Thanks to a program that no longer exists, I was able to attend the local college while still a senior in high school. After filling out the necessary paperwork and expressing my urgent need to study Italian—a class not offered at my school—I was approved to begin classes on campus in the fall of 1968.…
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Suprise Me
A Long, Strange Trip
Prompted By Drugs and Alcohol
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Thanks to a program that no longer exists, I was able to attend the local college while still a senior in high school. After filling out the necessary paperwork and expressing my urgent need to study Italian—a class not offered at my school—I was approved to begin classes on campus in the fall of 1968.…
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Food Tech Tutor
Prompted By Prison
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Technically, we're not allowed to have the fresh vegetables, but most guards tend to look the other way.
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Appropriately Inappropriate
Prompted By Independence
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What line must be crossed for there to be no inappropriate time or place?
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In a dark time…
Prompted By Hello Darkness
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Doggedly, I record signs of the coming light.
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What She Said
Prompted By What My Mother Told Me
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So proud you are all contributing members of society.
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Comments on “Priciest Purchase” Prompt
Prompted By Priciest Purchase
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Paradiso
Prompted By Libraries
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"I Have Always Imagined That Paradise Will Be A Kind Of Library"
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The Flooded Basement and a Bit of Larceny
Prompted By Floods
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Imagine my shock as a kid when I saw my parents throw a set of luggage into the rising waters flooding our basement.
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The Gumdrop Tree, by Myron Unger
Prompted By New Beginnings
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But little hands lifted the top of the garbage pail,
and discovered the resting place of the gumdrop tree.
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Cruise to Normandy
Prompted By Vacations
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I like history. When I read (now I have eye problems that limits my ability), I read biography. So my husband and I always wanted to tour Normandy and better understand what happened during the beginning of the liberation of Europe. The Americanization of Emily is one of my favorite movies and we agree that the…
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