“You don’t look Chinese!”
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Suprise Me
A Fleeting Mentor
Prompted By Teachers & Mentors
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Lemon Eyes
Prompted By Lemons to Lemonade
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Covid 19 is the worst imaginable lemon, with no sign that it will ever be gone. The glass of lemonade is Zoom.
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An Unforgettable Ride
Prompted By Life Before Computers
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Is it really the ride boards that I miss most from the era that preceded our high-tech world? Is it the different channels that existed for making human connections? Is it the seemingly greater opportunities for adventure, even for risk-taking?
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Rosewood, pewter, oak, resistance, and a friend
Prompted By The Things I Keep
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I don’t keep much. Yes, stuff clutters my life but not from way back. Family things went into diaspora after my father died. My mother wisely refused to become the widow Degelman in our little New England town. She sold the house and left for New York University to begin a new life. My personal…
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Like a circle in a spiral …
Prompted By Time
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Does time just really stop, or is our definition of time just really wrong?
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The Old Fisherman
Prompted By What I Own That's Older Than I Am
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I liked the old fisherman from the beginning. He sits comfortably on a body-contoured stump, exuding patience and serenity, lightly holding his fishing pole. His jug is alongside (maybe for fish storage, maybe for refreshment). He wears leather strapped sandals, a broad sun hat, and a flowing green and blue robe. His white beard and hair suggest the wisdom of age. He is contemplative, certainly in no hurry. He may be surprised that his serenity has been interrupted by the arrival of the fish.
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Learning “Comic Relief”
Prompted By Comic Relief
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To the extent that “comic relief” need not cause one to snot in laughter, need not require a banana peel to go ass over teakettle on...
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Recycle as a Way of Life
Prompted By Recycling
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I am lucky to live in Newton, which is a very progressive city of about 200,000 people. They have good schools and services. They began a curbside recycling program of newsprint in 1971, just a year after the first Earth Day, followed in 1975 by adding glass and cans to their bi-monthly curbside pick-ups. That…
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Year Number Three Retroflash
Prompted By Pandemic, Year Three
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My whole world lies waiting
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