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Making Peace with Guns by
100
(194 Stories)

Prompted By Guns Then and Now

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He aimed and started shooting ... I found the whole practice terrifying.
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Don’t Obey in Advance by
100
(165 Stories)

Prompted By Banned Books

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I felt uncomfortable packing the book and uncomfortable leaving it behind.
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Minyan – for Uncle Sol by
200
(346 Stories)

Prompted By Finding Your Tribe

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Minyan – for Uncle Sol I don’t think of myself as an especially spiritual person, but after the death of my husband’s uncle Sol,  I had a religious experience. Sol,  who died just short of his 96th birthday,  was a surrogate father of sorts to my husband,  and grandfather to our son,  and a much…
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How Computers Wrecked What Really Mattered by
200
(298 Stories)

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The more computer savvy I became, the less contact I had with those little humans who mattered so much to me.
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Double Jeopardy by
200
(298 Stories)

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My parents loved most of the game and quiz shows that were popular when I was growing up.
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Doctors Hospital and the Very Sharp Cheese Plane by
200
(346 Stories)

Prompted By The ER

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Doctors Hospital and the Very Sharp Cheese Plane Until it closed in 2004 and the building was razed to make way for a new luxury high rise,  Doctors Hospital stood on East End Avenue two blocks from our apartment. Opened in 1929 as a small, private hospital,  originally for maternity cases,  it was soon favored…
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Sunnyside Up in Panzano* by
50
(90 Stories)

Prompted By Nudity

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This must be the way things are done here, I thought. No turning back now. So I focused on the ceiling fan as it spun in a lazy circle, thinking about how I would describe this feeling to my friends.
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Confessions of a Sci-Fi Nerd by
50
(88 Stories)

Prompted By Lost in Space

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This guy Heinlein could really tell a story.
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The Mowing of Summer Lawns by
50
(90 Stories)

Prompted By My Hometown

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At dinner time, dads cup their hands around their mouths and call their kids home.
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A Sad Farewell by
25
(25 Stories)

Prompted By Final Farewell

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I’ll never forget that look in her eyes as she lay on the vet’s cold metal examining table. It was hard to look back. I felt like she was asking me, “Can I trust you? Am I going to be okay?” And I knew I was betraying that trust. She was going to die. I…
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