Joani Reese

Hi Joanie. Thanks for reading "Float to Water" and thanks for the star!

Hi, JP! Thanks so much for your comment on "A Note Left on the Counter".

Hi Joanie, thanks for commenting and faving "Middle Age." I'm happy you enjoyed it.

Joani, thanks for the note on "MacGowans." Only in my generation did we Scots Irish make it as far west as possible in the Western World. Next step... scuba lessons.

Thank you for your comments on my story!

Re: Amends One of the problems of being a therapist is that everyone wants free therapy and no one wants to listen to you and you forget how to talk about yourself. That's why writing is so great. It's me, me, me, me.

JP,
Thanks for reading and commenting on the Dowagers piece.
- Brian.

Joani, thanks for reading and commenting on Winyah Bay. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for your ADHD comment. The thing is, there are poor, quiet, daydreaming little girls with real ADD without the H who are completely ignored because they didn't cause trouble. Then again, their daydreams might be more valuable than what they are learning in class.

Hi Joanie, thanks for reading Brick Walls. I appreciate your comments, too. fos.

Hi, JP. I really appreciate your read and fav of "The Swiss Lunch". Nice to hear from you again. I look forward to catching-up on some of your latest work.

Joanie, I wasn't expecting the dark twist in Lemony Snickers, either, altho it just sort of came out in a serendipitous way. The coincidences in appearance and manner are real, but "my" cowboy would be in his late '80s or early '90s by now if living. Plus, I'm thinking now he might have been simply having fun with us boys and was really on his way to the local stockyards a few miles down the road. My parents were concerned, tho, because it did (and does now) seem awfully strange for a grown man driving a truck loaded with cattle to stop at a child's lemonade stand on a busy highway. Thanks for reading!

Thanks for reading "Eulogy for the Eating Disorder". I'm honored you liked it. You're a fabulous writer.

Thanks for your lovely comment and fave on "Falling".

Many thanks for reading, JP.

Joani, I am much honored and pleased that you faved my latest chapter of Hemingway Test. Your kind words are a benediction and an inspiration.

So grateful for you, and your comments on "What Some Boys Do."

Thank you for citing all the details you liked visually about Sukkos morning. Thanks for noticing.

Well, I can't re-find you on Facebook. But if I could I would correct whatever unhitched the link. My name is hard to locate there so if you send me whatever name you use on FB, we can fix this jrobison@fgcu.edu

Thanks, Joani for your comments on "The Good Cancer." A subject that is much easier to write about now. You read (and kindly edited) the next story in the series. That longer story is out there on the slush pile tour.

Thanks JP for commenting on "Texas Route 29." Your praise means a lot to me.

Hallo, Joani - you said "nicely packaged." :) Thank you.

Thank you for your thoughts on Hair. I'm sure the girls adored you. I'm surprised they wanted you to share your thoughts with the rabbis as they were well schooled in the bottom line. That seems odd to me. They thought you were a fairy godmother who could transform the rabbis into princes.

Thanks for glitch alert and liking!

Thanks, Joani, for the comments and fave on three more of my little war stories. Word limitations are usually good for me. Things tend to get stronger as I take words out. Best, B

Thanks for your wonderful comment on "I Want My Mommy" - please do not leave NYC in September w/o looking me up, inviting me to you reading.

Thanks, Joani, for commenting on 'May 1506.' My last name first appears in the New World in the West Indies. Likely George was involved in that trade...

Thanx for dropping by to read and comment on "For The Raven". Making it new ~ Isn't THAT the truth? I totally agree! I'm just "playing" at being sardonic. I don't really believe it! ;-)

Joani, thanks for taking time to read and comment on 'Yappy Dog'. Much appreciated!

Hi, JP. Thanks for reading 'Wattle and Daub-3.' I greatly appreciate your comment and *.

Thanks much! Sartre kicks ass.

Joani, I'm dead chuffed, always feel honoured when you comment, and I wiki'd Agbabi, must investigate further, she was born same time/place as me + similar influences. Thanks so much for pointing her out. XX

Joani, thanks for reading and faving The Accidental Arsonist. And I am getting my act together on 3 questions--between sinus infection, bronchitis, and 'spring break' I have been nailed to the wall. Peace...

