Why the small beige box was in my mother's dresser I'll never know. The items pictured belonged to my father's father ...
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Why the small beige box was in my mother's dresser I'll never know. The items pictured belonged to my father's father ...
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It didn't help that mom and grandma didn't write anything down. "You'll know when it's done ... just add a shake of that ..." was their response to my questions.
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Each time, shortly after I saw a rainbow, something bad would happen. Thus began what my husband and I called "the year of calamity and death."
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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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Once the shutdown happened, a friend phoned me asking when I thought we'd be released from it. "June," I replied without hesitation. I so wanted to be wrong, but the data guided me.
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The schtick was to make the parents guilty that their children were falling behind in school and things would get dire if they didn't get the encyclopedia.
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I've always dreamed in color. Colors that I've never seen in nature appear in my dreams.
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I have no memory of what we spoke about but cannot forget the image of this wonderful woman, now frail and with hands gnarled and arthritic, and her family's fortitude and selflessness.
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I looked into the back yard and saw my enormous oak tree whirling like a cocktail's swizzle stick, and then with a huge crack and boom, the tree split into three parts, from top to bottom.
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Henrietta was an awkward name for a tiny child ... so the family called her Yettie.
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A War Experience Recovered
Prompted By Memorabilia
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Why the small beige box was in my mother's dresser I'll never know. The items pictured belonged to my father's father ...
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Creative cooking with what we have
Prompted By Recipes
/ Stories
It didn't help that mom and grandma didn't write anything down. "You'll know when it's done ... just add a shake of that ..." was their response to my questions.
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Calamity Rainbow
Prompted By Superstition
/ Stories
Each time, shortly after I saw a rainbow, something bad would happen. Thus began what my husband and I called "the year of calamity and death."
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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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Some Random Pandemic Thoughts
Prompted By Pandemic - Pandemonium or Panacea?
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Once the shutdown happened, a friend phoned me asking when I thought we'd be released from it. "June," I replied without hesitation. I so wanted to be wrong, but the data guided me.
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Someone’s at the Door
Prompted By Door-to-Door Sales
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The schtick was to make the parents guilty that their children were falling behind in school and things would get dire if they didn't get the encyclopedia.
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Dreaming of Oz in Technicolor
Prompted By Dreams
/ Stories
I've always dreamed in color. Colors that I've never seen in nature appear in my dreams.
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A Seder Celebrating Sacrifice and Safety
Prompted By Spring Celebrations
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I have no memory of what we spoke about but cannot forget the image of this wonderful woman, now frail and with hands gnarled and arthritic, and her family's fortitude and selflessness.
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Saved from the Tree by the Cat
Prompted By Close Calls
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I looked into the back yard and saw my enormous oak tree whirling like a cocktail's swizzle stick, and then with a huge crack and boom, the tree split into three parts, from top to bottom.
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Loud and Abominable
Prompted By Nicknames
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Henrietta was an awkward name for a tiny child ... so the family called her Yettie.
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