Could the one Rolling Stones concert I attended have done that much damage?
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Suprise Me
Tweet Tweet, Beep Beep
Prompted By Surprise!
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Could the one Rolling Stones concert I attended have done that much damage?
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A dream, an encounter, a magical moment (and more)
Prompted By Do You Believe in Magic?
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When Dave returned to the phone and told me the call had been from a “John Steptoe,” I thought my roommates were playing a practical joke.
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Take It To The Limit
Prompted By Banned Books
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I'm not sure I've ever encountered any banned books, but if I had, I would have made a point of reading them.
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The Day I met Bruce Springsteen
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For 40 years my life has intertwined with the music of Bruce Springsteen. On Tuesday I was priveledged to meet Bruce, and it led to a time of reflection on the past years of my life.
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The Children Always Left Behind
Prompted By Inequality
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Virtual schooling has been judged to be a failure for many children, especially those disadvantaged by ability or challenging circumstances in their home lives.
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Sunnyside Up in Panzano*
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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The Rose Garden
Prompted By The Garden
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I still have her pictures somewhere on my phone, but more importantly, I have the memory of sharing those wonderful summer days in the Rose Garden.
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That Family Tree Assignment
Prompted By Genealogy
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If I were a teacher these days, I would tread very lightly with that family tree assignment.
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The Troubadour
Prompted By Being Different
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The Troubadour I’ve written about my childhood summers at my grandmother’s small Catskill hotel. (See My Game Mother and My Heart Remembers My Grandmother’s Hotel) Here’s another memory. Once or twice every summer when I was very young, an elderly man whom we called the Troubadour came to the hotel to spend an evening entertaining the guests…
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Say Cheese
Prompted By Comfort Food
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I realized as the the words were coming out of my mouth that "real" and "Velveeta" should never be used in the same sentence.
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