Comments on: Matthew Levine and Robert Haydon Jones

By: Dave Monroe

Dave Monroe — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:25:33 +0000

The shock of knowing he could’ve been killed wakes Jimmy up to the deepest appreciation of being alive and the smallest details of life going on — backyards seen from a train, birds, baseball games — are breath taking.So well done. Great painting by Mathew, too.

By: Evan Owen

Evan Owen — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:24:52 +0000

I love how Jimmy struggles with age and demise and invisibility in one moment —and then takes an ammonia sniff in the next and actually sees the beauty of simplicity around him. His is an extraordinary journey to be sure. How does Anne put up with it? Anyway, this is a good installment in which the reader is bid to feel the raw emotion along with Jimmy — the petty jealousy when the prof takes the “best bud” seat next to Malachy — the shock of the image of himself slumped dead in his beloved Merc and even the SMH of the “bad way to go” musing at the end. Well woven!

By: Jack Orth

Jack Orth — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 19:00:50 +0000

Hmmm–Whenever I read about Jimmy the first thing I think is that I wish I met him in The Marine Corps–as I’m an old Marine too. I believe Jimmy is around my age–Korean War Marine! Jimmy would have been a great guy to hang around with! Semper Fi, RHJ is lucky to know him, and Semper Fi to you!!

By: Larry Reilly

Larry Reilly — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:12:52 +0000

Amen. RIP Jimmy clone. Jimmy lives.

By: Daniel Shulman

Daniel Shulman — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:41:57 +0000

We have all have had close calls at some point in our lives, and Bob gives us the frisson of recalling them through Jimmy. Bob always has something to say and says it well.

By: Ed Lambertson

Ed Lambertson — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:06:20 +0000

I’m really worried about Jimmy!…….Eagerly waiting for the next chapter.