Vaccines arrive. Like Brylcreem: a little jab'll do ya.
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Suprise Me
Revolution 1 (Flu Bee Doo Wah)
Prompted By One Year of the Pandemic
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Vaccines arrive. Like Brylcreem: a little jab'll do ya.
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Newton Community Chorus
Prompted By Community
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I first wrote this story for the prompt “Finding Your Tribe” on March 14, 2020, just before the start of the pandemic, and added an addendum as Massachusetts shut down the next week, then came back last year. Our conductor, Rick Travers, starts every season (I joined this chorus 20 years ago) by saying the…
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Grampa’s Hands
Prompted By Grandparents & Grandchildren
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Joe Defeats Google, Both Win
Prompted By Games People Play
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The engineers ultimately understood that the game kept Joe going, giving him energy and focus.
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Roger and Me
Prompted By Disunited States
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Understanding and respect can go a long way toward developing a bridge to peace.
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A Rude Awakening
Prompted By Finding Your Tribe
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Every Easter Sunday my mother dressed me, a Jewish child, in my best finery, fancy bonnet and all. My older brother was discouraged from going to the local basketball court in his sweats and sneakers. The unspoken message we were being taught was one of my mother’s cardinal rules of conduct called a “shanda…
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Some Manners I Don’t Miss
Prompted By Manners
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Here are a few manners I didn’t pass on to my kids …
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When Frightening Dreams Come True
Prompted By Dreams
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My worst dreams have become a reality as we struggle through these endless days of #stayathome.
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Mama Said There’ll Be Days Like This
Prompted By What My Mother Told Me
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When I bemoaned some terrible day I had had, she probably did say "there'll be days like this". . . but you'll get through them.
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