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My stories have been read 613488 times
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395 of my 1,605 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 421 votes
JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Antediluvian Trouble"
It was an ordinary looking bookstore from the outside but once you stepped through its glass-paneled door your opinion of ordinary changed...
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"Those Summer Days"
I ran out the door so fast I barely heard my mom tell me to be home for supper. “I will,” I called back as I slammed out the front door. My friends...
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"Roslyn Pond and You"
We’ll follow the path To the old tree swing Down by Roslyn pond Hand in hand Shy smiles Back and forth Our footprints On the worn dirt path Last only...
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Look For The Good
I am posting this link for no other reason than this song made me feel good today- It is happily optimistic and I’ve be teetering on pessimism a lot...
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Twisted Time Chapter 2
“Where are we?” Sara heard the fear in Steve's tone and he was also squeezing her hand so tight, her fingers were going numb. “It’s okay; you’re...
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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...
Read full commentPosted in 72
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...
Read full commentPosted in A Queen's Story
You really need to chapter
Posted on Mon, 14 Oct 2019
You really need to chapter these and make a book – I know so many who’d feel connected to these stories, as I do - for once again, you are writing part of my diary...just like Keansbury, NJ- I too have been to the Elmwood Theatre, and it holds a...
Read full commentPosted in Graduation Day
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