Suprise Me
Thunder and Lightning
Prompted By Lightning
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British Summer Time
Prompted By Changing Times
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British Summer Time I confess I’m rather chauvinistic about New York. The city’s been my home pretty much all my life and I love the hustle and bustle, the theater, the 24/7 vibe, the people-watching, and I don’t even mind the noise and the traffic. Don’t get me wrong, I love to travel and…
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The San Francisco Mime Troupe Gorilla Marching Band performs in the San Francisco Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
Prompted By Good Trouble
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...they didn’t request tapes or photos.
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My Write Brain
Prompted By Brain Games
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I was 68 when my “write brain” took over. I have written over 800 stories and a book since I retired. While I don’t do brain games, my brain is far from idle. In fact, it may be a bit too busy.
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Days at the MFA
Prompted By Art and Art Museums
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Before David had to devote his Tuesday and Thursday afternoons to Hebrew School, the Boston MFA offered a free art program for elementary school children several afternoons a week, open to all comers. We tried to go on Tuesdays as often as we could. It was funded by a foundation grant and was truly a…
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Untitled
Prompted By Meditation
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Kevin and Khati covered all my salient thoughts about meditation. I meditated formally at the Shambala Tibetan Buddhist Sangha in Lexington, KY, and with yoga instructors over the years. I once visited the Furnace Mountain Zen Center in Clay City, KY. The Center is gorgeous and located on a thousand acres of stunning foothills at…
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Cancelled!
Prompted By Separating the Art from the Artist
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Cancel culture is the new form of pillorying. But instead of showing up in the town square, we in essence cancel our relationship with the alleged perpetrator — for our purposes here, the artist — ostracizing them as a way of extracting penance. Careers have been ruined by a tell-all documentary, fairly or not…because doesn’t…
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O Say Can You See?
Prompted By Fireworks
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[T]he slack mainsheet clipped the corner of my eyeglasses . . . neatly somersaulting them off my face. And into the lake.
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Library Cookies
Prompted By Writer's Choice
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Library Cookies Catching myself with my hand in the cookie jar the other day I found myself smiling at a sweet memory. I’ve written about my years as a high school librarian, my colleague Ann, and our boss Dorothy. (See Dolly and Me at the DMV). In the back of that school library was our large,…
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Childless with no regrets
Prompted By Parenthood
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