Hi JP, loved the comment: "Yes, what they said." LOL, thanks. Glad you enjoyed "Hunter,Fate,Food".

Joani, I could have sworn it was Richard Cranshaw who wrote that line about seeing eternity, but it was Henry Vaughan! LONG time since grad school! Thanks for faving the poem anyway!

Hi Joani!
Thanks for your comment and your own reminiscence about childhood. It made me smile!
Was the digging a hole to China a Wisconsin thing, or a mid century American thing? At this point in my life I'm lucky if I can even hit a golf ball- that is sitting perfectly motionless - offered up on a big, fat tee in brilliant green grass!

Huh? Satire? Whaddya mean- this is real! Haha! ;-) Thanks so much for reading and commenting! Mucho appreciated!

Joani, thanks for reading SNOW JOB and handing out a purty star. Always a treat when you drop by. Peace...

Thanks, Joani, for your nice comment on 'Saved, Nevertheless.'

Thank you for your wonderful comment on my story Almost There. Very much appreciated -- this one's a close one...

Thank you, Joani, for faving "Eyes Off the Road."

Hi Joani,
Thank you so much for taking the time to ride along with me for a little while on this madcap farce and make comments. I appreciate your company as I digress into silliness. Ready or not, there's more to come. The Woman in the Wet Raincoat and much much more. It's all in fun!

Thanks for faving "Joan of Dark," Joani of Light!

Your kind comments on "Do you remember..." are much appreciated. I think it needs a bit more work, but think I'm on the right track. Can't wait to get your book!

Thank you so much for your kind comments on my story.

Kind and kind again. Thanks for commenting on and faving "Rattlesnake Pancakes," Joani!

Thank you for your kind words on my piece "Travelin' Light"

Thanks for commenting on my poem, "Never Enough." I've posted your lovely words to my tack board...

"Thanks for the kind and enthusiastic comments about "Touch" Bill, and thanks for sharing Mr. Cohen with me."

:)

Thanks so much your thoughtful reading & comments on "The Breakfast Tree."

Thanks for reading "Parking Garage" and your comment, JP.

Hi, JP. Thanks for reading 'Rome Ants In The Sky.' I greatly appreciate your comment and *.

Thanks for reading "Dead Man Sleeping" and for the comment. I found one of the typos you were talking about. If you can point out any others, it would be greatly appreciated!

Your support is so appreciated, Joani. Glad you liked "Sweet Sounds of Home".

Wanted to thank you so much for your support and for the kind comments on "Immiscibility." You have no idea how important the feedback is for a fledgeling writer like moi. So appreciated! You are a wonderful, supportive presence on the site.

That made me happy, JP. Tanx.

Just read your piece on Baker's Dozen and wanted to say how much I liked it. Wonderful work!

Haha! It was Benadryl - horrible stuff - kinda think I would have preferred whatever Coleridge used to dip into! Thanks for dropping in and reading! Amazing what an unexpected bug bite can make a man do! ;-)

Thank you, re: "Zurich." Means a lot.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting on "That Night." I wanted the reader to have to work a bit here, just as the voice has to struggle with the mixed emotions. When I first wrote this, my writer's group furrowed their brows and insisted I change it to first person. That was my first experience with listening to my own instincts and, 3 years on, I still love the piece as it stands. I've been trusting my gut ever since. Thanks for your support - every little bit helps!

Thanks for commenting on "Uncle Moscow." Glad you liked the poem! My uncle was a real character, one of a kind. I miss him.

Thanks for your "amen, sister" to one of my pet peeves in "The Story of F."

Thanks, JP, for your comment and * for 'Waiting.'

JP, Thank you so much for your kind words about "Jared Sampson's Mom." I can't even tell you how much it means. Just what I needed. Thank you!

Thanks for reading "New Song of Innocence and Experience" and your fun comment. The man I know ASKED for his Kindle. How could I withhold? I'll be loyal to books, after all I've been in love with books for longer than most people I know have been alive.

