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Review of My Guestbook  
Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Do you have some time to spare?
Would you like to let somebody know you care?

Then, take a look
At Jenny's guestbook--
And take a minute
To put yourself in it!

It doesn't take long
To add your words to it--
So, here are three words for you:
Just do it!!!

P.S.
Here's something else that you can do:
Contribute your very own public review!!!
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Review of Homeschool  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hey, everybody!!! Check out my goddaughter!!! She rocks!!!

Back in 2002, she referred me here, and the rest his history. However, she was so busy raising her family that she let her own membership slide and even forgot her password and other information.

At my urging, she rejoined again in 2006--but I didn't even know that she had rejoined (obviously), as I just read this article today.

I sent her a message at Facebook to invite her to come over and read something I wrote, and I was pleased when she left me a wonderful comment. I decided to see if she had gotten around to writing anything yet--and I found this.

Remember: I thought that she had just now joined, but it turned out that she had joined in 2006.

Reading what she wrote took me back to when she first had decided to go into homeschooling. Her kids were very young then: first, second, and fourth grades

Here's an update now: They are now thirteen, fourteen, and almost seventeen.

Michelle has used a combination of homeschooling, unschooling, charter schooling, online schooling, and even some public schooling to educate them. The oldest has already graduated from high school at the age of SIXTEEN!!!

The next oldest has just graduated from eighth grade with even some high school courses under her belt. She will be starting public high school at Pendleton Heights High School (My old Alma Mater--GO ARABIANS!!!) in a matter of days and is one of the smartest young people in the USA--and, possibly, one of the smartest people in the world!!! The youngest is doing his schooling online and in his own way. He's also thriving!!!

I hope that, now that Michelle has rediscovered WDC, she'll be writing lots more about her experiences in educating her three amazing kids as well as other things about which she's in-the-know!!!

This 35 year old woman is one-of-a-kind (and I mean that in a very good way), and I'm not just prejudiced because she's one of my godchildren, either!!!

I strongly advise her to keep writing here, and I strongly advise you to become a fan and follower!!!

Proudly Yours--
Ainsley Jo Phillips *Delight*
AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan! *Heart*


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Review of Final Goodbye  
Rated: E | (5.0)
What a beautiful and meaningful poem!!!

Hopefully, I'll be remembered as being a pretty decent person who might not have always done the right thing but who never set out to hurt people but, instead, wanted to make life better.

That's the way I like to remember others as well.

Even those people who mostly acted like the scum of the earth surely had their good qualities.

As I read this poem, I see in your friend somebody who was basically good but, also, must have had some obvious faults if those faults were significant enough to be discussed during a time when people are supposed to be showing respect and looking on the positive side.

Or, perhaps, it isn't so much that her faults were that significant but, instead, that the people who chose this time to bring them up had issues of their own.

As I read this poem, I get the feeling that it's a container within which resides at least a short story if not a novel.

But will that short story or novel ever be written in actuality? Or will each reader of the poem discover a short story and/or novel that is personally meaningful to him or her?

In short, this poem speaks thousands of words in just a few lines--making it a masterpiece waiting to be read by an increasing amount of others. Will at least one of those other readers be a person who now might be reading this review after discovering it among other public reviews? Hopefully, yes!!!


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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
What a beautiful poem! Gave me goosebumps!

Did you happen to catch the episode of Little House On The Prairie (they do re-runs on The Hallmark Channel) where this Veteran returns to his mother's home and ends up committing suicide because he was haunted by how he had gotten scared and ran away when the enemy started firing (during The Civil War) while his best friend (and everybody else but him) ended up getting killed.

Sometimes, our Veterans don't die during the actual war but, instead, as a result of the war.

They need to be remembered, too.

Again, you did a wonderful job of writing this to remind us of those who deserve our remembrance and our thanks!


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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Having already sampled "recipe for disaster ~~ salmon mousse" , I'm really looking forward to unwrapping the rest of the wonderful little packages of quirky family life shared here by this delightful writer!

Would you like to know how I came across this treasure trove of amazing autobiographical sketches?

