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When Frightening Dreams Come True by
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Prompted By Dreams

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My worst dreams have become a reality as we struggle through these endless days of #stayathome.
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Falling in Love at the Theater by
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(29 Stories)

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In 1964 our family drove cross-country to see the World’s Fair in New York. On our last day in town, my mom and I took the subway to 51st and Broadway to see Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand. I was 13, starstruck, and thrilled to be in New York. But when we entered the Winter…
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The Artist, Age Three by (3 Stories)

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As I returned home, all I could think was that I had just met a real artist, age three or perhaps four, but a real artist nonetheless.
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From Sacred Temples To Self -Expression Canvases. Sounds like progress to me. by
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    The good folks at Retrospect are asking about tattoos and piercings – those permanent (well, mostly permanent) ways we adorn our bodies. Now, as a former dedicated follower of the “body-as-a-temple” school of thought (courtesy of Catholicism, bless their metaphorical heart), I found myself firmly in the pew, not the piercing table. But…
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Retreat, Isolate, and Shut Down by
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Prompted By Illness

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...with isolation and aloneness as the only relief.
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My obsession with hats by
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Prompted By Hats

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I would eagerly marry into the British royal family just so I could wear hats.
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The Only Edition on the Block by
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(194 Stories)

Prompted By Newspapers

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It's lonely out here. I look up and down the sidewalks, both sides of the street, and I'm the only newspaper there.
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PE for Girls Over Three Generations by
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(298 Stories)

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I wish my PE perils had been more pleasurable and that I had learned activities I could have done all of my life.
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Give Me a “D” by
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(22 Stories)

Prompted By In the Band

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Sometimes the prize you seek is not the prize at all.
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King Tut by
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Prompted By Lost and Found

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From about 1539 BC to around 1075 BC, the Valley of the Kings, in ancient Thebes, was the burial site for the rulers and some nobility of ancient Egypt. Though known about, the exact whereabouts had been lost through the ages, until archaeological excavations led by Europeans during the time of Napoleon began in the…
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