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Don’t Know Much About History by
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Prompted By Regrets

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Don’t Know Much About History I’m sure most of us with birthdays inching up to four score haven’t gotten this far in life without chalking up some regrets. Did I pursue my early aspirations for an actor’s life?  I didn’t – a reget.  (See Theatre Dreams) On our honeymoon we met a lovely couple from New…
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Tech Support by
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Now, I’m starting to know how my mother felt about tech support — dazed and confused.
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In the Night When There’s Nobody There by
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Prompted By Daydreaming

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Is it daydreaming if it's dark out?
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The Pagan Ritual of Moving the Clock Hands by
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Prompted By Changing Times

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Let us set aside the mechanical act of moving the clock hands forward, and think instead on the clock's underlying  connection to the seasonal changes in our natural world...
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Sandy McTire by
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Prompted By Retail Rewards

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We were looking for somewhere to buy a boom box to play CD music for our elopement ceremony in Niagara Falls, and someone suggested Canadian Tire.  Incredulous, we had to ask why an automotive service center would have such a thing and were met with an amused look and explanation that the store carried much…
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Someone New to Camping asked for Advice by
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>If you are going car camping it’s really easy because weight is not an issue. Here’s where convenience comes into play. Canned goods are your friend. You can take cans of things that just heat and eat for a good dinner, say for instance chili or tamales. When I heat up a can of soup…
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Homer: Semper amati, semper recordati, semper in cordibus nostris by
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Prompted By Lightning

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I don’t remember if the first time Homer broke a hole in one of the lower screens and escaped was during a thunderstorm, or during some Fourth of July fireworks...
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Bored Among the Crowds by
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Prompted By Boredom

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This story is something of a confession: I have had memorable episodes of boredom when I've been around other people ...
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“Como ameneciste?” by
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Prompted By Manners

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The people of "La Po’lvora," and especially the children, will always remain in my heart and mind as exemplars of the utmost courtesy and compassion in a time of dire need. They showed us something much deeper than just “good manners.”
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Fear of the Other by
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Prompted By Fears and Phobias

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Fear of the Other I’m a white woman who for years worked in a public high school in New York’s inner city –  in fact in the infamous south Bronx of Fort Apache fame. I usually carpooled to work with fellow teachers  but at times took the subway from my upper east-side Manhattan neighborhood .  As…
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