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Swimming (5 Stories)

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Human swimmers have appeared in Stone Age paintings dating back 7,000 years. In ancient Greece and Rome, swimming was considered a martial art and was required of all young boys.

Do you love to swim?  If so, did you learn as a child or as an adult?  Do you prefer swimming in lakes, oceans, or swimming pools?

Do you now or have you ever feared the water?  Did you ever survive a near-drowning experience, or witnessed one?

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Snow Day (7 Stories)

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Ever have one of those well-planned days that got buried in a snow storm so big that everything else was cancelled?

Perhaps it gave you a free fun day off from school or work? Or a bad day of stress, maybe during a long road trip when your car said, “That’s it, I’m done!”

Or at the Bemidji, Minnesota airport when you should have landed in Chicago?  Either way, did the day play out for better or worse?

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Stress (4 Stories)

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Some people thrive on stress,  others find it exhausting and retreat into helplessness.  Most of us are probably somewhere in between.

Life has always had its stressors,  but since the advent of extreme national divisiveness,  Covid, and wars that keep popping up,  the world seems out to give us all a nervous breakdown.

What have been some of your most stressful times or stress-provoking events?  And what have been your coping strategies?

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Training Pets (7 Stories)

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A new kitten or puppy in the family can be a delight, but as every animal-lover knows, pets have to be trained.

Do you have pets? Did you train them? Or did they train you?

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Comedy (10 Stories)

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Comedy,  it seems,  has always been with us.  Human comedy probably began with paleolithic misfits, shamans, and fools who were useless in the hunt but beloved for their ability to inspire laughter.

Who are your favorite comedians past and present, male and female? Do they make fun of themselves?  Of others?

Comedy is difficult.  Have you ever evoked laughter - either on purpose or unintentionally?

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