By first discovering the above mentioned piece of writing here:
"Invalid Item" 

Anyway, I hope you'll join me in exploring this buffet of multi-generational family tales!


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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
You're off to a great start with this story.

On one hand, I might be tempted to say that you overdid it with how Ryan was treated.

However, I know that not to be true from knowing about Roger Dean Kiser and others like him whose stories about child abuse are beyond comprehension in their level of atrocity.

You can read more about him and his experiences by going here:

https://thewhitehouseboys.com/AmericanOrphan/ameri...

I'm looking forward to reading further chapters of this story as they unfold...


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Rated: E | (5.0)
I hope this well-meaning husband isn't planning on buying his wife any chocolates to go with her roses.

Why?

After reading this poem that goes with her roses, her teeth will be so tightly gritted that she'd be totally unable to get any chocolates to get through the barricade to reach her taste buds!

Seriously, I really do love this poem!

I've never come across a take like this on Valentine's Day gift-giving before. Delightfully unique and good for tons of laughs--not to mention sharing with at least one person I know whose husband just might actually do something like this! LOL

Please visit this folder:

 
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February 2013 Awardicon Presentations  (ASR)
Awardicons presented during February 2013
#1919239 by AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan!


to read the good news that I'm gifting this poem with an Awardicon (in a nice, pink color to represent both females and Valentine's Day) that's called:

The Wife With The Gritted Teeth Award


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Rated: E | (5.0)
I truly do love Valentine's Day--but this wise poet is so right about what this holiday should and shouldn't stand for.

While all of those special occasion kinds of days for showing your love are really nice and special, it means a whole lot more to know that true love is something that doesn't turn itself on and off for holidays but, instead, has a glow about it "just because" during any time of the year.

True love isn't just a passing phase of youth but, instead, continues for a lifetime and beyond.

As I read this poem, I was reminded of the words to this song.

http://youtu.be/zHR3qv3QK_o

"...Though the binding cracks and the pages start to yellow, I'll be in love with you..."


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Rated: E | (5.0)
It's plain to see that this newbie who goes by Cherry Mac is on her way to being an amazing addition to WDC--In fact, she already IS, but what I mean is that she's just going to keep on getting better and better!

Take a look at her game plan! I believe that all of us can learn at least something from it and incorporate it into our own lives.

Her Dear Me contest entry is a reminder of how, even though we're writers through and through, we, also, have other parts of our lives that aren't connected (at least, not directly) with our craft, and those parts need to be nurtured on a regular basis as well.

Please don't wait to check out this retired-nurse-turned-writer, and drink deeply of her to your health!!!


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Rated: E | (5.0)
This poem is so beautiful and moving, and the picture chosen to illustrate it warms my heart!

The thoughts expressed by this precious, elderly dog are more alike to than different than what's in the dear hearts of our senior citizens such as my 90 year old mom.

Inside of that fragile, timeworn body is still the spirit of the young woman who used to pick up the preschool me in her arms to dance around to the Fabulous Fifties music played on Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade or waltz me around to the wonderful melodies of Johann Strauss. Still there is the one who used to read to me at night and who would, on those nights when there was neither church nor school to wake up early for in the morning, come home from her second shift job at Delco-Remy to take me outdoors to look at the moon and share conversation and cups of tea after that.

So often I look back on those times and wonder how they flew by so quickly.

Today, she's assisted in her mobility by a combination of a wheelchair and aides--though she's undergoing therapy to see if she can be brought back to the place where she would only need a walker.

Yesterday, she walked with me on wooded trails, sandy shores, railroad tracks, sidewalks, cave trails, and even a mile down and back into The Grand Canyon back in 1969.

Anytime that she thought that I was getting put down, she was always there like a mother lioness defending her cub.

To this day, she's still my very special champion. She not only won't allow for other people to put me down in any way without speaking up but, also, won't allow me to put myself down.

She tells me how much she loves me and how proud she is of me--and, of course, I love to hear people say the same things about her. So many people use the word, sweet, to describe her, and I feel good all over when I hear them say things like that about her.

