Suprise Me
Bad Moon
Prompted By Cold War Coping
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A Good Name is All I Have
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
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
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
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
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
Prompted By Quick Take: New Movies
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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
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
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!
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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