Suprise Me
Damn you, autocorrect!
Prompted By Spelling
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Wedding Memories
Prompted By Anniversaries
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As an officer of our temple, Dad set my wedding day as June 16, 1974. “Really?” I queried, ” That will be your 28th anniversary. Do you want to share yours with me?” He responded affirmatively and the date was set. My parents were a post-war couple. They barely knew one another and married in…
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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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A Degree Day of Observations
Prompted By Rites of Passage
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Seated there was a very elderly, diminutive woman, dressed in black, with wild white hair and a pixie-ish expression, very quiet but observing everything carefully.
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Coming Out to Esther, by Mark Leno
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To come out was to announce to the world that one was a mentally ill outlaw. No wonder this was challenging to my parents.
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Alice’s Restaurant
Prompted By Restaurants
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In 1971, I was living in Berkeley, California. I attended classes on campus and also worked there as I put myself through school at UC Berkeley. I lived in a house with three roommates, a large tank of tropical fish, my two cats, and an Old English sheepdog. My boyfriend spent his freshman year away,…
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My Little Corner of the World
Prompted By Neighbors
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I always wanted a neighbor that I could talk to over the back fence. You see it in comic strips, TV shows and movies. BFFs who live next door to each other. But I wonder if it ever happens in real life. In my childhood, we knew our neighbors but were not friends with them.…
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You Say You Want a Revolution
Prompted By Strikes
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A companion piece to Khati's story entitled 1969.
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Mrs. Kronengold
Prompted By Lessons
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"When I was seven years old I took painting lessons in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
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Club MTB
Prompted By Cliques and Clubs
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The meanness of spirit, the self-centeredness, that had oozed through American society in the 80s and 90s had polluted my beloved sport.
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