Neither rain, snow, sleet, nor gloom of night was going to deter us from our planned movie date.
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Suprise Me
Tornado Warning
Prompted By Dating
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Neither rain, snow, sleet, nor gloom of night was going to deter us from our planned movie date.
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I asked myself …
Prompted By Libraries
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Superior Accommodations
Prompted By Hotels, Motels, Inns, and Hostels
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In Copper Harbor, we always stay at the King Copper motel.
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Starting a Marriage in a Garden Apartment
Prompted By My First Apartment
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My first real apartment, not counting the college one with mean notes posted on the refrigerator to clean the bathroom and the dial removed from one roommate’s television so no one else could watch it, was the basement unit (AKA Garden Apartment) my new husband and I inhabited right after our wedding in August of…
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Que Lastima
Prompted By Poetry
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“Que lastima,” says a delicate-featured little girl. What a pity.
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Oh, The Places I’ll Go!
Prompted By One Year of the Pandemic
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Last year, the year of lockdown and confinement, I was finally able to achieve a longtime goal: to walk the entire Camino de Santiago–a journey of about 480 miles. And then I decided to climb Mt. Fuji, a short hop of only 46 miles. I am currently traversing the Southern Island of New Zealand, on…
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Second Hand Rose
Prompted By Yard Sales
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“What in the world will we do with all this stuff?” Soon after our mother passed away, my sister and I were faced with the daunting task that so many of our generation are dealing with these days: sorting through a lifetime’s accumulation of clothes, jewelry, tchotchkes, and mementos. Drawer after drawer revealed scarves, purses,…
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If the name fits, wear it
Prompted By Naming Pets
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A litter of kittens frolicking in the California sun, named by my teenaged aunt Susan: Peanuts, Schroeder, Linus and Charley Brown. Left behind when his family moved, we inherited the tawny pai dog. Feral and battle-scarred, a forever stray who one day vanished. Bishkar. Gray and white cat, clawing, meowing, rubbing, always knowing how to…
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Retirement Travel
Prompted By Retirement
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...when we planned a trip to Southeast Asia after our double retirement from teaching, I took along “The Lonely Planet”, a guidebook for budget travelers and backpackers....wanting to relive our youthful adventures
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My Nest Twigs Are Blowing In The Wind
Prompted By Feathering Our Nests
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Happily the forecast is for more and bigger wind.
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