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Never before or since have I been freaked out ... and utterly captivated at the same time.
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Suddenly I sensed more freedom and realized that my dad had let go of the bike.
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The incident that led me to ditch the skirt occurred in the mid-1980s as I was driving the Honda Accord home ...
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... it is the only thing I have that belonged to grandma Rose.
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To me, Marian always seemed like a name for old ladies .... My surname, Hirsch, has a convoluted history.
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I write because I have to. I write because I can’t not. I write because I want to.
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I was incredibly nervous, never having taught anything, let alone ESL, before.
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The copy kept referencing a "head shop." Of course, they didn't know what that meant in the 1960s in the US.
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"You don't have to eat the liver."
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Starting in 2020, birthdays have been correlated with horrible incidents for no apparent reason.
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Penn and Teller after “Death”
Prompted By Do You Believe in Magic?
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A Novel Sense of Balance
Prompted By Riding a Bicycle
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Flat/White/Heels
Prompted By Car Trouble
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Worth its Salt
Prompted By What I Own That's Older Than I Am
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Growing into a Name, Grateful for Safety
Prompted By What's in a Name
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Eleven Lines in Six Words
Prompted By Why We Write
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Found in Conversation
Prompted By Lost in Translation
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The Localizer
Prompted By Lost in Translation
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From Liver to Life
Prompted By What My Father Told Me
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May-hem birthdays
Prompted By Special Birthdays
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