Suprise Me

Story Wranglers by
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We’ve all known since we were little kids that there is magic in storytelling—in finding out what happens next.
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Dedicated Follower of Fashion by
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Prompted By Fads and Trends

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Hula hoops and Twiggy lashes, but not at the same time.
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Keeping and Letting Go by
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Prompted By The Things I Keep

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What I find I keep is my memories, my dreams and sometimes things that I wish I could forget. ....I keep an old bird's nest that I found with a small feather resting in it.
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Coronavirus Craziness Plus Moving Madness by
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Trying my best to “keep calm and carry on.”
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The Slurping of the Soup by
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Prompted By Pet Peeves

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And he cooked with a smiling twinkle,/His paring knife a-twinkle,/ His graters and ladles a-twinkle, as he prepped an amazing potage.
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Suitcases without wheels by
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Prompted By Good Riddance

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Why did it take so long for someone to come up with the idea of putting wheels on suitcases? I can remember so many trips, not only in my childhood but in my young adulthood as well, that involved lugging heavy suitcases that I could barely pick up. You might think this would have encouraged…
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Untitled by (2 Stories)

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The café on route 66 on the corner of Campus and Foothill in Upland CA was called Martinez, not Martinez’s, just Martinez. Most locals called it THE LONG BAR. My wife and I had been married for a short time and met her mom and pop there for dinner. I was, and still am unfortunately, a stone…
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Hold the Zucchini by
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Prompted By Cooking

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Hold the zucchini. Or any type of squash for that matter. I’m not technically allergic to squash, but it gives me the creeps.
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Summer in the City by
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Prompted By Beach Reads

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I rarely go to the beach, and when I do, I am generally either working on my suntan (I know, very dangerous, but I still do it) or cooling off in the water. I can’t remember ever bringing a book to the beach either as a child or as an adult. But I do like…
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The song(? ) remembers when by
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Prompted By Cutting the Cord

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When the dial-up age of the Internet morphed into the Wi-Fi age, most of us breathed a huge sigh of relief.
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