Suprise Me
No more gym
Prompted By PE Pleasures and Perils
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‘Tis the Season?
Prompted By Hello Darkness
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It was dark, dark, dark, for days, and the bad air made walking outside impossible for nearly six weeks. And BAM, I was clobbered by SAD symptoms--in the middle of summer.
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Retail Therapy
Prompted By Temptation
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The thrill of the hunt, the lure of the new. No, I’m talking about shopping.
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Signs of election times
Prompted By Buttons, Pins, and Badges
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Trump signs are thankfully MIA, and Biden signs are relatively rare, since this preference is assumed.
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Irreplaceable
Prompted By Can't Leave Home Without It
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From 1985-2000 I was rarely without my diaper bag. There was only one time in all those years that I took a trip and forgot it.
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Into the Abyss
Prompted By Caregiving
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The Conservative
Prompted By Protests
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Joe's hat sported not only a Nixon-Agnew campaign button but, beside it, a Goldwater button from four years earlier.
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In My Life (I Love You More)
Prompted By Beatles vs Stones
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Not only do I still have all the original albums, I still have the fan magazines.
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Messed-Up Michigan
Prompted By Changing Times
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Though Michigan is thought of as an industrial state due to its automative industry, dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, it has a long agricultural history as well, with dairy farms in the middle of the state, and lots of cherry orchards around the Grand Traverse peninsula on Lake Michigan, more than…
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Black Ice
Prompted By Danger
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After two warm days, January 18, 2001 was cold and sunny, prompting everything that had previously melted to freeze again. I had a morning meeting at the Rose Art Museum in Waltham, followed by lunch with an old friend who had moved to San Diego long ago, so I dressed nicely, even wearing my mink…
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