My heart is full of so many wonderful things to say about my mom, and I want to thank the writer of this poem (KerrieAnnS) for how her description of what might be going through the mind of an elderly dog has ended up inspiring me to put so many of my thoughts (though not all of them, as that would take forever) into a tribute to this real blessing of a person.

Lillian Ainsley (Jobe) Phillips was born on April 6, 1922, and I'm celebrating the day she was born by giving Kerrie Ann a special gift that's perfect for the occasion. She can find it when she looks up her GPs.


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Review of DFF: Plumber Pain  
Rated: E | (5.0)
You have just added a new and wonderful dimension to the world of bathroom humor!

At times, it certainly DOES seem as if inanimate objects such as toilets, refrigerators, pumps, washers, dryers, etc. have some level of intelligence in the way that they know how to be on their best behavior when the $50 per hour expert has come to your place to check on performance problems that one or more of these appliances seem to be exhibiting.

My aunt was having trouble with her refrigerator at one time and had called the repairman to her place for about the third time (with each time racking up another service charge for her while nothing was being accomplished).

The repairman said to her, "Ma'm, I don't know what your problem is, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with your refrigerator..."

At that point, my aunt started belting out the chorus of Make The World Go Away while her daughter and the repairman looked at each other in amazement! LOL

Anyway, you've captured this kind of situation really well in this short, funny story!


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Review of God's Telephone  
Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
What a wonderful, moving story that has a very important message to it, which is that we, too often, take people for granted.

I won't give away the ending--but I would invite anyone who enjoys a beautiful, moving story (complete with a busy and unique twelve year old boy) to be sure not to let this story pass him/her by...


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Review of Apocalypse Come  
Rated: ASR | (5.0)
Nice piece of flash fiction!

It pretty much has the end-of-the-world crowd pegged (why they're anxious to have the world end and how they cope if it doesn't seem to be ending on schedule).

This is shown through a couple of bullying/taunting classmates and their mark--the latter who really wanted the world to end if for no other reason than just to make all of the pain from their hurtful remarks go away.

Welcome to WDC!!! *Delight*


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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
WOW! What a page-turner!!!

I see that this item auto-rewards 1001 GPs for a review of 250 characters or more! How fitting! 1001--just like The Arabian Nights!

Just when I thought that I had the story figured out, another surprise was served to me.

Loved the descriptions of the different characters. Each one of them was very colorful in his/her own way.

You're quite the mystery writer!

I personally also like the setting, as it's a familiar area to me, since I live just south of Anderson, Indiana and have vacationed in this area a number of times--mostly, going to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore but, also, making my way over to places like Chicago and Joliet on occasion.

You wouldn't happen to know a lawyer and novelist named Stuart V. Goldberg, would you?

I'm going to be sure to share this with him! I'm sure he'll love reading it.

Best wishes in your writing career! I'm going to be exploring your port even more in the time to come to see what I can find!

AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan! *Reading*
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Rated: E | (5.0)
A very interesting and well-written poem!

You're right that, these days, there are many different kinds of churches with their own ways of worshiping the same God.

Even many years ago, it was the same (such as a formal Catholic church being a lot different than a holy-rolling Pentecostal church, for example), but it seems as if it's even more so these days.

I believe that, in order for each of us to find the best church for ourselves, we need to know what makes us the most comfortable, remind ourselves that our personal preferences are valid, and to make whichever church comes the closest to matching this our church home. Or, perhaps, our church home might not even be in an actual building but, instead, out in nature somewhere or in a favorite roadside chapel or even on The Internet.

The woman in this poem was, obviously, not comfortable with the worship format in this contemporary church where she found herself and wanted something more like what she remembered of church in her past.

She had a couple of choices she could make: either stay or leave to find another church more to her liking.

She decided to stay.

Now, she had a couple of other choices to make: either have nothing to do with anybody or else have something to do with at least one person.

She invited a tattered boy to sit in her pew with her.

After that, she had a couple of other choices:

To actually communicate with him beyond the invitation to sit in her pew or not to do any more than that.

