Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt
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Catskill Weekend
J was my husband’s college roommate and the two have been very close since then. In fact J and his wife K are among [...]
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A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
This is a story about a time that I tried to forgive and did such a bad job of it that I ruined the friendship entirely.
The Four Things I Told My Mother in Hospice
The last person to know me from moment one was reaching the end. What did she want to hear from me? What did I want to say to her?
Letters to my Mother
From an interview with Jane Fonda in the New York Times Magazine:
“If you want to age successfully, you have to look back [...]
A Two-Way Path
Her implication was clear. She was upset with me. While I was abashed and said I was sorry, our relationship was considerably [...]
The Forgiven
I’ve had my fair share of opportunities to forgive if not forget. (If I do forget, which happens, it’s because I’m forgetful, [...]
Can Friendship and Forgiveness Coexist?
Can you forgive a friend? My answer is a resounding “yes.” In fact, it goes beyond something you can do to something you must do.
Forgiveness
For better and worse, I have the mind of a joke teller. Indeed, I was told a few years by a prominent Russian-American [...]
Weddings Are Complicated
My brother was married in the chapel of Hebrew Union College on his 35th birthday. It was not a big, elaborate ceremony, but [...]
Stories from the Previous Prompt
Pandemic Summer
2020 in 3 acts
1 Somehow I landed pet sitting/housesitting gig On my river Sweetest of elder dogs A [...]
Long Long Time
It has been nineteen weeks since we first started trying to "flatten the curve." How are we doing? Results are mixed.
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How beautiful it was…
Not much to say on cursive, although I had perfect cursive writing scores in third and fourth grade. I liked how beautiful it [...]
Prompted By Cursive — Curse or Blessing?
Longhand
But I don’t want cursive to die. Because from one hand to the next, it’s such a distinctive expression of who each of us is.
Prompted By Cursive — Curse or Blessing?
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