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The Sister Lottery by (3 Stories)

Prompted By Siblings

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  The Sister Lottery Just this morning I learned that one of my good friends has an older sister. They’re extremely different, apparently, but mostly their value systems appear to be miles apart. “I just don’t like her and I have no respect for her,” my friend concluded. I couldn’t help but reflect on the…
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Flipping Out by (2 Stories)

Prompted By Hair

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Growing up in the Beach Boys days, my idea of the perfect girl hair was a shoulder-length flip.  It might be teased on top, it might have bangs, or a bow, but it had that cute little flip up on the ends that really said, “Beach Girl”.  (A beach girl who obviously never went in…
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Favors: The Currency of Saints and Hypocrites by
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Prompted By Favors

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Aristotle? Bible? “Ideal man”? Mit-what-zah? Sounds like a fancy way of saying “make your own bed” to me. But apparently, doing stuff for other people is supposed to be some grand declaration of inner beauty. Let’s be honest, though, favors are a minefield. A social tightrope where good intentions trip over awkward silences and unspoken…
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Lifelong swimmer – good and bad by
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Prompted By Swimming

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I learned to swim in Long Island Sound by New London, CT, probably when I was four or so. I like swimming in pools and the ocean. Don’t especially like lakes and their usually slimy bottoms. Concrete and sand are OK on the feet, for some reason. I started snorkeling as an adult and love…
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Let Us Get Beyond Prejudice by
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Prompted By Prejudice

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In the shadowy underbelly of society, where the sun’s rays fail to penetrate and the air hums with a palpable tension, lurks the insidious specter of racial prejudice. This pernicious force, cloaked in the guise of ignorance and fear, has long cast its dark shadow over the human race, weaving a tapestry of injustice and…
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Larger and larger tribes by
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Prompted By Faith

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...it is also comforting to believe that consciousness does not end with physical death.
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Retail Therapy by
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Prompted By Temptation

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The thrill of the hunt, the lure of the new. No, I’m talking about shopping.
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Swimming Through Treacle by
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Hi, fellow ‘spectors, I’m working my way through the backlog after a 4-5 week down time (long story…and I am not sure what it was about). The only thing I have apropos to this prompt is: https://www.myretrospect.com/stories/veni-vidi-ego-erravi-male/
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Saying Shema on the Rosary by
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Prompted By The Great Beyond

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My maternal grandparents met, married and had their first two children in Bialystock, (Imperial) Russia (after the first world war, part of Poland) at the turn of the 20th century. They survived the pogroms (race riots promulgated against Jews) in 1906, hidden by Christian neighbors and fled to the United States with their babies in…
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The I Hate to Cook Book by
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Prompted By What We Ate

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My mother was not much of a cook. She made dinner every night for 30 years (except for the occasional restaurant meal), and then, when my father retired and the kids were all grown up and gone, she never cooked again. She certainly never imbued any of her three daughters with a love of cooking,…
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