Thanks for reading Uncle Henri, and for your comments. Yes, it´s a difficult one, whichever way you see it.

Hi again JP
Call it synchronicity, but I just stumbled across Connotion press- only yesterday - and quite by accident! I love many of the same authors you do - including Cormac McCarthy and Richard Ford who both have a command of the language that make me want to dance and weep! Be back soon!
MGM

And thanks for faving "Need." That's an astute comment to see the lines like waves.

Thanks, JP, for commenting on "Hawaiian Reservations."

Joani...thank you so much for comment on Hard Candy and hope you're having a great holiday!

Thanks for your wonderful comment on "Escape Literature." No need to read Nora Roberts. Jane Austen or the Brontës address the same issues. As does Susan Griffin. How masculine mentality always wants to rarify itself right out of existence, and feminine mentality wants to relate to existence as is, grit, hormones, and all, but then ends up subject to "compassionate contempt" (a phrase I wish I had coined, but didn't, it's from Betty Friedan's book on aging).

P.S. I'm also not sure how to classify "Lawn Clippings." Prosetry???

Thank you so much for your lovely comment on my story, Lawn Clippings. So much appreciated. :)

Thanks for reading "Cloudy..." and your comments, JP. Very appreciated and grateful.

Hi, JP. Thanks for reading, 'Lule of Raw-2.' I greatly appreciate your comments and *.

JP, Amsterdam has pretty good beer, too. Glad you liked the story!

Thanks for the comments--much appreciated!

Thanks for faving "Fish Boil," Joani. Took me a while to work out that ending, twisty as it turned out to be.

Thank you again so much for your wonderful comments on "Conceived in the New Liberty", J.P. It is really appreciated!

JP...thanks for read on Siege...love your comment, a masterful 10-word story on it's own: occupying a sink of sorts / awaiting on my master's pleasure.

Very pleased you like "Before the Door." Thank you for the fave and love. Took me a long time to get to that last line!

thank you JP, for the read on Olde Burying Yard and yes, do not gently flap into that wind!

Thanks, JP. Check out Bill's comment. Maybe we could all collaborate on a series of stories. With that title, maybe it would be a best seller.

Thanks so much for visiting my short stuff - the first one is my favorite too, I think.

Hi, JP. Thanks for reading 'A Life of My Own-7.' I greatly appreciate your comment, fav, and suggestion.

Joani, thanks so much for digging "Welcome to the Occupation." I'm glad you enjoyed it.

thank you muchly, jp, for your comment on my modern fairy tale, "<a href="http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/marcus-speh/moondog--2">moondog</a>"!

"Hoping for a Rewind"--I like that as a title! Thanks for the fave of Gabrielle!

Thank you for reading Psych Interview with a Rape Victim. Much appreciated.

Hey, Joani! Thank you again for stopping by and commenting on "The Shoes, the Girl and the Waves that Washed Them Away." Hope you're doing well. Chris :)

Hi Joani, I've been away for a while and decided to get back with a very short piece - thanks for reading and commenting on We All Have Wings, I appreciate it very much. fos.

Thank you so much for reading my latest...I love that image too, in fact I can recall it even now. I appreciate the feedback!!

Thank you, J.P. The poems have already been published and I can't donate them to that great good cause. Probably shouldn't be here, in fact. Too bad.

Glad you liked the Dali poem. Thanks for the fave, Joani. What's Gary's alley exactly?

thanks so much for taking a look at "tokyo" and for the comment.

Thanks, JP, for the generous comment on my latest. You have so much wonderful work here. I need to catch up with it very soon!

How kind of you to fave "Addictions" and put me into a new bracket! Thank you, Joani!

Fabulous comment on "Getting Home Alive." Thanks also for the fave, Joani.

Thanks, Joani, for reading and commenting on "Head in a Box." Thanks, also, for your editing advice!

JP, thanks for reading and commenting on "Ascend"!

JP, thanks for reading, commenting on, and faving "I'm Not Emilio Estevez." Much appreciated!

thank you for your comment (hysterical) and fave on my rejection letter piece, Joni. xo-meg

...er.. sorry for all the (purposeful) holy typos!

