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My First Car – 1970 Ford Torino by (1 Story)

Prompted By My First Car

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  I wish i had had taken better care of this car and kept it to this day. It was worthy. Whenever I see one I harken back to the days of driving far too fast and scaring the snot out of my friends. I usually had Queensryche Operation Mindcrime or Metallica Master of Puppets…
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Oh, the wasted hours by
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Prompted By What We Watched

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A non-comprehensive list of TV crushes, comedy, great writing, and escapism.
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Starting Again This Far Along by
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Prompted By New Beginnings

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I hope they realize how much I need them too, how they saved my soul and gave me the courage to begin again.
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A Step-by-Step Fan by
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Once I got home and opened the box, I realized the fan was in several pieces ... my heart sank ...
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Retrospect – A Moment Of Unexpected Kindness by
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Prompted By Writer's Choice

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Retrospect – A Moment Of Unexpected Kindness By Kevin J. W. Driscoll (c) 2025 Reflecting on my life, filled with the highs and lows that have shaped me, there’s one memory that stands out as a moment of unexpected kindness. It’s a moment that occurred in the bustling heart of Boston, where the charm of…
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Art at Harvard? by
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  I always thought I had a knack for drawing.  Someone encouraged this when I was twelve, a year when my family was stationed in East Pakistan, and I came under the wing of an ex-pat Danish artist name Tova. She helped me do an oil painting for my parents, a still life with two…
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Buster Ware by
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Who would spend $1,000 on a serving for four of plastic dishes and mugs adorned with a photo of the class guinea pig, Buster?
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A Dream Within A Dream by
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Prompted By Daydreaming

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Dreams are ephemeral tapestries woven in the deepest recesses of our minds, where reality bends and dissolves, logic surrenders to the fantastical, and the impossible becomes commonplace. Before the first fluttering of consciousness at dawn from the final descent into slumber, we traverse this enigmatic realm nightly, embarking on journeys that defy definition and leave…
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Trouble in Mind by
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Prompted By In Trouble

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After decades, I’m in trouble again.
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I Can’t Live Without Spell Check by
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Prompted By Spelling

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For someone who loves to write, being a terrible speller used to be my Achilles heel.
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