Suprise Me

For Mr. Hollander, Ms. Vit, and Linda by
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Prompted By Favorite Teacher

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A favorite teacher lives forever in our hearts.
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Reluctant Remodeler by
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Prompted By Home Repair

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The house being located in Palo Alto, one of the pickiest cities in California, the restoration process was far from relaxed.
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Terror comes to the Berkshires: a “true-crime” laundry story by
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Prompted By Laundry

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Berkshire County can feel like a very sleepy backwater when we have to wait for hours while a bomb squad with a robotic device drives to our rescue along the Mass Pike, all the way from Boston.
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Los Angeles on Fire by
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Prompted By Group Photos

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Photos of families, couples, and mobs, shuttered or pixilated images preserve decades of life, love, and memory, chaos captured, order performed. Random or planned, group photos reflect group purpose. We gathered to chronicle the choking, smoke-filled days and siren-screaming nights of ’92, to project a cinematic family photo, to replicate violence against a lone black…
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The David by
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Prompted By Art’s Impact

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Though not an art history major, I’ve loved looking at and learning about art since I was a small child. I tend to be very sensitive to all forms of external stimuli, which makes me open and vulnerable to various forms of creative arts and I enjoy most. For example, I have always loved the…
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Dedicated Art Lover by
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Since a young child, visiting art museums has always brought me to a place of peace and beauty. I, myself, can’t make art, but I have appreciated it my entire life. My mother, aunt and cousin often took me to the Detroit Institute of Art. It has an encyclopedic collection, supported by the vast riches…
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What Did You Learn in School Today? by
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Prompted By A Year in the Life

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In September 1958 I had just turned seven, and I was in Mrs. Smith's second-grade class
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My Out of Body Experience. by
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Prompted By Aging

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One of my favorite walking activities involves shutting my eyes for as long as I can.  I choose sidewalks with grass on both sides, or smooth trails that are straight with no stones or potholes.  The experience of temporary blindness allows me to enter the environment with no focus, no distractions except for the wind…
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Be careful what you ask for… by (3 Stories)

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My grandmother was quite a woman. A gardener, a fantastic cook, a healer, and for this granddaughter – the best grandmother ever. I felt she died too young for my development into womanhood in our family. I was 16, she was in her 70’s. I missed her immensely and to this day when I garden I…
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This Land Is Your Land by
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Prompted By Inaugurations

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I had been desperately awaiting this day for more than two months, but the insurrection two weeks earlier had me terrified.
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