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Suprise Me
My First Test
Prompted By Immigrants
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A recent immigrant prepares for his first test at his new high school.
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Just Give In To It
Prompted By Temptation
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I came across that Oscar Wilde quote early on, “The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.” Made sense to me and I put it into practice in every area of my life that I could. So I have usually taken the easy path, the comfortable, the delicious way quite…
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Prinderella and the Cince
Prompted By Favorite Fairy Tale
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I loved fairy tales as a young girl. I remember that I was reading “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” when I fell ill during the summer of 1964 and spent a week in the infirmary. I was 11 years old, had thrown up during Sunday morning services, (Our Father, who art in Heaven…blechhh…). The whole camp used…
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What He Said
Prompted By What My Father Told Me
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"Do as you might have" . . . But the aunt in question rendered this simply as doozha mighta.
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Prompted By Mending Fences
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Could it really be that simple?
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Ok, Boomer
Prompted By Ageism
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Young people are using the phrase OK, boomer to indicate disdain for folks of my generation.
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A Year of Loss
Prompted By One Year of the Pandemic
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A Year of Loss It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the pandemic robbed us of life as we knew it. And in this frightful year I’ve lost several beloved friends. Although it was cancer and heart disease that took them, it was Covid that kept us from gathering together to mourn.…
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