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Jo McLaughlin wrote a new post, Cold 6 months, 1 week ago
Numb fingers and cracked
hands confront the icy rain.
The wind goes through my body
making fun of my layers.Short gusts of breath float into the
air, the only warmth in my body
betrays […]
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kevin davitt wrote a new post, The Pension 6 months, 1 week ago
Bob McTeirnan worked for the city for twenty-eight years. He was a plumber at one of the city’s housing projects. He’d been there since the old law tenements had been torn down and the urban renewal plan was […]
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kevin davitt wrote a new post, We Return You to His Regularly Scheduled Childhood 8 months ago
IT’S over. Finished. Kaput.
Emancipation is mine.
After hundreds of hours spent in the car — racing to practices at the home field, running late to games in Newark and Ho Ho Kus, picking up, dropping off — […]
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Jo McLaughlin wrote a new post, In Your Backyard – Repost 8 months, 1 week ago
The ice crashes into the glass, soon to be submerged with my thoughts.
Drown it all. These are my happy hours. Wet the slate clean.
The doctor said he couldn’t drink. Drink and you die, abst […]
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kevin davitt wrote a new post, The Sweetness of Summers gone by. 8 months, 2 weeks ago
From the time I was 4 or 5 until I was 17, we spent summers in Breezy Point — bungalows and then the Surf Club.
We’d travel down to the club from Flatbush in the morning — around 10 a.m. or so — and Mom would […]
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kevin davitt wrote a new post, Oh… We Had Such Fun! 8 months, 3 weeks ago
It was Sunday – a very hot Sunday and the neighborhood was quiet. The heat created a veil – almost void of air or sound.
The only noise came from air conditioners humming and whirring and the dripping […]
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Loved this! Waiting for the next installment of the series?
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kevin davitt and
Jamietoale are now friends 8 months, 3 weeks ago
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Jo McLaughlin wrote a new post, Shelter in Place 8 months, 3 weeks ago
I recommend that you get rescued. That is, when looking for a dog, let them rescue you. Sure, there are boutique and purebred dogs that need homes, no doubt. But, no one abandoned them. Shelter dogs are wai […]
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True and true! The most grateful creatures on the planet. Thanks for the heartfelt pen.
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For the love ❤️ of Dog! We should know Sista’.
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Jo McLaughlin wrote a new post, Like a Fresh Bloom 9 months ago
I wanted the picture to be a promise.
A symbol of love that smells like a fresh bloom. Time fades in the background.
A place that didn’t really matter anyway.It sits on my desk and whispers stories I’ […]
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Hi Jim. Great to hear from you! Thank you for the compliment. Appreciate it. Hey, join Dilettantelife and start writing your own stories. Just register and get started. Cheers.
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Jo McLaughlin wrote a new post, Join Dilettante Life 9 months ago
Dilettante Life is now a writer’s community. A space where contributors can add their stories and share with others. Please join our blog and have fun being part of a group of passionate writers.
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Jo McLaughlin wrote a new post, Site Technical Difficulties 9 months, 1 week ago
While in the process of updating dilettantelife.com,
I’ve run into some technical issues with the member
and registration pages. Please bear with me while
I work out these problems. It should hopefully b […]
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Susan McLaughlin wrote a new post, These days 9 months, 2 weeks ago
It is the light she seeks these days
Passing me over, not even a side glance
She walks towards the glistening until it tickles her face
When her gaze has moved from the dark
Her eye lids gently shut to […]
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Jo McLaughlin wrote a new post, Lovely Fields 9 months, 2 weeks ago
I went home to a place I’ve never been. Mountains confronted the sea, with only small cottages dividing the two. Roads were narrow with sheep crossing, slowing the pace of a racing mind. Passing a sign that […]
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So lovely. It did feel like home.
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