These teen-girl publications lacked content for nerdy girls like me, though.
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Suprise Me
From Fashion to Feminism
Prompted By Magazines
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These teen-girl publications lacked content for nerdy girls like me, though.
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Black Ice
Prompted By Weather
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The wheel felt woozy in my hands and the truck began to float.
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Pill Proliferation
Prompted By Pills
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How did I get to the point where I needed to make a spreadsheet to keep everything straight?
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Inauguration Memories
Prompted By Inaugurations
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I was a child of 8 on January 20, 1961. We came home from our Detroit elementary school for lunch each day. I knew the Kennedy Inauguration was special. The couple had magnetism and charisma to spare and I was caught up in the magic of the moment. I wolfed down my tuna sandwich leaning…
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Time is a river…
Prompted By That Was Then, This Is Now
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. . . a violent current of events, glimpsed once and already gone past. — Marcus Aurelius
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El Año de los Muertos
Prompted By Lessons
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Some say death can be your ally. Yeah, maybe… If you’re an Inuit shaman or a Yoruba priestess. Some days I can dig it. Mostly I doubt that death teaches us anything. Today marks the year-one anniversary of ZL’s death. I first met Z when she ran into a theater rehearsal and shouted “they’re gonna…
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Year Number Three Retroflash
Prompted By Pandemic, Year Three
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My whole world lies waiting
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Coming to America
Prompted By Refugees
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What is the difference between an immigrant and a refugee? I pondered this question while writing my story.
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Give Me the Low Tech Life!
Prompted By Life Before Computers
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Give Me the Low Tech Life What was life like before computers? Well for one thing we had to look stuff up ourselves. And in those days to change the channel or turn off the TV you actually had to get off the couch, annoying as that sounds. But at least back then you…
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