She made the second choice.

She remained through the service disconnected to her surroundings.

Was she connected to God?

Likely, so--yet, for her, the connection would have been a better one in a venue more to her liking.

Or was it?

That would depend on what happened after that--that is, how she would internalize the experience.

If she left the church with the idea that she had just wasted an hour of her precious time in a church full of hedonists who couldn't possibly be true Christians, she would have lost out on a teachable moment.

However, if she had left the church knowing that she, likely, wouldn't be back there but was glad to know that the people with whom she'd just spent time in their place of worship were connected to God in their own special ways, she would have connected with a very important learning experience.

Of course, there are churches that are horrible, and there's no way to get around that. I'm thinking in particular of Westboro Baptist Church and other congregations with the same mindset.

It's important to be able to discern when a church is a truly good place but might not have a worship format that fits into your comfort zone and when it goes against the true teachings of Jesus so much that it has become a dangerous place.

There is a lot to think about...

Blessings!
AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan! *Delight*
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
WOW! I'm only giving you five stars for this beautiful answer to the question of what it means to be a Christian! Why no more stars than that? Because five is all I have to give!

However, I'm going to make sure that this beautiful story gets shared bigtime!!!

I am so sick and tired of people using nitpicking ways to decide who is and isn't a "true" Christian to the point that they actually end up discouraging people from developing a closer relationship with God instead of the other way around!

Keep on sharing this Gospel Truth, just as you have here with this heartopening story!

Hugs!
AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan! *Delight*
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Thank you, COUNTRYMOM-JUST REMEMBER ME , for pointing all of us reading posts at "SENIOR CENTER FORUM"  in the direction of this wonderful slice-of-life written by Moarzjasac (who happens to be going through some serious health issues at this time and can use all of the prayers and loving, positive thoughts that he can get sent his way)!

When it comes to sentimental journeys like this one, I love them even more than I love peanut butter--and that's saying a whole lot, because I simply looooooooooove peanut butter!

Moarzjasac , this very well written piece about times that seem more simple now in spite of the challenges upon which they were built way back in 1945 should be made into a Christmas drama and shown on The Hallmark Channel.

It doesn't hammer home but gently reminds us that there are future good old days being created even here in the final days of 2012 with all of its challenges.

It's my prayer that the time will come when you'll be looking back on your current health challenges and remembering the goodness and beauty of the time along with how you came through it all a stronger person!

God Bless You!!!
AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan! *Delight*
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Rated: ASR | N/A (Review only item.)
If you're totally against the idea of gay relationships to where the very thought of such a thing gags you, this isn't recommended reading for you.

On the other end of the spectrum, if you're actually gay--and, especially, if you're a lesbian--this collection will satisfy the same desire that most of us who identify straight have: to read romantic stories about people who are like us when it comes to whether or not one is romantically attracted to people of the opposite gender or the same gender.

In my own case, I'm just a hopeless romantic who loves stories about romantic relationships and/or the potential for having them. In the past, that has been stories involving male-female relationships with just a few exceptions such as The Color Purple and Fried Green Tomatoes.

But, today, I came across the following story...

 Invalid Item 
This item number is not valid.
#1906975 by Not Available.


read it, and decided to visit ANN Counselor, Lesbian & Happy 's port to see if she had written a sequel.

I didn't find a sequel--not yet, anyway--but I did find this folder chock full of stories about lesbian relationships. By looking at the titles and brief descriptions alone, it's plain to see that the so-called "lesbian lifestyle" isn't some kind of cookie-cutter thing where all lesbians and lesbian couples are alike.

The people in the world of these relationships experience everything from brief relationships to forever love to abuse, etc. just as is true in the world of straight relationships.

Anyway, I'm going to be keeping this packet handy for great reading (assuming that, based on what I've already read, the other stories are of this high of quality).
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Review of My Mama  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Change ware to wear, and this poem will be a perfect tribute to your mother. I'm already marking it perfect, as that little change is only a tiny nip and tuck that will, likely, be repaired before too long.

