I used to love the evening cookouts or sleeping under the stars that we did lakeside throughout my summers as a camper at the National Music Camp (now Interlochen Arts Camp) in Interlochen, MI from 1964-1969. The girl’s side was by Lake Wabakanetta (Duck Lake) and we had a large expanse of sand with a…
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Suprise Me
Camp Outs by the Lake
Prompted By Fire
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I used to love the evening cookouts or sleeping under the stars that we did lakeside throughout my summers as a camper at the National Music Camp (now Interlochen Arts Camp) in Interlochen, MI from 1964-1969. The girl’s side was by Lake Wabakanetta (Duck Lake) and we had a large expanse of sand with a…
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A Prince of a Book
Prompted By Books That Inspired Me
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A self-prescribed book helped complete my recovery from self-anger, along with the help of a very good psychotherapist.
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The Boomer Intervention
Prompted By Writer's Choice
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Retrospect: The Boomer Intervention By Kevin J. W. Driscoll (c) 2025 Preface: In the quaint town of Nostalgia Falls, where rotary phones still mysteriously worked and ‘kids these days’ were a constant source of bewilderment, a rebellion was brewing. Three fed-up offspring, fueled by caffeine and a desperate need for peace and quiet, hatched…
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Scents and non-scents
Prompted By Fragrant Flashbacks
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He was wearing Brut, perhaps in retrospect not the most subtle of scents. But I'll never forget the scent of Brut, forever associated with the amazing excitement of that first kiss.
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Becoming a Modern Elder
Prompted By Ageism
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At first I did worry about what to wear (torn, skinny jeans look great on a 30-year-old but on me, not so much), and whether I knew enough about my smart phone.
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Liver & Onions
Prompted By What We Ate
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My father appreciated every meal my mother prepared for him as if it were the best meal he'd ever eaten.
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I Had Hair Once, But I Used It Up
Prompted By Haircuts
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"Regular haircut?" "Yup." Made his day.
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We all live in a yellow submarine, er… yellow bus
Prompted By Moving Day
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… their route started from Boston to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun
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Numbers
Prompted By Those We Miss
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My sister checks in with the woman behind the counter, signing her name and mentioning what she’s there for. It hardly seems necessary to mention this. Everyone who enters this room, unless they are a support person like me, is here for one reason: they have cancer.
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Missing Out on Aruba
Prompted By Timing is Everything
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Spring break on Aruba? Oh yeah! There was only one problem.
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