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My stories have been read 100565 times
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191 of my 879 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 204 votes
JoAnne Stefanizzi
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Sidewalks, Bicycles, Ice Cream, Barbecues...and Friends
My childhood home still stands and though it is no longer mine, I have visited my old neighborhood many times over the years. It is bittersweet to...
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Broken wings still fly
Keys jangle in her hand as she stands indecisive before the front door, nothing there, nothing worth the effort of turning the key, she backs away...
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Rain in a Forest
Wind in The trees Air Feathering Over skin Sky lightning Ozone sharp Taunting Rain Burst clouds Fat drops Slither Down Drop from Leaves Rivulets...
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"A cup with a viewpoint"
Liquid energy dark and hypnotic Brewed from the finest beans Touches the lips with instant gratification Caffeine pumping through the bloodstream...
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"Time and Stardust"
Time, we measure it, watch it, demand it go faster, command it to slow down and pray to stop it. It is the background to thoughts, actions and...
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Yes, please rewind the mind
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Yes, please rewind the mind to those sunny days of youth and love, such a perfect poem Jenny. You capture the longing but you also embrace the memory, knowing you still feel that love today. And the ending is pure and beautiful.."Older and wiser...
Read full commentPosted in Before We Kissed Goodnight
Connect with the nature and
Posted on Thu, 15 Apr 2021
Connect with the nature and let it inspire, so very well desribed here, this is a lovely work Jenny and I enjoyed reading this.
Read full commentPosted in Quark And Curiousness Of The Mind
What a peaceful and beautiful
Posted on Sun, 21 Mar 2021
What a peaceful and beautiful story. It led the reader though the child’s thoughts on connecting to nature and his grandad. I love the solitude and simple love of nature it depicted and how nature’s way of soothing us can be brought into our own...
Read full commentPosted in Calling of the Loons
I've just read the article
Posted on Wed, 17 Mar 2021
I've just read the article you’ve linked here and it is so sad, so very sad. What we have done to the fragile links of species, that have every right to their habitat and the right to coexist on this planet, is heartbreaking. Our footprint has...
Read full commentPosted in The Silence Of A Regent Honeyeater
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
Oh my laughing eyes! This was
Posted on Fri, 19 Mar 2021
Oh my laughing eyes! This was so well written and so funny, as true stories often are- and those deadly gas bombs, I think we've all had a relative or two who’ve blamed them on the dog. Please do write more of the other times your aunt had used...
Read full commentPosted in Customs at Shannon.
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!
Read full commentPosted in A Milestone
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...
Read full commentPosted in Big Belly Oak
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
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