Past Prompts

Nearly everyone has seen lightning, one of the most ubiquitous demonstrations of nature's elemental power. Lightning also enables plants to grow. Some people revel in lightning's power,  while others seek shelter at the first distant peal of its voice. Was there a time when lightning impacted your life?

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“All’s the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare has told us.  Have you seen theatrical performances that have delighted you,  or intrigued you, or brought you to tears?  Or perhaps you’ve sat in the orchestra pit, or have directed, or been on the other side of the footlights as an actor?  Or worked behind the scenes at stage craft or sewn costumes?  Or had that dream job and been paid to go to the theater as a reviewer?
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We all know know the phrase.  Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has earned legitimacy since the Vietnam War.  Our decades-long Middle East wars have added to those suffering from PTSD.

Outside of warfare,  trauma also exists in many forms.  Have you ever experienced trauma?  When and in what circumstances?  Do traumatic aftereffects linger in your awareness?  How do you deal with them?

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March 12 brings time change to most of America (Hawaii and most of Arizona decline) as we shift to Daylight SavingTime.  Clocks will spring forward at 2:00 am,  and we’ll all lose an hour of sleep.
DST began in America with the Standard Time Act of 1918,  a wartime measure for seven months during WWI as a way of adding more daylight hours to save on energy use.
Since then the advantages and disadvantages of DST have been debated,  and in 2022 a bill was passed by the US Senate to keep DST year round.  If enacted it will become permanent at the end of this year.  Are you in favor or not?  What are your memories and/or reflections on DST?
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Our lives are full of ceremonies.  Many are rites of passage - christenings and b'nai mitzvahs,  graduations and weddings,  naturalizations,  inductions,  and ordinations.  Others are less formal,  foreign to us,  or deeply personal.   What ceremonies have you attended?  Participated in?  Or even generated from your own needs,  wishes or beliefs?
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