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Bad Moon by
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Prompted By Cold War Coping

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I'd run, trying frantically to find a place to hide, while it implacably followed me, laughing.
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A Good Name is All I Have by
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(359 Stories)

Prompted By Honesty

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I cringe when I hear jokes putting down used car sales people. My father began with a used car lot, built it into a Chrysler Dealership. When that ended, sold Buicks for a time, then became the first Director of the Endowment Fund for The Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation, starting in 1970. He was known…
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Take Care of Your Sister by
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Prompted By Birth Order

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Take Care of Your Sister I was my parents’ first child and had only one sibling,  my sister Laurie. My folks had always wanted a second child but after I was born my mother had trouble conceiving again.   Of course at the time I was too young to be told or to understand such things,…
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No Turkey Dinner This Year by
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(298 Stories)

Prompted By Pandemic Holidays

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The winter of my discontent has arrived and I’m feeling exhausted and so sad. There is no turkey to carve.
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Shopping For Eternal Love by
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Prompted By Shopping Local

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"Bartender, drinks on the house for the entire castle!"
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Some Of My Travels by
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Prompted By Travels

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  Retrospect: Some Of My Travels By Kevin J. W. Driscoll (c) 2024 I‘ve been around the block more times than a city bus, mostly due to my stint as a computer trainer, a job that seemed to require me to be everywhere but home. The US, of course, was my stomping ground, a vast…
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The Irishman by
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The Irishman I must offer this quick take on The Irishman  and a plug for it’s re-recording sound mixer, my cousin Tom Fleischman! I’m proud to say Tom has won many awards including a 2012 Oscar for his work on the film Hugo, and has worked with Martin Scorsese  on many other films and loves the guy.…
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Lean On Me by
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Prompted By Caregiving

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I wish now that I had spent more time being a caregiver for my mother in the last years of her life.
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The Boomer Intervention by
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Prompted By Writer's Choice

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  Retrospect: The Boomer Intervention By Kevin J. W. Driscoll (c) 2025 Preface: In the quaint town of Nostalgia Falls, where rotary phones still mysteriously worked and ‘kids these days’ were a constant source of bewilderment, a rebellion was brewing. Three fed-up offspring, fueled by caffeine and a desperate need for peace and quiet, hatched…
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I got shot! by
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Prompted By Vaccination

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I got shot! Greeting du jour –  “Got your shots?” RetroFlash  / 6 Words – Dana Susan Lehrman
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