good strong minded
Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2020
I love a good strong minded girl story - I was a bit of a tomboy myself in my childhood days - climbing trees and such but I still dont think I would have attempted a cave and certainly never alone.
Bravo for Annie!
Read full commentPosted in A Wish and Other Night Things
Some weeds are very pretty -
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2020
Some weeds are very pretty - those cats ears can appear like dandelions and they are pretty - Your lawn sounds lovley and that one side nurtured and the other wilting sounds a lot like my lawn here in the heat of the Florida Summer, it is brutal...
Read full commentPosted in Unmown ‘lawns’ – plant conglomeration
The bureaucracy of our world
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2020
The bureaucracy of our world is mind boggling. It should be simpler when the circumstances have been laid at once. A permanent solution that his mail be redirected should not require you to go to so many depts and talk to so many people - and...
Read full commentPosted in He Isn't Heavy, He's My Brother.
I am a pushover for Labradors
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2020
I am a pushover for Labradors - my dog Frankie is a black lab and unfortunately he is battling a cancer these days but he is still so full of life and love – and I think he's the smartest animal ever--- I love the personalities you've...
Read full commentPosted in Don't Take The Tablets!
Lovely composition to the Day
Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2020
Lovely composition to the Day's Eye - I like that name for Daisy too- You've captured the delicacy of the bloom. The night and day of its existence, opening to the morning sun and sleeping in the evening moonlight.
'closes each night or...
Read full commentPosted in Signs of Spring 10)
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