Joani, thanks for the kind words on Power Outage. You're the best!

Thanks for loving sad "Lettie."

Thanks so much for your kind words about "Mother Lies." Your comment perfectly captured my melancholy when writing it!

Thanks for commenting on and faving the visa poem, Joani! "It was so subtle, I didn't get it. Now I do." I think you may have to explain it to me!

Joani, so happy "the question" resonated with you and thanks for what you wrote about it!

Hey Joani, Just a little thank you for spending some time with Blank Checks - I really appreciate the read and your comments. fos.

JP, thanks so much for commenting on Ends, I appreciate your interest.

J.P.,
A little irony in the overkill, yes, but the guilt at not feeling guilt at not feeling any weight in the woes of those in the cone was real...Anyhow, a lulu of a cyclone shaping up off Africa and it may just hit here in a week so....I don't know.

Hi, JP. Thanks for reading 'Nothing in the Middle.' I appreciate your comment, quote, and *, very much.

Hi Joani, :) that's the exact song that came to mind when I titled this piece - thanks for reading The Pretendrs. fos.

JP, thank you for reading and commenting on "Mud." I really appreciate it. (Dallas, huh? I'm a North Richland Hills boy.)

JP, thank you for reading and commenting on "Burn." Much appreciated!

Thank you for taking the time to read my poem. -Felicia

I meant to thank you for your super kind words. Life got in the way a little bit and prevented. So, here, thank you.

JP, thank you so much for your kind words on "Ghost writing". As a poet I don't know if I have the patience for writing fiction even though I enjoy doing it.

JP,

Thanks so much for you kind comment.

Glad you liked "We Must be Carefully Taut." Thanks for the fave. Stop the puns? Even the redoubtable Frost puns.
"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out, / And to whom I was like to give offense."
To whom I was like to give A FENCE!

Very happy to join this community!

Holst's story is my favorite flash. (When he wrote it, I'm sure they didn't yet have a term for the form.) Thanks, JP!

Thank you for the support, JP - much appreciated!

Hi, JP. Thanks for reading 'The Yin Yang of Corporate Execution.' I appreciate your very interesting comment.

Thanks for reading Turista and offering some really insightful comments! I really appreciate it.

Hi Joani,
Thanks so much for checking out "Flatlander's Suite" and for your kind words about it! Greg

They copy, they borrow, they steal from Picasso, but they are not Picasso.

Start with a punny title--that's my method! " just never know where I'll end up! Thanks for the fave on the Euclid poem, Joani.

Thank you for your comment on Firecracker! I'm glad you liked it. Checking out your stories now.

JP, many thanks for the kind words on The Lake Husband. The funny thing is that's part of a novel in progress that I have stopped for now as I diligently work on another novel I finished a while ago! Hope to be back at FN soon!

Thanks for your generous comment on "Joy of Wind." Quite pleased you liked it.

JP, Sleep well. I have corrected the error. Sorry. I am tot-ering from all the controversy.

Joani, Thanks for the fave of "Four Noble Lies." I'll remember "eviscerates with a kind of pragmatic heroism"!

Thanks for the comment and the fave on Mapping the Territory . . . I get here as often as I can!

Thanks so much, Joani, for the kind words for ' that ringing.' Putting someone in mind of something 'masterly' is a rush.

Love the story you added to the Hopper painting. Sordid! Fav.

Hi JP, thanks for reading and faving "Park Bench". It's been a work in perpetual progress.

Thanks for checking out "Amateur Theory of the Universe" and for your kind words about it. Always much appreciated.

Joani - your comment absolutely made my day. Huge thank you, my friend.

Thanks for the kind words, JP... I look forward to reading your work, as well.

P.s. Thanks for the *!

Hi, Joani. Glad you liked "Black Ice." Thanks for the fave! Haven't read that Vonnegut novel. Good?

JP, thanks so much for appreciating the effort it took to write this. . .

Thank you for the (repeated!) comment on 'Love.' Much appreciated.

