*Yes, there's an app for that...although I didn't use it, don't have it, and don't intend to get it.
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Suprise Me
My Binge List*
Prompted By What Are You Bingeing?
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*Yes, there's an app for that...although I didn't use it, don't have it, and don't intend to get it.
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Three-Dimensional Chess. Players: Taiwan’s Martial Law, United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Me
Prompted By Danger
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From 1965-67, I studied Chinese in Taiwan, Republic of China. Although I was a dedicated student, I found myself more involved in human rights opposing martial law.
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The Day I Discovered Socks Were Optional
Prompted By Turning Points
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Life before my Great Sock Liberation Day, as I call it with a yawn-inducing lack of drama, was a symphony of socks: cotton, wool, nylon, ankle, crew, knee-high – they were, as the Old Testament might say ‘a plague upon my house’. Every morning for me was a ballet of fumbling and frustration, battling those…
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A Pair About Shoes
Prompted By Shoes
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Well, since this is a prompt about shoes, I figured that a pair of stories would be fitting. The first one is an excerpt from my book. The Red Shoes They were fire-engine red. Cherries in the snow red, million-dollar red; movie star pouty lips, just like on Mad Men red—an I-mean-business red. They had…
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Call Me, Maybe
Prompted By Random Acts of Kindness
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The time I almost lost my phone when it fell out of my pocket and went skittering down the storm drain.
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Somebody’s Ringin’ the Bell
Prompted By Door-to-Door Sales
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I was approached by a young woman who asked if she could come to my house to show me some amazing knives. I said yes.
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Motel Karma
Prompted By Hotels, Motels, Inns, and Hostels
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When I was fifteen and my brother 9, an event changed our motel karma from heaven to hell.
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Selling a House in a Pandemic
Prompted By My Real Estate Story
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The process of preparing our house to go on the market felt like peeling an onion – layer by layer, my life there disappeared.
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Unforgettable
Prompted By What My Father Told Me
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As my mother descended into dementia, her letters stopped, and we kept in touch through phone calls, increasingly with my father alone. By the time my mother died, he had become my confidante and mutual support system.
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Roselle’s Cactus
Prompted By The Garden
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I watered it as faithfully as I heated up boiling water for tea—in fact, I would fetch water for my teapot and fill the watering can for the cactus in a single trip
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