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I Can See Your Fists So Clearly Now! by
100
(141 Stories)

Prompted By The Eyes Have It

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This upset me terribly.
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Making Peace with Guns by
100
(194 Stories)

Prompted By Guns Then and Now

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He aimed and started shooting ... I found the whole practice terrifying.
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Ch-ch-ch-changes by
200
(302 Stories)

Prompted By Changed My Life

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There were two times, one in the '60s and one in the '70s, when something changed my life dramatically,
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Haste and Telegraph, 1970 by
100
(165 Stories)

Prompted By Favors

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Telegraph Avenue.  Wonderful!  Full of cheap eats, head shops, bookstores, hippies and students and life. 
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Betting against a dragon by
50
(50 Stories)

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After years of struggling with gambling, I learned the only way to win is to never play the game at all.
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A picture, a mirror, and a copper plate by
25
(25 Stories)

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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Vote. Because Mom Said So. by
5
(7 Stories)

Prompted By Politics

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The right to vote is not about politicians or policy or propositions. It is about exercising a right, embracing a responsibility. My mother has felt this way as long as I've known her. I don't think she has ever missed voting in an election.
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The Dead Book by Jane Churchon by (2 Stories)

Prompted By Working

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I like to take my time when I pronounce someone dead.
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Over the River and Through the Woods by
200
(302 Stories)

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Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday.
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Save the Bones for Henry Jones by
50
(58 Stories)

Prompted By Naming Pets

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My younger son was in nursery school at the time and his best buddy, Dugan, thought her name was “Fleabee”, to the amusement of us all.
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