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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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'Unwanted Magic" 7
The family finished the grilled burgers and hotdogs and with their hunger sated, they all felt too lazy to continue on the adventure but it was Joey...
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"Book of All Answers"
The title of the book on the shelf was ‘Book of All Answers’ and Amy laughed when she spied it. “If only it were." She dusted the book along with its...
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"Unwanted Magic" 6
“We have no choice but to go forward in the maze so we need to be careful but at the same time, we need to hurry,” the dad warned. “The mom nodded...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 14
“Martha…Are you reading this?” Perfidia’s voice was low and vibrating with anger. “I’m right next you Perfidia and yes, I am,” Martha responded in a...
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"Unwanted Magic" 5
The Mom and Dad peddled the tandem bike over the bridge, pulling the wagon behind them with their son, Joey, and the magical dog inside it. Once they...
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So much of what you’ve said
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
So much of what you’ve said here is true for many- the politics in a work place is universal and sadly the bullies do rise to the top of the heap. I enjoyed reading this chapter and agree with Di-hard - this will be a very good book when you...
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 6 (i)
'The circle of your unmapped
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
'The circle of your unmapped eye was the circumference of the world.' Brilliant ending line. Wanderers of centuries past ignorant of what existed beyond their town borders allowed imagination to become reality, creating monsters from a bear’s...
Read full commentPosted in Before Maps Were Made
I am caught up on the story
Posted on Fri, 23 Aug 2024
I am caught up on the story now and cannot wait to see what hapens next. Thought the same as Jenny- is Jeannie trustworthy? But as your response shows...maybe not....
Read full commentPosted in The Jean Genie (Dead Reckoning series - Part 23)
No one like Armstrong and
Posted on Wed, 28 Aug 2024
No one like Armstrong and Ella now - I agree with you Luigi. I love listening to 'What a Wonderful World' and I've heard 'World on a String' by Ella and by Sinatra, both different takes and both magical. There was a recent story on 'Sunday...
Read full commentPosted in I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
I feel like I've entered a
Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024
I feel like I've entered a puzzle of scrambled letters, ending with an intriguing omega sign ...hmmm are the lines in code? Is the essence of the poem about letters we haven’t written, or the meaning in letters we have? You’ve stumped me Ewan,...
Read full commentPosted in Letters
I love how this opened a
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
I love how this opened a flood of comments and I read every one, all kinds of opinions and facts to be shared here. And that is what good writing needs to do or in this case a commentary. It opened up a discussion, created a marketplace of ideas...
Read full commentPosted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
Like Jenny your story hit me
Posted on Sat, 31 Aug 2024
Like Jenny your story hit me in a familiar way. In 2005 both of my parents became sick with life ending illnesses, we didn’t know about my mom’s until a week before she passed away. My dad lingered on for two months past her. It was life altering...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Facing up
I think I took a different
Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024
I think I took a different walk through this poem. One that was only in the mind, imagined. Where all things spark, light and dark.That forest was haunting; its ability to spring forth optimism and its penchant for snubbing it out were well...
Read full commentPosted in Forest in the Brain
Empathy and innocent logic of
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Empathy and innocent logic of a child mixed with the ability to believe magic is possible; a lovely poem that touches the child in all of us.
Read full commentPosted in Making Potions
Intriguing start, can't wait
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Intriguing start, can't wait to see where this leads and what that thing is...have a feeling it might be magic, but not sure if its good. Hope there is more.
Read full commentPosted in Tom's Secret
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