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Oh, How I Miss Manners by
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Prompted By Manners

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The full description of the CWP program included an interesting reference to one of the takeaways from the course, something called “Trigger Finger Etiquette”. NO, NO, NO, that’s not “manners”.
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Beach Reads — Sankaty Head, Herman Melville, and the wreck of the Andrea Doria by
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Prompted By Beach Reads

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...the house felt huge, empty and swept by onshore winds that buffeted the old frame building.
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Dr. Andrews: A Trailblazer by
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Prompted By Family Medicine

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This prompt gave me the opportunity to write about my pediatrician, Dr.Elizabeth Torrey Andrews. In a weird coincidence, I googled her and discovered an obituary in the Reed College magazine, the college my younger son graduated from. Dr. Andrews was only a Reedie for one year (1923), then transferred to the University of Oregon, following…
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International hiking friends by (3 Stories)

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Communicate to encourage each other and share our experiences. 
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Voices from Maine by
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Sensory images congealing into a poem about my Grandmother's Maine
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How Computers Wrecked What Really Mattered by
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The more computer savvy I became, the less contact I had with those little humans who mattered so much to me.
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Meant For Our Eyes Only by
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(22 Stories)

Prompted By New Beginnings

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I stood there in the heavy underbrush with tears in my eyes and a broken heart....
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The Camper-Waitress Goes to the Fair by
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(346 Stories)

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The Camper-Waitress Goes to the Fair The summer my friend Stephanie and I were too old to be a campers but not old enough to be counselors,   we worked as camper-waitresses at a children’s camp in the Connecticut foothills.   Stephanie and I went on to become life-long friends,  but a friendship cut too…
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We Love Movies by
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We see lots of movies throughout the year; this year we even attended three film festivals, though many of those films tend to be foreign and never find distribution. We eagerly await this time of year when the “prestige” movies roll out. When I saw the Golden Globe nominees, I was reminded of some good…
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Bad Temper by
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Prompted By Short Fuse

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Frustration has been my strongest trigger, especially from interaction with systems I dislike.
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