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Give Me a “D” by
10
(22 Stories)

Prompted By In the Band

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Sometimes the prize you seek is not the prize at all.
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Passover, Faith, and the Price of Assimilation by
25
(30 Stories)

Prompted By Faith

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"Although my father was Jewish, our family never celebrated Passover or Chanukah, never had a menorah in the house, never attended a Seder. As a child I never felt deprived of the things my non-observant father never taught me about being Jewish. But I do now."
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I HeART You by
50
(90 Stories)

Prompted By Valentine's Day

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I loved making Valentine cards then, and I love it even more now.
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A Christmas Letter from an Old Friend by
200
(244 Stories)

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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Good Night and Good Luck Retroflash by
50
(96 Stories)

Prompted By First Memory

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I didn’t learn who McCarthy was until much later. And I know now why news is so important.
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I Should Be Working in My Shop Instead by
25
(34 Stories)

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By halfway through the episodes, I found myself recalling a lot of the vocabulary from my French A class back in 1967-68.
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Breakdown by
200
(302 Stories)

Prompted By Car Trouble

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My father had just traded in his early ’50s Cadillac for a brand new 1960 Chrysler Imperial, like the beauty in the featured image.
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A Four Hour Interview Leads to a Twenty-seven Year Career by
25
(25 Stories)

Prompted By Interviews

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How a 4 hour interview lead to a 27 year career
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Tread lightly on tippy toes as a tipster tips you for your service by
10
(14 Stories)

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Tread lightly on Tippy toes as a tipster tips you for your service
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Anxiety at the DMV by
100
(194 Stories)

Prompted By The Eyes Have It

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As I drove home, I noticed all the lights blurred with huge halos, and, although I knew where I was, I couldn't read the freeway signs ...
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