Suprise Me

In My Life (I Love You More) by
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(26 Stories)

Prompted By Beatles vs Stones

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Not only do I still have all the original albums, I still have the fan magazines.
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Dancing with Copland by
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Prompted By Drugs and Alcohol

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Someone said “We need some music,” so I got up, stumbled dizzily to the nearby grand piano, and began to play the Copland.
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The Sweeter the Wine by
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Prompted By Acquired Tastes

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The Sweeter the Wine Wine was not exactly an acquired taste of mine,  but rather a delayed one.   For years I was a teetotaler – not by choice mind you,   but on doctor’s orders.   I suffered from migraine headaches since I was a young girl,   and I had been told wine…
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“It was a cold and lonely night,..” or Absurdist Reality by
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Prompted By Parenthood

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  Part I   The Prelude We were living in Scotland for almost a year when I discovered that I was pregnant.  Robert, had been moved to Edinborough by his company to  run one factory in Scotland.  We were excited.  I don’t think either of us had spent time in Europe and we both liked to…
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I Remember It Well – Sometimes by
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Prompted By Forgetting

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Here’s something else I do remember. In the movie GiGi, which I loved when I was when I was a pre-teen, Maurice Chevalier sang to Hermione Gingold, I Remember it Well.
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways by
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(26 Stories)

Prompted By What We Read

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My gateway drugs to cosmology were Fritjof Capra’s The Tao of Physics and Gary Zukav’s The Dancing Wu Li Masters.
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Haircut in Istanbul by
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Prompted By Haircuts

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Sally called me Cyd Charisse, but the hairdo was the only resemblance.
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A La Famiglia! by
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(141 Stories)

Prompted By Mealtime

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One meal, though, stands out because I took pictures.
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My Un-favorite Things by
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(165 Stories)

Prompted By Pet Peeves

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With apologies to Julie Andrews.
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Handyman by
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(34 Stories)

Prompted By Home Repair

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James Taylor described himself metaphorically as a handyman.  I’m the real thing.
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