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Not With a Feud, But a Whimper by
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Prompted By Family Feud

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My family has had a few feuds, but they were long ago and I only heard of them as rumors and legends when I was very young.  One involved a marriage deemed unsuitable for ethnic reasons, resulting in disowning of a daughter and lifelong estrangement of grandkids from grandparents. This prompted my Dad to say,…
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If You Want Me, I’ll Be in the Lab* by
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I'd like to say that it was a summer out of a Ray Bradbury tale...
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Well Meant Advice by
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Prompted By Changed My Life

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Like any kid, I banged back and forth among various “what do I want to be when I grow up?” fantasies.
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The Political vs the Personal by
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Prompted By Assassination

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I remember her funeral
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Schmucks, Then and Now by
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Prompted By First Time Voting

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My home town was home to a large, and now defunct, youth organization.
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Comments on “Priciest Purchase” Prompt by
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Prompted By Priciest Purchase

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STILL cannot post comments on other people's stories, so...
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Rider on the Storm by
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Prompted By Planes and Trains

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I was not at all nervous; my fear of flying, like so many of them, developed later.
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Comments On This Prompt by
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Prompted By Favorite Teacher

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I STILL cannot post comments on other people’s stories, so…. Comments on “Favorite Teacher” prompt. Educator of the Year – Remembering Milton by Dana Susan Lehrman A very evocative tale for me…my grade school had a Milton of its own, although he was the shop teacher, not custodial staff. Mr. Crawley never got full peer-to-peer…
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Les Beaux Pharmaciennes by
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Prompted By Customer Service

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Behind the counter were two very attractive, serious looking women in crisp white lab coats...
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Thunderbolt by
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Prompted By Priciest Purchase

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I, in the throes of the Dunning-Kruger Effect*, decided that it was obviously the bike that was blocking my path to Über-ridership.
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