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A Kodak Moment

By jxmartin on Sat, 11 May 2024

History as a Kodak Moment I was leafing through a volume of historical photos, published by the Buffalo News. They were snapshots of Buffalo, N.Y...

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Perceptions

By jxmartin on Wed, 08 May 2024

ILLUSIONS AND PERSUASIONS Sometimes, in Government and Politics, logic and the compelling cogency of righteousness, are not enough to win an argument...

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A Test of patience on a windy day.

By jxmartin on Wed, 01 May 2024

A test of patience on a windy day It was a lovely, late April day in Southwest Florida. We had been to the gym and the library earlier in the morning...

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A Walk With The Wild Ones

By jxmartin on Sun, 28 Apr 2024

Just a short distance to the east of Estero, on Corkscrew Road, you can find a world of adventure in a natural setting. The Corkscrew Nature Preserve...

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We do Insert, but sometimes

Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024

We do Insert, but sometimes we forget "thingamajig." :(

JXM

Posted in Forgetting something? Just say London Bridge.

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Thanks, Jacques. Vous ete

Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023

Thanks, Jacques. Vous ete tres gentile.

JXM

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Interesting sketch, Paul. I

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

Interesting sketch, Paul. I am reminded of Wolfe's dictum, "you can't go home again." Principally, because it isn't there any more. The river of time has carried away alll traces of that remebered visage. New people and new lives inhabit the time...

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Thoughtful piece, Penny. I

Posted on Sun, 13 Aug 2023

Thoughtful piece, Penny. I could almost see the young lad materialize and talk with the young Miss. I wonder if she ever came back by herself to continue the conversation?

JXM

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Great portrait of the lads

Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2023

Great portrait of the lads ata school, Paul. I could almost see Mr. Chips in the background, wishing the lads well.

JXM

Posted in Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part One of Two)

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Interesting observation, Ewan

Posted on Tue, 22 Nov 2022

Interesting observation, Ewan, We explain their audacity and their clueless state of understanding abhorent behavior with the saying "You can't shame the shameless." It is an awful confluence of nuanced messianic vision, outsized egos and avarice...

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verbal portrait worthy of a Winslow Homer

Posted on Sun, 24 Jul 2022

Great verbal portrait, Paul. I could "see" what you described as well as feel the wind and the ocean spray sweeping across the moors on a chilly dusk. Winslow Homer tried to capture what you have written and did so artfully, as you have done. A...

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I couldn't summarize it any

Posted on Sun, 29 May 2022

I couldn't summarize it any better, David.

Thanks,

JXM

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David, Paul, Celtic Man,

Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022

David, Paul, Celtic Man,

Thank you all for taking the time to read and comment. I appreciate your comments in the spirit in which they were given.

JXM

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Jen,

Posted on Sun, 27 Mar 2022

Jen,

Thank you for ethereal visions of a land of make believe, that we all wish we could visit. Sugar plums abounding in small minds, faeries alight on the wind. Butterflies, colorful and flutttering, ditsracting to the eyes. It is...