Have you ever thought of turning your poetry into greeting cards? Have you ever heard of Cafepress? I've used them in the past for various things, and they're yet to disappoint me. As soon as my book is finished, this is where I'm going to be getting it into the right form and selling it from my store.

If there are some parts of putting together something online that you don't understand, I'm sure that there's someone around who can help you with templates, PDF, etc. I know that I still need help in those areas.

Your poems--coupled with old time photos of your mother and other family members--would be wonderful on cards.

In fact, they would stand alone as front covers of blank note cards or (if short enough) the picture side of postcards.

Anyway, check them out. They're POD (print on demand), so there's no upfront charge for you. There's even the option now of not paying a yearly rate of just under $60 for the space occupied by your online store.

Best wishes! *Delight*
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Rated: E | (5.0)
This is a wonderful contest, and I'm so glad that there's still time for me to be a part of it. I hope to enter it before the day is over--and, at least, in time to be a part of this wonderful undertaking before the deadline arrives tomorrow.

In a sense, I already have, as I've just donated a very meaningful number of GPs to it that can be used now for sure--and, if lots of people did the same thing, also be used for very meaningful future contests that Angel_Eyes might decide to offer that will brighten the lives of others.

I wonder what would happen if everybody reading this would also donate 2013 GPs. This number is a wish that those service people will be home for Christmas a year from now--and home even sooner, if possible.

If you don't have 2013, just donate what you can--and, hopefully, participate in this morale booster for our troops who will be home for Christmas "if only in their dreams" here in 2012!
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
This is one really fun read!

I'm not going to tell anyone reading this review how you got your name, because they might miss out on the unique and delightful story that goes along with it.

All I'm going to say is this:

There's nothing wrong with chain businesses. I have some favorites where I like to shop, eat, etc.

However, don't forget the local people. They need your business, too, and by doing at least part of your shopping, dining, etc. with them, you not only help them to be there for the next generation but, also, you're helping your local economy.

Okay!

Looks as if I might have given away that this gentleman is a local businessman in his community north of the border, but you still don't know for sure what kind of business he's in and all of the history having to do with his WDC handle.

You're curious aren't you!?!

C'mon! Admit it! You're just so curious that you're just about to check out how this talented Canadian got his WDC handle!

AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan! *Delight*
http://train-ride-to-random.blogspot.com/2012/11/a...
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Review of A View To Die For  
Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Nate gets a glimpse of a more carefree and beautiful life just before...

Just before what?

I'm not telling you. You will just have to read for yourself to find out.

This story stands alone as a sort of flash fiction slice-of-life.

However, it could also be extended into a larger story--or, perhaps, even a novel with this being the introduction to it. I could see this being the lure to get the reader to bite and read the novel to find out what all went on before this slice-of-life to lead to this as well as if there is an escape from where Nate ends up at the end of what's written here.
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Great set-up here, Prof Moriarty ! I have a diary/blog that I have named "Invalid Item" , and I'm just about to include an entry in it that will make it easy for me to find you. I'm going to make this guest book the transportation from my blog/diary over to your port so that I can both become part of the fellowship here and have quick access to other parts of your port as well--such as those wonderful 55 word stories you've written.

Like you, I would love to be able to earn a living as a fulltime writer, as this is something I really love to do.

I believe we're going to be getting along just great!!!

AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan! *Delight*
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Review of 55 Word Stories  
Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
This folder is full of several stories with three things in common:

1. They have been written by the same person.

2. They're all excellent reads.

and

3. They all contain exactly 55 words--not even one word more or one word less.

As you savor each one, you will find out what a wide variety of stories can be created while using the strict guidelines described in Thing #3.
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Review of Thirst  
Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
Warning: Absolutely do NOT read this story while drinking tomato juice!!!

An old song about a brazen little raisin says that grapes will turn to raisins when they're too well done. Do other things also turn to raisins for a different reason?

Oh yes! Better not read this while eating raisins, either.

However, do pick a time to read this because the description is very vivid, and it's an ideal story for sharing beside a campfire in order to raise goosebumps!
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