Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt
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Christmas 1951
"I could remember beautiful kimonos and dolls and lacquered chopsticks and little girl’s tea sets that had come my way from [...]
Readers’ Choice
Back to December
I get very grouchy this time of year. I hate going into any kind of store, because they are invariably playing Christmas [...]
Third Degree Burn
Last year at about this time I burned the top of my foot. It was very painful and looked pretty bad, and so I went to the [...]
Early Thanksgiving
As I was preparing for Thanksgiving last month I thought about a Thanksgiving we celebrated several seasons ago. That year [...]
Holidays Leave Me Overwhelmed and Nostalgic
I have no control over the holidaze. The only thing I can control is how I respond to it.
Birthday Co-Mingled
My grandfather was born in December in Russia. He didn’t know his actual birth date (no records were kept), so chose [...]
Stories from the Previous Prompt
Cousins
Cousin George or Cousin ???
If I did have my DNA tested I am quite sure I would not find that I was related to George Washington
The Lost Cousin of Milwaukee
Linda had inherited my aunt's role as the matriarch of the family -- the unofficial historian and part-time yenta who always [...]
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Charity Begins At Home Redux (with apologies to Betsy)
I really do a lot of non-profit work and always have. But, in many ways, I feel as if it was a non-choice given my upbringing..."
Prompted By Charity
Remembering Babyhood with Love
When I thumb through my mother’s attempt to memorialize my early childhood, it doesn’t really matter what she wrote or what [...]
Prompted By Baby Books
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