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13 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 249761 times
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319 of my 1,353 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 336 votes
JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Anna's Blanket"
The story of Anna’s Blankets is a special one. Anna made them by hand and sent one to each person in her family – To give them a warm hug whenever they needed one. These blankets were made with care, kind thoughts And sent on their way with love. Anna was my Mom-
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"A Stormy Day and a Cup of Tea"
I love a cloudy, sun blocked, dark clouds rolling in, grey day. I am lazy personified on a typical sun drenched day with the heat melting my rubber...
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"Once Upon a Place to Read"
There was a place I loved to go as a child; it held a myriad of stories in worn pages, bound in leather and cloth covers. It beckoned me to come and...
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Under the Redwoods...
My hand upon it; I feel its warmth; its rough bark is pliant under my hand. I feel the breeze as the branches above move with the wind. I look up and...
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Random thoughts...
Random thoughts in the evening… Dusk is setting in and the low light of sunset is blanketing the grass with shadows and patches of last light. Day is...
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So visual- I was there with
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
So visual- I was there with each depiction- oh for those times we come alive! The place - The person we're creating the best days with - remain forever, vivid in our memory cache.I Loved this walk through yours- thanks for sharing it- and well...
Read full commentPosted in Cherry Dreamin'
I love the romanticism here-
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
I love the romanticism here- the wistful wish for a parallel universe – perhaps another chance to change the ending or to have no ending- Sweet movement and nice rhythm in the verses. I liked this one very much and will read again....
Read full commentPosted in Jessica
What a thoughtful, poetic
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
What a thoughtful, poetic reflection on life with a simply elegant accent on nature. Oh those messages we miss when we don’t stop and smell the flowers, watch the bees or see the leaves come alive on the trees where birds make their homes. We...
Read full commentPosted in Electric Bees
The golden sunshine,
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
The golden sunshine, optimistic, days of our youth- "like pleasure of marmalade on hot buttered toast" you've truly captured these musings here Jenny - You're look back is crisp, clear and packed with dreams - perhaps unrealized-- while...
Read full commentPosted in Time Was
I love these characters-
Posted on Wed, 29 Jul 2020
I love these characters- Josiah and Archibald - they are so well defined that I can completely imagine them and that is the test of a great story for me- when the characters become real, as yours have and now I am afraid Electra might not be the...
Read full commentPosted in Never Say Die!
I loved this walk through
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
I loved this walk through your writing process and I completely commiserated with it. It is very time consuming to proof and format your own book and the couch does like to distract us. Anyway, once you’ve hit publish and set if free on Amazon-...
Read full commentPosted in Shiny Things - A Ramble
Poetry doth speak to our
Posted on Fri, 24 Jul 2020
Poetry doth speak to our thoughts – sometimes very well- Nicely done Parson – Wordsworth did applaud the passion of Coleridge’s poem but, I think, was off put by the length of descriptive imagery within the stanzas – Still he said the passion was...
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It's terrifiying to think
Posted on Fri, 24 Jul 2020
It's terrifying to think something is wrong with us- something possibly incurable-this is a very relatable tale- I'm sure many have been there and taken a deep breath- like in your ending- to learn their fear is unfounded and they are after all...
Read full commentPosted in Seventy Two Hours.
Loved the b's bumblebee
Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 2020
Loved the b's bumblebee beguiling-dandelions definitely are. Lovely poem.
Read full commentPosted in remembering dandelions (again)
What a lovely metaphor -birds
Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2020
What a lovely metaphor -birds to children- their playful antics and hungry frenzy are very relatable. Your poem is sweetly reminiscent of time passing and life changing and oh yes, that lovely gift from time – wrinkles.
Read full commentPosted in Here Birdie
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