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A New Season by
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Prompted By The Four Seasons

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September was my birthday, it was the start of a new school year, the sticky summer was through, the air was crisp and I might even have some new clothes. Of course it was my favorite.
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Also Sprach Zarathustra by
200
(302 Stories)

Prompted By First Dates

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A blind date to a boring movie is not a recipe for success
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Hula Ow! by
25
(25 Stories)

Prompted By Fads and Trends

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Last week I looked at the hula hoop leaning lazily against my bedroom door. I looked at myself in my floor length mirror, sucked my belly in and was saddened to see that my once-slim waist was still pinchable. I decided it was time to begin a hula hoop regimen to take care of that.…
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Righteous persistence brings great rewards by
100
(165 Stories)

Prompted By Reconnecting

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Now that decision seems pre-ordained and perfect, as life never is--but it is for me.
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In Flannel Robes by
25
(28 Stories)

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(Since the age of 11, all I valued in life was love, all I cared about was   finding my soulmate, my own true love – everything else was secondary)   All my life I wanted to know myself. Place the answers inside a silver wand, then if black rain ran over me I could wave…
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Sciatica by
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(346 Stories)

Prompted By Pain

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Sciatica Altho I’ve borne a child I can’t say I’ve experienced the pain of childbirth.   Early in my labor the doctor discovered the baby was in breech position and I’d need  a Cesarean,  and so I was put out and felt no pain.  (See My Brown-Eyed Girl) And once I had a really bad…
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Fire Engine Red by (2 Stories)

Prompted By My First Car

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A 1971 Chevy Belair.   Fire Engine Red.   That was my first car.  My wife and I married at the end of junior year in college.   We moved my things from my dorm room to the married student housing using the big basket on my bicycle.  My parents told us they would buy us a car…
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Elaine Zeve by
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(359 Stories)

Prompted By Favorite Teacher

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Because of the peculiarities of the Detroit school system, I had Mrs. Zeve for 2A and 3B, but a whole school year, which was unusual for the Pasteur Elementary School. (I think of her as my second grade teacher, though that wasn’t technically true.) She was a 32 year old divorcée with a young daughter…
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Vanishing Leftovers by
25
(34 Stories)

Prompted By What We Ate

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She was also raised during the depression and hated waste, particularly food waste.
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Memories or Home Movies? by
200
(359 Stories)

Prompted By First Memory

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I often get comments about the treasure vault of old photos I provide in these stories. My father was the family record-keeper, both in still and moving pictures. When my parents divorced in 1981, my brother and I insured in the divorce decree that he got custody of those precious home movies (on real 8mm…
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