Suprise Me

All Rise by
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Prompted By Jury Duty

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I thought being on a jury would be helpful in my career as a trial lawyer, and I also thought it would be fun!
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learning to ride a bicycle by
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Prompted By Riding a Bicycle

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im under 10 living in Miami.  visiting younger cousins who live in central Maine.  I have never ridden a bike. despite their ages, they consistently make me take risks as hey laugh their stupid heads off!! I’m at the top of a smallish hill.  im on a bike headed down.  they hold onto the bike…
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WO-HE-LO* by
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Prompted By Scouting

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My mother was our Blue Bird leader. As such, she went out of her way not to show favoritism…so much so that when we put on a little production of the Pied Piper of Hamlin, I was cast as one of the rats.
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Sisters 2025 by
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As I savor the feel Of the radiating warmth From the the flow of  Electricity that I often Take for granted   I think of the  Women of Palestine As they arise in the cold to labor each day As a rock in the river  Of genocide that sweeps away  Their children  Lovers, husbands, sons,…
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I Just Called.. by
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We had no details. Television? None in the house.  Radio?  I can’t recall.  And really, why should it be covered 24/7 in Botswana?  When you read about a disaster on the other side of the world, how many details do you hear?   Internet?  Smartphone? This was 1989. 
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Answering my own question by
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Prompted By Retirement

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Retiring to do what you want to do ... or are you already doing it by working?
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Faith yes. But in what? by
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Prompted By Faith

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Although I am sure most people relate “Faith” with their religious beliefs, I was not raised within any religion other than for a few months in grade school when I attended a Lutheran church with a neighbor.  All I remember from that experience is playing a Shepherd in the Christmas pageant so, that’s how I learned…
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 “Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah” (Bully Anthem) by
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Prompted By Bullying

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A cootie is a body louse, but it’s also a children’s term for an imaginary germ or repellent quality transmitted by another child who is perceived as different.
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The Elvis Wedding by
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Prompted By Ceremony

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We wrote our own vows, read from Sandburg, Saint-Exupéry, and Gibran, and sang songs by Jacques Brel and John Lennon.
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Song For My Father by
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A lesson was learned on Dover Street
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