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Grace by
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Prompted By The Great Beyond

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Remember how, in her 70s, she walked four extra blocks in a snowstorm to save a few pennies on toilet paper?
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Cowboys and Kings by
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Prompted By Halloween

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Superman was cool. With superpowers and all. And nobody ever asked who I was supposed to be.
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Harmony by
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Prompted By In the Band

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Under no circumstances, Kodaly told our conductor, will you rehearse anything but my Te Deum between now and the performance.
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What We Didn’t Eat by
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Prompted By Acquired Tastes

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Half of what’s in our fridge today, I hadn’t even heard of in 1965!
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The Middle of Nowhere by
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Prompted By Something Wild

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Rob says, okay John, you get to lead the way back, and I smile and giggle and I say are you sure, and he says sure.
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No Marketable Skills by
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Prompted By Technology Tribulations

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“What are you going to do?” they asked. “You’re an academic!"
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Bankers’ Hours by
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Prompted By Good Riddance

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Weekend hours? Don’t make me laugh.
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Little GTO by
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Prompted By My Car of Yesteryear

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Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out, GTO. Yeah, that was me.
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Klondike Day by
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Prompted By Camp

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We could get credit for the golden boulder—if we could somehow transport it to the assayer’s office without getting robbed.
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Jerusalem by
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Prompted By Dangerous Deeds

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We spotted three girls across the street. When they saw us they giggled, whispered among themselves, and waved shyly.
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