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Richard McDonough
A dinosaur defying extiction.
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J C. Jones VII - the Legend Returns
“Good morning. Welcome back to my podcast. Has it really been ten months? Seems like only yesterday that I was in the Awful Office having fire spit...
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How Terribly Strange to Be Seventy - A Short Ramble
I read a magazine article that told me we develop ‘old people smell’ by the age of 70. Granted, the article was trying to sell me a fifteen dollar...
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The Other Side of the Attic Window II
The twins stopped by with a question. “How’d you become a ghost?” “It was my turn,” I said. Halloween being over, I thought I’d have more me time...
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The Other Side of the Attic Window
Twin girls live here. Cute as buttons they are. And now a new tinier button has arrived. Yeah, yeah, just as cute as the other two buttons, but this...
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Elementary, My Dear Fred
I stood in front of my neighbor’s door - as is my want on a Saturday morning, when in need of fresh eggs for my famed kipper omelet—and read the note...
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This had a wonderful flow.
Posted on Tue, 05 May 2015
This had a wonderful flow. Should be read aloud on the steps of the world's libraries. As a matter of fact. I'm passing by the New York Public Library. I'll print out a few copies and leave it with the lions.
Rch
Read full commentPosted in Banned Books
This was splendid, Jenny.
Posted on Sat, 22 Aug 2020
This was splendid, Jenny. Perked me up a bit over morning coffee. And after these past five months I can use all the perking up I can find. Really lovely.
Rich x
Read full commentPosted in Half-Hidden But Significant
Disturbing times they are,
Posted on Thu, 13 Jun 2019
Disturbing times they are, dear lady friend. Having a souless twat in the White House makes me want to punch a few walls, but after several years of me punching - then patching - walls. My wife said, "Enough! You're getting a punching bag in the...
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 4: End of Days
The will to reach out. . . It
Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2019
The will to reach out. . . It's starting to come back to me, Jenny. Loved this piece to bits. The corny reply would be: It spolke to me. But nithing corny about your poem. think I'll read it a couple of times more. I need reminding more than I...
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Many thanks for al the
Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2018
Many thanks for al the wonderful comments on this piece. It's meant a lot to me. This site has always been such a lovely place to drop off your thoughts and have folks relate. We've all felt this pain to a bigger or lesser degree. There's no...
Read full commentPosted in Moon Whisperer
I agree. It's all becoming
Posted on Sat, 03 Nov 2018
I agree. It's all becoming too impersonal. We need to get back to be human agian. Engaging one another. Getting a little tired of the digital age. Nice thoughts here, TKMAX. Cheers.
Rich
Read full commentPosted in I Give Up!
Glad I read this, Jane.
Posted on Sat, 27 Oct 2018
Glad I read this, Jane. Sometimes you think you're the only one. If I didn't have writiing I'd go crazy. Such a wonderful poem. Thank you.
Rich
Read full commentPosted in The Hidden Help
Not your fault, I would think
Posted on Thu, 26 Mar 2015
Not your fault, I would think. That you stil managed to love her says a lot about your character. I wish you well and hope you're able to move on.
Rich
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Ha. I did not, Mark. It was
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2026
Ha. I did not, Mark. It was actually a pack of three for $45.00. They can just call me Stinky.
Read full commentPosted in How Terribly Strange to Be Seventy - A Short Ramble
I did put something together
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2026
I did put something together and had someone look at it. And I had to agree that it needed more. So I am at it. What it needs is a proper protagonist running through the stories. And I do have one--two in fact: Manny Moreso and Hortense Wilkins....
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