Suprise Me
Rosewood, pewter, oak, resistance, and a friend
Prompted By The Things I Keep
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I don’t keep much. Yes, stuff clutters my life but not from way back. Family things went into diaspora after my father died. My mother wisely refused to become the widow Degelman in our little New England town. She sold the house and left for New York University to begin a new life. My personal…
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Canceling Michael and Woody
Prompted By Separating the Art from the Artist
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Michael Jackson’s actions were so unforgivable that I cringe when I hear his music. But now that he’s gone, is it okay to dance? I’m not sure.
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What is TOO Old?
Prompted By Ageism
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Trump, Warren, Biden and Sanders are all in their 70s. Bernie just had a heart attack but “feels fine”. My father did too after his first one, until the big one came that killed him at age 76. Jimmy Carter, still swinging a hammer for Habitat for Humanity while battling cancer, aged 95, says they…
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My Nest Twigs Are Blowing In The Wind
Prompted By Feathering Our Nests
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Happily the forecast is for more and bigger wind.
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What I Learned from Tommy
Prompted By Parenthood
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They say until the age of forty we have the face God gave us and after forty we have the face we made ourselves.
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Be it resolved retroflash
Prompted By Resolutions
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I'm not really someone who makes new year's resolutions, but this year Sally announced she plans to learn to play the old accordion she bought on a whim years ago.
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The Starlite Theatre Marquee
Prompted By Drive-Ins
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My job, among others, was changing the names of the movies.
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Crushed it!
Prompted By The Crush
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That sixties summer, George loved his car and I loved George.
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