I was approached by a young woman who asked if she could come to my house to show me some amazing knives. I said yes.
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Suprise Me
Somebody’s Ringin’ the Bell
Prompted By Door-to-Door Sales
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I was approached by a young woman who asked if she could come to my house to show me some amazing knives. I said yes.
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Fixing A Hole
Prompted By Home Repair
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Someone had to fix the holes the plumbers made, not to stop our minds from wandering, but to make the house look normal again.
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Memories
Prompted By The Things I Keep
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I keep memories. The photo is me in 1972 wearing a cherished dress brought from Russia by my maternal grandmother in 1906. It was part of her trousseau, four years earlier. My mother and I were the only women in the family small enough to fit into it. When it became too fragile to wear,…
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WO-HE-LO*
Prompted By Scouting
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My mother was our Blue Bird leader. As such, she went out of her way not to show favoritism…so much so that when we put on a little production of the Pied Piper of Hamlin, I was cast as one of the rats.
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Help!
Prompted By What We Listened To
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The Beatles provide a (somewhat) useful language lesson.
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Harvardiana
Prompted By Volunteering
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My experiences volunteering for Harvard. Word count: 1636. Coincidence? I think not!
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Pollution
Prompted By Earth Day
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In 1965, Tom Lehrer recorded the song “Pollution,” purporting to give advice to a foreign traveler visiting the US. If you visit American city You will find it very pretty Just two things which you must beware Don’t drink the water and don’t breathe the air. At the time it seemed funny, since usually it…
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Schmucks, Then and Now
Prompted By First Time Voting
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Baffled By Technology
Prompted By Technology Tribulations
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I might have been a top software sales rep in my former life, but I never understood how to code or the underlying workings of the software. EVER! I could always call on a smart professional from my division for help going from the general to the specifics of how my company could help the…
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Retrospect – I Survived The 1970s
Prompted By Writer's Choice
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Retrospect – I Survived The 1970s By Kevin J. W. Driscoll (c) 2025 Part 1: October 1970 The other day, I swear, I could still smell the tear gas clinging to my denim jacket. It’s like a stubborn ex-girlfriend, that stuff – refuses to let go. And, of course, the ever-present aroma of…
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