Without A Word Warm muzzle Cold nose Contented purr Protective bark Joyous wag Tempted twitch Raised eyebrow Leaned into leg Animal aromas Soft fur comfort Welcoming greeting Apprehensive parting Soundless song Intertwined with mine Constant companionship Chores of service Enigmatic puzzles Bewildered apology Comic curiosity Demandless conversation Provocation of patience Eager pleasing…
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Suprise Me
Without a Word
Prompted By Pets
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Without A Word Warm muzzle Cold nose Contented purr Protective bark Joyous wag Tempted twitch Raised eyebrow Leaned into leg Animal aromas Soft fur comfort Welcoming greeting Apprehensive parting Soundless song Intertwined with mine Constant companionship Chores of service Enigmatic puzzles Bewildered apology Comic curiosity Demandless conversation Provocation of patience Eager pleasing…
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Rocky on the Second Ballot
Prompted By 1968
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Hey kids, let's put on a convention!
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Island Style by Peter Merriman
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I started cooking because I was hungry. In fact, I'm still hungry—all the time.
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The Shape Shifter
Prompted By Imitation
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Who are you? Is the you you think you know authentic? Do you examine who you are, the portrait you portray, the person we’ve all come to know and believe it’s you? Can you fly yet? Does your consciousness expand on every level? Can you slither through solid walls manipulating your molecules? Can…
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Camp Outs by the Lake
Prompted By Fire
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I used to love the evening cookouts or sleeping under the stars that we did lakeside throughout my summers as a camper at the National Music Camp (now Interlochen Arts Camp) in Interlochen, MI from 1964-1969. The girl’s side was by Lake Wabakanetta (Duck Lake) and we had a large expanse of sand with a…
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A culinary endurance story
Prompted By What We Ate
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Being from an Italian Family was well…… a culinary journey and a eating endurance contest. I grew up in a what was called as tenament in Fall River, Massachusetts. If you do not know what that is, it is simply a duplex stacked one on the other. We lived above my grandparents until I was…
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The “I Know Nothing About Taxes” Blues
Prompted By Taxes
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I went straight from being my father’s dependent to being a married lady, so I have only signed a tax return. I have never done my own. I wouldn’t know where to begin. When we were first married, our taxes were simple. We had no investments, very little savings and made very little money. As…
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This View of Life
Prompted By Science
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“If you believe in eternity, then life is irrelevant.” Gregory House
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My Game Mother
Prompted By Games People Play
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My Game Mother When I was a child my grandmother owned a small hotel in the Catskills where my family spent idyllic summers. Sadly when I was 11 she was no longer able to run it and the hotel was sold. But when I think about the hotel, it seems only yesterday we were all…
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A Eulogy for P-22, a Directionally Challenged Puma
Prompted By Directionally Challenged
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As with most mountain lions in our region, P-22 was born in the Santa Monica mountains, probably in 2010. As of 2016, the National Park Service had caught, collared, and released 12 pumas, male and female. They roam in the relatively wild areas of the Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area. There, protected by law,…
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