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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Spirit of Sleepy Hollow on All Hallows Eve" Part 4 of 4
Caitlyn righted herself on the seat and held on as the carriage rocked over the uneven road. She looked out the carriage window expecting to see the...
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"Spirit of Sleepy Hollow on All Hallows Eve "(a short story) PART 2 of 4
Part one was written last Halloween, and its taken me a year to get back to it and post part 2. I've added a link to part 1 here, and hope to post the final 2 parts before, or on, Halloween. https://www.abctales.com/story/penny4athought/spirt-sleepy-hollow-all-ha...
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"Alone..."
Somber as a cat, stoic, un-moving, eyes fixed, looking out the window. Islands we are not, I remember someone saying, people need people…was that a...
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"As The Leaves Turn..."
Canvas of yellow and orange Draping the landscape Hint of a chill wind In the air Hot chocolate Simmering on a stovetop Woolens retrieved From...
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I've jumped in here and now
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024
I've jumped in here and now have to go back and read from the start of this funny, very funny, undertaking story.
Read full commentPosted in Frankie! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 53)
First reading, felt a loss of
Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024
First reading, felt a loss of someone who touched hearts and the remembered moments at the end are the ones we keep. Second reading, I read it as searching, hoping someone would return. But both readings were profound with those last two lines....
Read full commentPosted in We Watched from the Shore
I've jumped into this
Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2024
I've jumped into this intrigue and now will have to go back and read from the start -
Read full commentPosted in New Directions (6)
Do we all have Uncle John's
Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2024
Do we all have Uncle John's who shouldn't be driving on the road? I've had several of those relatives who won't give up the steering wheel with their face pressed up to the windshield....I laughed and laughed through out this read. Amazing that...
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Perfect, poetic descriptions
Posted on Sat, 27 Jan 2024
Perfect, poetic descriptions to go along with those beautiful photos; the squelchy mud sounds familiar to me; mostly after a day of rain when my garden becomes nothing but squelchy.
Read full commentPosted in Above Weobley
Thank you Di_Hard your
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
Thank you Di_Hard your comment has made me smile, brightly. When my sons were little, I did read tales of magic and fiction and made up some tales too; I think they enjoyed those stories but I know I enjoyed those times with them.Your kind...
Read full commentPosted in "Unwanted Magic" 1
The obligatory smokescreen
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
The obligatory smokescreen eradicated by the un-choreographed moment- I loved this peek behind the curtain of families; the pretense and hidden truths when it comes to pomp and circumstance and feelings. The smile at a family gathering can be...
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Powerful poetry, weaving
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
Powerful poetry, weaving shadows, not quite sure what makes this bird so mysterious. I don't think I've ever seen a magpie, had to google it and found a video about magpie's befriending a lady who now cares for them. The birds were very...
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Squeezing onion-juice; not
Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2024
Squeezing onion-juice; not heard it put that way before. Your poem is charged with turbulent energy and I loved it.
Read full commentPosted in Scary is the Sky
Yes, those vivid dreams that
Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2024
Yes, those vivid dreams that impart some knowledge, a beautiful line for a poem or song, or a peek into the universe's secrets but it drifts away out of your grasp as you wake up, leaving you struggling to remember what it was--I think most can...
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