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I have 815 stories published in one collection on the site.
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Joseph Xavier Martin

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Farewell Elizabeth

By jxmartin on Mon, 19 Sep 2022

Farewell and Adieu, Queen Elizabeth As I watched several hours of Queen Elizabeth’s State Funeral this morning, I was taken by the full panoply of...
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Non-fiction
Certificate U
Gold cherry

Remembering Elizabeth

By jxmartin on Thu, 08 Sep 2022

I watched Elizabeth II give an address one afternoon about dealing with the scourge of Covid, that threatened her nation. She was trying to stiffen...
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Other
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Sic transit gloria

By jxmartin on Sat, 03 Sep 2022

An outsized statue, standing tall It sits in a park or monument hall. It speaks of valor in times now past. I wonder how long the memory can last...
Rant
Poem
Certificate U
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Canadian Rockies

By jxmartin on Tue, 30 Aug 2022

Canadian Rail Excursion-Overview Canadian Rail Excursion Overview We had set out from the far away flatlands and alligator filled swamps of Southwest...
Travel
Non-fiction
Certificate U
Gold cherry

Profile in Courage

By jxmartin on Wed, 17 Aug 2022

Profile in Courage Laboring, in the vineyards of the vote, has always been a task ill-suited to the strongly principled. Compromise, deal making and...
Rant
Non-fiction
Certificate U
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