But for me [the moon landing] came with an equal dose of profound sadness.
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Suprise Me
Vichnaya Pamyat*
Prompted By Moon Landing
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But for me [the moon landing] came with an equal dose of profound sadness.
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A Fleeting Mentor
Prompted By Teachers & Mentors
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“It’s Going To Be Alright”
Prompted By Mother’s Day
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When I see photographs of you, my breath catches in my throat, my eyes sting with the salt of tears. I touch your face with open lips hoping the kiss travels the distance to where you are. You arrived on earth in splendor. Your epoch beauty blown across time – the white…
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A Sucker for Cinderella
Prompted By Favorite Fairy Tale
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When I saw the original classic Disney cartoon (1950) of Cinderella as a child, I totally bought into her song of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes."
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Sanity Clause
Prompted By Rewatchable Movies
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... so I picked up a tape of Night at the Opera and a large block of dark chocolate, and we all had a fun time that New Year's Eve.
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The Mall Is Dead – Long Live The Mall
Prompted By Shopping: Then and Now
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From Department Store Detours to Deliveries at My Door Hey there, comedy connoisseurs! Here I am here, fresh off a bargain hunt that left me with more questions than discounts. We all know the struggle is real when that cashier asks, “Paper or plastic?” But let me tell you, folks, things weren’t always this “eco-friendly…
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The End of the Innocence
Prompted By Assassination
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On this particular November Friday, we were sitting in home ec class learning how to make salad dressing.
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Periodo Especial
Prompted By Theater
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Doing original theater is very different from dredging up the old chestnuts. Sometimes there’s nothing you can do but laugh.
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The Woman in the Hat
Prompted By Hats
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I’ve worn a lot of hats in my life. As an entrepreneur, I’ve been chief cook and bottle washer in probably a dozen small businesses from baking cheesecakes to designing greeting cards to writing books and everything entailed in getting them to market. But real hats? Maybe a handful, if that. I just don’t have…
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Holy Land, Smoly Land
Prompted By Vacation or Staycation from Hell
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By 1972 I was half-way through Brandeis and had not seen my brother in two years. He was studying to become a rabbi at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, but was spending two years in Israel, one as part of the regular curriculum, the second at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, digging more deeply into…
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