My relationship with my father was complicated.
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My relationship with my father was complicated.
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My mother was the one who taught me that girls CAN do that.
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While family stories often contain a grain of truth, they are rarely entirely accurate.
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This is the only place I have ever lived where any decent snowstorm causes people to panic and abandon their cars all over the streets.
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You never know when you will need a computer repair genius.
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There are a few privileges of getting old. Maybe gray hair is one of them.
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Past inaugurations have also brought dramatic changes in approaches to governing.
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My first computer was a Morrow Micro Decision, the best desktop on the market in the early 1980s.
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She and my mother were distinctly different personalities, but I always thought of her as a second mother.
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It's delicious, no matter what you call it.
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She was a popular librarian because she never believed her job was, in her words, protecting the books from the children.
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The best story I ever heard came from a friend.
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The current impeachment discussion takes me back to 1972 and Richard Nixon.
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I lost my prom photos years ago, but I still have the shoes.
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She practiced Christianity as a religion of love, tolerance, and generosity. She never turned down someone who needed help and she was the most open-minded person I’ve ever known.
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Difficult Lessons
Prompted By What My Father Told Me
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My relationship with my father was complicated.
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Girls Can Do That
Prompted By What My Mother Told Me
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My mother was the one who taught me that girls CAN do that.
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Family Stories
Prompted By Refugees
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While family stories often contain a grain of truth, they are rarely entirely accurate.
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Driving in snow
Prompted By Snowy Days
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This is the only place I have ever lived where any decent snowstorm causes people to panic and abandon their cars all over the streets.
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The Computer Repair Genius
Prompted By Technology Tribulations
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You never know when you will need a computer repair genius.
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Brown [Haired] Girl
Prompted By Haircuts
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There are a few privileges of getting old. Maybe gray hair is one of them.
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The Other Changing of the Guard
Prompted By Inaugurations
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Past inaugurations have also brought dramatic changes in approaches to governing.
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My First Computer
Prompted By Life Before Computers
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My first computer was a Morrow Micro Decision, the best desktop on the market in the early 1980s.
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Aunt Jocie
Prompted By Aunts & Uncles
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She and my mother were distinctly different personalities, but I always thought of her as a second mother.
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Chocolate Angel Pie
Prompted By Recipes
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It's delicious, no matter what you call it.
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My Mother, the Librarian
Prompted By Libraries
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She was a popular librarian because she never believed her job was, in her words, protecting the books from the children.
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Scamming the Scammer
Prompted By Hacks and Scams
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The best story I ever heard came from a friend.
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Impeachment Then and Now
Prompted By Watergate
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The current impeachment discussion takes me back to 1972 and Richard Nixon.
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Three Proms, One Dress
Prompted By Prom
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I lost my prom photos years ago, but I still have the shoes.
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My Mother’s Faith
Prompted By Faith
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She practiced Christianity as a religion of love, tolerance, and generosity. She never turned down someone who needed help and she was the most open-minded person I’ve ever known.
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