The lies we told each other—and ourselves.
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Suprise Me
Teach Her to Knit
Prompted By Cursive — Curse or Blessing?
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I was always a good student, a striver, a high achiever, I got straight A’s. Until it came to penmanship. There I fell apart and got C’s. My second grade teacher, responsible for teaching cursive, called my mother in, bemoaning my lack of manual dexterity and told my mother to teach me knitting as a…
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Shoes That Made Me Cry
Prompted By Shoes
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As one of our guides said, “They disappeared.” Only their shoes remained behind. Some of them were so tiny.
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You’ll Live Like Magic
Prompted By One Song That Moves Me
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You Don’t Mess Around With Gym*
Prompted By PE Pleasures and Perils
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Physical Education, or Gym as we called it, was by far my least favorite class in high school. First of all, we had to wear these horrible gymsuits, one-piece numbers that snapped up the front. They were hideous looking things, as you can see from the Featured Image. No girl looked good in them, no…
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(A)Social Media?
Prompted By Social Media Friendships
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As a recidivist perpetrator of attempted humor, I know full well that “LOL”* is no substitute for a belly laugh.
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Put It Off Until Tomorrow
Prompted By Procrastination
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I really need to start writing this. But first ... gotta to check facebook ... play a move in 18 WWF games ... plan dinner.
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Poke-Nook, the Lost Glove, and My Cousin Isly
Prompted By Words
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Poke-Nook, the Lost Glove, and My Cousin Isly Our late friend Arnie Reisman was a poet and filmmaker, and also a regular panelist on Says You, a witty NPR radio show about words. Over the years I learned a lot from Arnie and his literate pals. For example, did you know that the dark, cavernous…
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This Land Is Your Land
Prompted By Inaugurations
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I had been desperately awaiting this day for more than two months, but the insurrection two weeks earlier had me terrified.
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Sunrise, Sunset
Prompted By Family Myths
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Our cousin Betty, before she became a celebrity to the pre-school set, was in a Broadway musical called Cafe Crown.
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