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Joseph Xavier Martin
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Pastries with Pattie
Pastries with Pattie For the last dozen years or more, we have made it our custom to stop by the Panera Bread Company, in the Coconut Mall Complex in...
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Managing Political Campaign
Managing Political Campaigns Over dinner one evening, a friend asked me what all of this “campaign stuff” was all about. They had apparently been...
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Treachery at Wuhan. Ch. # 10 Freeing the Lads
Chapter # 10 - Liberating the Lads Two nights later, another full Special Ops “A Team” would follow Captain Gengler, onto the beach at Wuhan. The...
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Mayhem at Murder Creek
Mayhem at Murder Creek In the Village of Akron Falls, in Western New York State, a small stream named "Murder Creek" runs through an idyllic glen in...
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Treachery at Wuhan
Coming out in March Treachery at Wuhan A Novel by Joseph Xavier Martin A daring night incursion, on the North Korean Coast, to rescue two imprisoned...
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Two votes already cast for
Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2020
Two votes already cast for Biden/Harris in Florida, from this family.
JXM
Read full commentPosted in Corona Log entry 10/30/20
Good read.
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2020
You are too kind,Ice Rivers. All I did was point you in the right direction. A career English Teacher, you know more about the process than I do. I did buy and read your book. It is interesting, thoughtful and a good read. I have and do reccomend...
Read full commentPosted in Ready everybody, Filler Up
Ineresting observation, Drew.
Posted on Wed, 01 Apr 2020
Ineresting observation, Drew. It is a criticism I have made of film directors and writers. They "know" the who, what and where. The aduiences is sometimes saying "Huh? what or who is this?" To answer. The we is my wife Mary and I. We were on a...
Read full commentPosted in Cycling in Alaska
Yes, insert, there is. First
Posted on Sat, 09 Sep 2017
Yes, insert, there is. First responders canvassed all neighborhoods looking for anyone needing assiatance. Buses were available to ferry anyone needing a ride to shelters. Even the homeless got escorted to shelters, sometimes unwillingly. As...
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Do not go gentle into that
Posted on Sun, 08 May 2016
Do not go gentle into that good night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
The words are the opening couplet...
Read full commentPosted in Sick and Tired and Strong
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