Suprise Me
Calamity Rainbow
Prompted By Superstition
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Each time, shortly after I saw a rainbow, something bad would happen. Thus began what my husband and I called "the year of calamity and death."
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Who’s Listening
Prompted By Restaurants
/ Stories
“Will someone tell that guy we’re trying to eat and that I’ll buy him a drink if he’ll shut the hell up!”
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Song For My Father
Prompted By What My Father Told Me
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A lesson was learned on Dover Street
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Let’s Give ’em Something to Talk About
Prompted By Gossip
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We didn't think too much of it; at least, I didn't think much of it until ...
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Santiago de Cuba — a special period vacation
Prompted By Vacations
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I’ve never been much of a tourist. From my days residing in the Haight-Ashbury to my thin-air existence in the Colorado Rockies, from my street musician days in North Beach to my current residence under the Hollywood sign (nope, not homeless), I’ve been an objet du tourism more frequently than I’ve been a tourist. Nothin’…
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No more gym
Prompted By PE Pleasures and Perils
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Galveston, oh Galveston
Prompted By One Song That Moves Me
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Of brothers and a war
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And That’s The Way It ……Was
Prompted By Broadcast News
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My family was one of the last in our community to get a television. Although my Dad was quite a “news wonk”, his current events information came from newspapers. and radio. Even after we got a t.v. I don’t recall our family watching the news very much. The legendary names of the broadcasting greats from…
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Waiting for the Next One
Prompted By Waiting Rooms
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There was surely some apprehension people felt while waiting for medical care, but people often chatted with the front desk or each other and in a small town, it wasn’t unusual to run into someone you knew.
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