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Impressions: Radios
Prompted By Remembering Radios
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Two little Sony's and a tabletop radio in my bedroom.
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Stuck-at-Home
Prompted By Stay-at-Home Parent
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Stressed, unhappy parents create stressed, unhappy children.
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From Sugar to a Shot at Freedom
Prompted By Vaccination
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We'd had all the vaccines available at the time ... but this was the only time I refused a vaccine.
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Honey, I Broke the Software!
Prompted By Technology Tribulations
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... the engineers asked, "What did you do? How could you possibly break the program?"
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Sanity Clause
Prompted By Rewatchable Movies
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... so I picked up a tape of Night at the Opera and a large block of dark chocolate, and we all had a fun time that New Year's Eve.
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Hey! You’re Welcome.
Prompted By Manners
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Used to be that "hey" was for horses ... No longer true.
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Hidden in Names and Eyes
Prompted By Inequality
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The 1930 census had my aunt's name as Ruchel and my mother's name as Henayeta. Huh?
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Quiet, Please
Prompted By Pet Peeves
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Most frustrating is when someone asks, "What did they say?" and I can't hear the next few minutes of dialog.
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Forty-Plus Years with Philip
Prompted By Haircuts
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Over the years, we've chatted about spouses, and more recently, aging parents. Philip knows me well ...
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The Year of the Crow
Prompted By One Year of the Pandemic
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After a couple of incidents this winter, I've concluded that I'd unconsciously adopted the successful survival strategies of the crow.
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