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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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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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A Wizard's Magic" Chapter 3
Leila was furious and turned on Troy as soon as they were backstage. “What the hell was that Troy? You didn’t tell me anything about a new trick. I...
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"A Wizard's Magic" Chapter 2
Belinda Myers leaned closer to Serena, “I can’t believe that Ray asked me to marry him,” she wiggling the ring adorned finger on her hand, flashing...
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"A Wizard's Magic" Chapter 1
Troy Nichols checked the final preparations for the night’s performance, satisfied everything was in place he jumped down from the stage and walked...
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Oh those tech breaking toys
Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2020
Oh those tech breaking toys of the 80's, they heralded what was to come. I like your silver transistor, I had a walkman and thought it was the whole world in a cassette playing box of joy - with an AM/FM radio to boot! - Your music anywhere you...
Read full commentPosted in Tales from yonder
A spine tingling poem,
Posted on Sun, 19 Apr 2020
A spine tingling poem, secrets hidden, suppressed from the light and the damage it can wrought within until it is freed. Your words are well chosen and beautifully written and takes the reader under in the dark passages of hiding that secret,...
Read full commentPosted in Juniper Tree
Heartbreakingly true- your
Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Heartbreakingly true- your words evoke mnay feelings- I do like the suggestion to travel through video or you tube, a nice virtual walk through some lovely place sounds inviting, but your harsh realities are bitingly real and I too hope we will...
Read full commentPosted in Looking At Us (Hope It All Goes Away)
A calm, a serenity...exactly
Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2020
A calm, a serenity...exactly what the world needs now. Your poem reads like meditation and does calm the soul with its tempo and imagery ...thanks for the quiet moment - much appreciated today and now another breaking news report is coming on the...
Read full commentPosted in To wait
I'm glad you chose Craven
Posted on Wed, 18 Mar 2020
I'm glad you chose Craven over the 'thing most on our minds'. Craven is much more healing...thanks for the medicine of laughter...much enjoyed the read!
Read full commentPosted in Vengeance is My Middle Name - A Craven Danger Mystery
Lovely story, great character
Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2020
Lovely story, great character's and I loved their personalities and the setting was perfect too. The movement of the plot had me reading with apprehension, worried that poor Norman wasn't going to get to eat or worse that hound might make him...
Read full commentPosted in A Raccoon Named Norman
Thank you Drew, this is the
Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2020
Thank you Drew, this is the sad part of loving a pet. They just don't have the longevity we do, but I don't regret the days we've had. He's the best dog ever, and for me and my family, it's been a pleasure sharing our days with him.
Read full commentPosted in To my Best Friend...(Frankie)
Great dialogue, 1947 came to
Posted on Sun, 29 Dec 2019
Great dialogue, 1947 came to life. Actually, the main character reminded me of Jack Benny and the way he would treat Mary and his radio cast of characters, he was scrooge like, miserly and always spotlighting himself, seeing no flaws at all, much...
Read full commentPosted in A Belated Craven Christmas Carol
Losing our parents is the
Posted on Fri, 18 Oct 2019
Losing our parents is the hardest part of life. I know there will always be an empty space where they should be - I lost both of my parents in 2005, two months apart, and I still feel that loss today and I suspect I always will. This is a very...
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Sorry Hudson but I am a
Posted on Thu, 17 Oct 2019
Sorry Hudson but I am a Yankee Fan however, it happens that our youngest son is a Met Fan - we still don't know how it happened... everyone around him : Grandparents, cousins, other siblings are all yankee fans...so our youngest must have looked...
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