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It’s In the Doing – by Paul J. Stam
I am baffled by the amount of complaining that swamps the Internet about how hard it is to write. So much that I wonder why people bother to write. There is a plethora of articles such as: Dealing With...
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The Ditch
A story in the paper during the Holiday Season was the basis for my writing this poem. The Ditch by Paul J. Stam Beside the flowing drainage ditch, The little child sleeps. The sitting mother seldom...
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The Accounting
I don’t really think of myself as a poet, but sometimes when I’m just sitting looking at the mountains or the ocean thoughts just come to me; quite often in rhyme and meter. Because I always have a...
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Questions Wanting Answers
Well now this isn’t one of my questions, but instead a wonderful answer by Stacy Casteneda to the cover for A Shot and Futile Life coming soon from Second Wind publishing. – Thank you, Stacy! O.K. 2W...
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Problem Thinker
Is it not imperative that writer’s think, or does the thinking just cause problems with the writing? This is a very serious question to which we don’t want answers. Is the admonition, think before you...
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Don’t Kill the Messenger
Now don’t get angry with me just because I’m about to tell you the truth. I know, I know, the truth hurts, but sometimes we have to face it. Now I am just going to be honest with you, and if the truth...
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Quinn’s Tahitian Hut – by Paul J. Stam
I woke up in the middle of the night and started thinking back to my sailing days; specifically about Quinn’s bar. Quinn’s was the quintessential South Sea’s bar. Right on the waterfront; it was loud,...
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What’s in a Word Anyway?
What’s in a Word Anyway or How the English Language Can Kill Writing Once upon a time in a land far, far away, a farmer used his farm to produce produce. One day there was a row among the hired help as...
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What’s In a Word 2 – by Paul J. Stam
More madness with the English language So there I was with all this Polish furniture to polish. I didn’t know how I would get it all done so I got a soldier to desert his dessert in the desert to help...
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Little Boys Dream 1
Waiola moored at her slip in La Mariana Yacht Club I can’t believe it; 50 years ago this month we launched the sailboat my wife, our son and I built. It was a red banner month because not only did we...
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