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My Day in the ER by
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Prompted By The ER

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My Day in the ER Recently I spend practically a whole day in the ER. I had a Zoom book club meeting the day before and was eating a tuna fish sandwich as I sat at my computer talking with my book club friends. I made the tuna salad myself and in fact my husband…
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And Things That Go Bump in the Night by
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And Things That Go Bump in the Night It’s been one week since we started our unplanned Covid 19 quarantine/staycation and I’m still reeling with the disbelief and the worry.  And each day brings news of people we know or of well-known personalities who’ve been affected. Yesterday we learned of the coronavirus-related death at 81…
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An Unforgettable Ride by
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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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A Father Lost by
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Prompted By Caregiving

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I kiss my father's smiling face.  Such a brilliant mind trapped by dementia
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Back to the Garden by
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(90 Stories)

Prompted By The Garden

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The minute I saw the prompt, I heard Joni Mitchel singing...
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PE for Girls Over Three Generations by
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(298 Stories)

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I wish my PE perils had been more pleasurable and that I had learned activities I could have done all of my life.
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A Letter from the TRANSITIONAL RETIREMENT ZONE by
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(77 Stories)

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As I prepared to clear out my office, the authorities began to inform me and the rest of my cohort that a dread disease was raging across the land, and that we were especially prone to catch it. Few of us believed it, but as you know, one plays along.
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Walking on Eggshells by
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(141 Stories)

Prompted By Short Fuse

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Cousin Brucie never seemed angry at anyone.
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Bone of Contention by
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Prompted By Mealtime

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Bone of Contention  My mother never made much of a fuss over mealtimes,   nor did she take much pride in her own cooking – although I never remember a meal at her table that wasn’t delicious.  (See My Game Mother,   Still Life) She was a high school art teacher,   and came home every afternoon,…
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Everyone’s A Critic by
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