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Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat by
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Prompted By Hats

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We would go to Bloomingdale's and Saks and try on all the hats in the hat department until the sales people threw us out.
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“Pleasant Valley” by
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Prompted By Travels

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A sobering episode in the Age of Aquarius, on my first trip out west
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Island Style by Peter Merriman by
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I started cooking because I was hungry. In fact, I'm still hungry—all the time.
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School, Swamps, and Salvation by
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Prompted By Middle School

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Sometimes you start out in one direction, only to take a lifelong detour. And that can be a great thing.
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Walking a Mile in Her Walker by
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Prompted By Aging

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“You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” — American saying, author unknown Part of aging is the physical breakdown of our bodies. I have tried to slow down the inevitable by working with a physical therapist weekly to strengthen my aching back and core (such as it is). Ironically, it…
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Grandma and the Mean Girl Dolls by
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Prompted By Bullying

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I hoped my granddaughter and her peers would embrace the importance of sisterhood before the Mean Girl games of middle school took over.
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More I Cannot Wish You by
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Prompted By Being Different

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I came to college incredibly naive about all things sexual and gender-related. As a theater major, I was certainly surrounded by gays; I was totally unaware. Perhaps they were too, as many were still closeted in the early 1970s. My junior year, I won the role of Sarah Brown in “Guys and Dolls”. The show…
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Earth Day 2019: The Notre Dame Fire by
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Prompted By Earth Day

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This Earth Day, let’s keep in mind that our actions today can improve our health and well-being tomorrow, provide a brighter future for the next generation, and have beneficial consequences many generations from now that could never be foreseen today.
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Saying Kaddish by
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Prompted By Faith

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The words roll off my tongue despite years of disuse, their rhythm like music, like chant; like Ginsberg, like Dylan.
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Better Call Cathy . . . by
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Prompted By Final Farewell

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"As soon as your brother passes," Cathy said, "you call me up, and I’ll take good care of him." I’d noticed that the hospice people also talked in a matter-of-fact way about his death. “When he passes, you’ll have to do x and y,” they’d say, as if he were going on a two-week vacation. It was strangely comforting, as if this were the natural next step and not something to be dreaded.
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