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Manifestation of Thought by (1 Story)

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  29 November 2015 – What I have learned so far;      This adventure started with my purchase of a Success magazine with Tim Ferris on the cover. Since I had read the 4 Hour Work Week, I was familiar with Tim Ferris and loved his attitude for life. I discovered a CD included…
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The Jersey Shore by
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Prompted By The Beach

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As a city kid in Philadelphia there was nothing like going "down the shore."
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Acquired Tastes: A Conspiracy by the Bland & Nasty Tasting Food Lobby by
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Prompted By Acquired Tastes

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    Right, acquired tastes, my ar*e. You know what they’re really saying, don’t you? “This stuff is grim, but we can’t afford to throw it away.” So here’s three stories about how you, a literal child, was just too simple to appreciate. Olives. Tiny, wrinkled balls of sadness swimming in brine. Apparently, these were…
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A Christmas Letter from an Old Friend by
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Prompted By Holiday Letters

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What is it about a friendship that stays with you forever, even when your communication is reduced to an annual letter and a few emails and phone calls?
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Genius Dog by
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Prompted By Training Pets

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I posted this story in response to the prompt, “Lightning.” But it’s really a story about the most brilliant pet ever. Homer: Semper amati, semper recordati, semper in cordibus nostris
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My Comments on the Stories on This Prompt by
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Commenting the only way I know how....
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At Our Peril by
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Prompted By Earth Day

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Climate change is real, pervasive, and all but overwhelms me when I think about it. Every day there is some new, shocking story about devastating storms in the south, floods in the midwest, tornadoes, hurricanes, melting of the polar ice cap, warming of the ocean, bleaching of the coral reefs. The list of  disasters caused…
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Lean On Me by
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Prompted By Caregiving

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I wish now that I had spent more time being a caregiver for my mother in the last years of her life.
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My Day in the ER by
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Prompted By The ER

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My Day in the ER Recently I spend practically a whole day in the ER. I had a Zoom book club meeting the day before and was eating a tuna fish sandwich as I sat at my computer talking with my book club friends. I made the tuna salad myself and in fact my husband…
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Ahh…Cartoons by
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Prompted By Cartoons

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When I think of cartoons, I think of "The Wizard of OZ", which scared my older brother so badly
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