Suprise Me

Rosewood, pewter, oak, resistance, and a friend by
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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 by
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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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Lost and Found by
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Prompted By Lost and Found

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What is TOO Old? by
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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 by
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Happily the forecast is for more and bigger wind.
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Into thin air by
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Prompted By Beach Reads

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Onward to acid and heat
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What I Learned from Tommy by
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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 by
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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 by
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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! by
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Prompted By The Crush

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That sixties summer, George loved his car and I loved George.
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