What sounds will the next generation simulate? The silence of eyes staring at screens?
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Suprise Me
The Sounds of Silence – RetroFlash
Prompted By Life Before Computers
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What sounds will the next generation simulate? The silence of eyes staring at screens?
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The Chaney Clocks
Prompted By My First Paycheck
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Was the song meant to instill a false sense of pride in his students, or a fever dream of a school where he’d really like to teach?
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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 Good Books
Prompted By The Things I Keep
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It was a fraternity party. (Shhh.)
Prompted By How We Met
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"It's a dance. Well, it's a hoedown."
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A picture, a mirror, and a copper plate
Prompted By Anniversaries
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A picture, a mirror, and a copper plate attest to my grandparents’ anniversary. They were married 101 years ago June 2. I know this because I have a picture of my grandmother in her wedding dress. There’s a mirror behind her, now hanging in our bedroom, although a bit worse for wear. The copper plate,…
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Experiential Prizes
Prompted By Auctions and Raffles
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... my name was called, the first and last time I won this organization's raffle. The people at the table were delighted I won ...
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A Broken Hallelujah
Prompted By Women's Lib
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Decades of slow progress towards gender and racial equality seem to screech to a halt, leaving ugly orange skid marks on the potholed highway to equality.
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“Round up the usual suspects.”
Prompted By Rewatchable Movies
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A Favor for the Coach
Prompted By Favors
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The Jane Addams HS boys basketball team with Coach Jon Ostrow (Ozzie) in the blue shirt. A Favor for the Coach I’ve shared many memories of my years working at Jane Addams HS. (See Magazines for the Principal , The Diary of a Young Girl, Going Back to Work , Mr October and The Parking Lot…
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