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Woolly Bully by
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Prompted By Bullying

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What is bullying? I struggle with the term. Maybe it’s one of those “I know it when I see it” type of things. Stopbullying.gov, an official government website (it says so!), defines bullying as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. . . . Bullying includes actions…
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An Unforgettable Ride by
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Is it really the ride boards that I miss most from the era that preceded our high-tech world? Is it the different channels that existed for making human connections?  Is it the seemingly greater opportunities for adventure, even for risk-taking?
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Revelations by
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Prompted By Fame

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Revelations  Fame well deserved came to a young African American choreographer one night in 1960 when he premiered a new work at the 92nd St Y.  The choreographer was 29 year-old Alvin Ailey,  and the piece was Revelations. Inspired by what Ailey called blood memories of his rural Texas childhood,  and by Negro spirituals,  gospel,…
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Aunt Jocie by
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Prompted By Aunts & Uncles

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She and my mother were distinctly different personalities, but I always thought of her as a second mother.
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My Dorothy Hamill Hair by
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Prompted By Hair

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Dorothy Hamill had the best hair in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Maybe of all time. It was shiny, it was silky, it fanned out during her “Hamill-Camel” signature move, it bounced back into place, all pert and sassy. Confident. Strong. And, though it was not yet a common word, that hair was just flat-out…
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A Golden Friend with the Perfect GPA by
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Prompted By Graduation

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Written in response to No Valediction
I remember the fact that I wasn't chosen to give a speech at my own graduation through the lens of my mother's indignation.
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Walt at MDS by
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Prompted By Interviews

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I worked for ASI for 3 1/2 years, selling video training and associated products to the tech industry. I was a top sales person, but being a professional woman in sales in 1981 was still a novelty. I had no background in software or business. A headhunter introduced me to the team at Management Decision…
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Freezer Money by
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Prompted By Best Advice: Money

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Two hundred dollars in - excuse the expression - cold, hard cash.
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Princess Summerfall Winterspring by
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Prompted By The Four Seasons

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Princess Summerfall Winterspring (Not exactly a “four seasons” story,  but I plead poetic license!) I’m sure generations younger than mine find it hard to believe many of us had no TV in our early years.  In fact my family was the last on our Bronx block to get one.  And so every weeknight at 5:30…
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BUT THERE ARE NO WORDS by
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Got one of those Weber grills.  Very excited to immediately use but of course I need the instructions.  But the instructions have no words–just a bunch of pictures with numbers and arrows.  I cannot translate those arrows and numbers into actual assembly.  But, fortunately, I am the parent of two young women one of whom…
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