Suprise Me

Rescue Me by
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Prompted By Pets

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Perhaps many who engage in dog rescue affirmatively choose to do so. Others, like my ex-wife Laura and me, just stumble into it.
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Time and the Taxi Man by
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Prompted By Time

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Time and the Taxi Man Many years ago on the last day of our Jamaican honeymoon the hotelkeeper called a taxi to take us from Ocho Rios to Montego Bay for our flight home. When the driver picked us up he worried aloud that we hadn’t left enough time for the 100 kilometer trip,  and…
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Mama Said There’ll Be Days Like This by
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When I bemoaned some terrible day I had had, she probably did say "there'll be days like this". . . but you'll get through them.
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All Rise by
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Prompted By Jury Duty

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I thought being on a jury would be helpful in my career as a trial lawyer, and I also thought it would be fun!
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I never made it to Sugar Mountain by
50
(77 Stories)

Prompted By Retirement

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As we stood there, very excited to have busted in without tickets, Neil Young was joking about “Sugar Mountain,” a song that he told us had too many verses.
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That Brief Post 9/11 Feeling is Long Gone by
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Prompted By Disunited States

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Our country’s response of togetherness and patriotism in the immediate aftermath of the terrorists bring down the Twin Towers with airplanes was the last time I remembered feeling a sense of unity in our country.
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Princess Diana style by
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(34 Stories)

Prompted By What We Wore

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She lived her life in the public eye. And oh, did she look good doing it.
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Dorm Rules by
50
(88 Stories)

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No drugs. No alcohol, even if we were over 21. (We weren't.) No female visitors after 11 on weekdays or midnight on weekends.
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A Lifetime of Hair by
25
(25 Stories)

Prompted By Hair

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When she started to see gray hairs appear as she sat at stoplights and looked in the rear view mirror, she saw the future and started pulling the stray grays out.
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Digger Bread by
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Prompted By What We Ate

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Baking Digger bread had only one stipulation — you had to give it away for free.
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