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Lao Tzu! Wait Up! by
100
(170 Stories)

Prompted By Regrets

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I spend time inundated by regret. I spend = and opposite time beset by anticipatory dread, a phrase taught me by JE. I am happy to be free of JE. I sadly miss JE. Freedom. Loss. Regret for the past, dread for the future. But wait! I can be here now. Zip! No regrets. No…
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Traps by
10
(11 Stories)

Prompted By Temptation

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Of mice and men...
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Sunnyside Up in Panzano* by
50
(90 Stories)

Prompted By Nudity

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This must be the way things are done here, I thought. No turning back now. So I focused on the ceiling fan as it spun in a lazy circle, thinking about how I would describe this feeling to my friends.
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2017. Apologizing to the World about Trump by
25
(30 Stories)

Prompted By Travels

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Poem
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learning to ride a bicycle by
5
(5 Stories)

Prompted By Riding a Bicycle

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im under 10 living in Miami.  visiting younger cousins who live in central Maine.  I have never ridden a bike. despite their ages, they consistently make me take risks as hey laugh their stupid heads off!! I’m at the top of a smallish hill.  im on a bike headed down.  they hold onto the bike…
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Charlie by
50
(90 Stories)

Prompted By Pets

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Day before yesterday, legs unsteady, he led Garth on a slow walk, no leash. I wondered what had become of them, walked up to the corner and waited. There they came. Yesterday, he let us know he was ready. Our hands on him while the vet administered the dose, we cried, cried some more as…
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Some Manners I Don’t Miss by
200
(298 Stories)

Prompted By Manners

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Here are a few manners I didn’t pass on to my kids …
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John Billington in the Family Tree by
25
(25 Stories)

Prompted By Jury Duty

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This week’s prompt credits John Billington with the dubious historical honor of being the defendant in the first jury trial held in the American colonies. It didn’t end well for him
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My Dream Wizard (again) by
10
(24 Stories)

Prompted By Dreams

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4-7-20     Last night, my dream wizard had me working in a voting station. I looked up and a woman pulled her blouse back and flashed me. While that might seem like a nice dream wizard move, this one was different. The woman flashed her scar from a mastectomy. And her blank look portrayed…
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A Little Dab’ll Do Ya! by
50
(90 Stories)

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First, to set the scene: My dad and I are sitting on the couch on a Friday night (a Friday night that we don’t go to the synagogue for Shabbat services), and it’s time for the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports’ Friday Night Fights on TV. My dad, first in his family to go to college…
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