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Prompt 10: Happy Sunday Dinner – Recipe for the Future
My family on both my mother’s side and my dad’s side, were farmers. I don’t mean that my parents grew up on a farm, although…
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Protected: Prompt Nine – Point of View: Rashomon Revisited (Kind of)
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Prompt 8: Death to Adverbs: A Life With Purpose
The epitome of relaxation, she lay flat in the chair on the back deck. Head slumped down on her front paws, back legs turned slightly…
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Bill’s Birthday
We will always remember your quiet presence, your keen intellect and your wonderfully sly sense of humor. We miss you and think of you…
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Prompt 7: Give and Take, Left and Right
The Old Jogging Shoes circa 1990 “Left, right, left, right! I love that saying. Shows how important I am,” said Lefty. “Why in the…
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Prompt 6: A Character Building Experience
It was early in the morning when she came into the room. She was wearing pink scrubs, a stethoscope around her neck. She smiled and…
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Prompt 5: A Very Brief Story – The Note in the Bottle
The bottle sat in the wall for thirty years. The glass grew dusty, the words on the note faded. Gradually, the sounds on the other…
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Protected: Prompt 4: Serially Lost -My Wallet, My Life -Part 1
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prompt 3: Three Songs and Three Memories
Mozart, Bach, any classical or flamenco guitar, all make me smile; but there are three songs that have special meaning for me. When we were…
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Protected: Prompt 2 : Room With a View
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Writing 101 1st Prompt: Time in a Barrel
I’ve been thinking about investing in a rain barrel. We are currently in the fourth year of a drought and I’m concerned about irrigating my…
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Press Publish, LIVE! (Stream)
On March 28th, I attended the Press Publish conference in Portland. Actually, I viewed the conference on my computer. I must confess I had some…
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