Joani, thanks for all the love on "The Disease," and all your support in general. You rock.

Hey Joani,
Thanks so much for your time and your detailed comments on "Incubation, Part 2." The piece is so long I didn't even know if anyone would read it; then, lo and behold, you send two paragraphs of professional commentary. You're the greatest.

Joani, thanks for the fave and the comment on "The running from San Pedro blues." Love your picture of this guy. Spot on. By the way, I've been looking at your blog. Great stuff! Couldn't leave a note there, so I hought I'd leave it here.

Joani, I appreciate you back. I am so knocked by your new poem!

Hi JP, thanks for your comment on Snowdick. Fun piece to write, glad you enjoyed :) Thanks too for your fb comment on I Am Not Here. We lost a dear friend recently and her partner is trying to cope. We all are, really, and this is part of my way. So- Again, much appreciated. All best!

Thanks ever so much for the generous comment on "1967, The things they wanted." You've been missed.

Thank you for reading and commenting on "1991" - and for the star!

Thanks for commenting on "Sermon of Lilac," Joani. Always love hearing what you have to say.

Thanks for your comments on Second Chance. I'm trying to make it a prose poem. Its part of a series I'm working on for my MFA thesis about addiction and depression. If I condense it a bit I think I can turn it into a prose poem. What do you think?

Always relish your comments, Joani. Thanks so much for the fave of "The Assassination of Sadat."

You are so generous with your support, and I appreciate your latest comments about 10,000 Dollar Pyramid in the Forum discussions. I really appreciate that, JP.

JP, thank you for your comments on "A sense that something has happened". I'm glad you enjoyed it. Now I'm revising and trying to make it even better.

Joani,
Thanks for commenting on "Hope's Amanuensis." Never read "Independence Day" (shame on me) but will now.

JP - so YOU were my Classics professor, thought the name was familiar. (I swear it was Chalky next to me, not me who had those observations.)

Thanks for the read!

Hi JP, thanks for reading and faving Last Bell. The line you mentioned is one of my favorites too. Much appreciated!

Thanks, JP, for the recognition and comment on "Foreplay." The subtext is justice.

Thanks, JP, for your "on the nosey" comment about "Mad Max." I sent you a message, previously, but I'm not sure it got through. (Troubles on the site.) I wanted to be sure you thank you.

JP - thank you for your appreciation and suggestion on Kill Allan. The flip/flop of again/kids was intentional, as I wanted to emphasize the echo of the past before the description, but it does read a bit bulky that way. Serious consideration for re-write. Thanks

thanks for read and all on "le sucre brun" & esp for finding that typo! corrected! and yes: retribution. good word for this.

JP - I appreciate your kind comments on "le Misérable." Mil gracias!

Thanks for the comments on the poem, "Rope & Bone." I have not read Atwood's "Happy Endings," but I'll track that down to see what common notes we hit. R & B is one of the first poems (things) I had ever written--maybe 25 years ago. It's is map back to a place a time I wouldn't be able to find without it and the poem carries most of the themes of a novel-in-33-stories that I went on to work on for many years--several of which I've posted on Fictionaut--"Road Work being one of them.

JP, thanks for the lovely words on Ping Pong!

Thank you for your really great comments on it's just death, so what. I very much appreciate them! Enjoy your week. -- Q

Hey, thanks JP!

I so greatly appreciate your close read of How To Burn Years. Your comments pleased me a great deal. Thanks, JP. I look forward now to reading your work.

thanks so much for your thoughtful read and provocative comment about Wax Off. You have given me something to introspect about, which is always a gift.

Thank you for your comments on "Things Inside of Other Things." Never considered the OCD manifestations. Hm. :)

Perfect comment on "The Proud Accounting." Thanks, Joani.

Thanks so much, JP, very interesting comments!

I am so grateful for your read and comments about "Cadaver Chris." I've never met this guy, but I came close enough to experience him several times.

Thanks so much for reading both parts of Minor Damage and liking the damaged characters for who they are.

Thanks for your funny comment on virtual recovery, JP. I loved it. Cheers. -- Q