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In the year 2525…or maybe it was 1979

Dig through your couch cushions, your purse, or the floor of your car and look at the year printed on the first coin you find. What were you doing that year? Daily Prompt: Buffalo Nickel. I have a...

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The Loves of My Life

I LOVE many things.  Chocolate.  The beach.  The feel of the summer sun on my shoulders.  Four-inch high-heeled shoes.  But of all the things I love now, and have loved in the past (any idea whatever...

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On the Next episode of Mythbusters…Happily Ever After.

Daily Prompt: Happily Ever After. Once Upon a Dream… “And they lived happily ever after.” Think about this line for a few minutes. Are you living happily ever after? If not, what will it take for you...

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Screaming, and Stomping, and Slamming! Oh, my!

Ah.  Motherhood. Or with the inflection I am really thinking, AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!  MOTHERHOOD!!!!!!!!! Life in a house full of ADHD (present company included) and Asperger’s is always,...

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It’s Date Night!

… with myself. The Three Little Monkeys are at their dad’s tonight.  It was already past dinner time and I had absolutely no idea what to have.  Not much in the fridge.  Besides, that would mean I...

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Ugh. Already?

Daily Prompt: First Light. Remember when you wrote down the first thought you had this morning? Great. Now write a post about it. My morning began as every school day begins – with my doing mental math...

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What was I about to say?

I am rarely at a loss for words.  My mother has always said that I started talking at 9 months and I haven’t stopped since.  I always have something to say.  Sometimes it even makes sense. Except for...

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Daily Prompt: Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Daily Prompt: Places. Beach, mountain, forest, or somewhere else entirely?   The breathtaking majesty of the Rocky Mountains.  Rising as if trying to reach heaven. The urban decay of The French Quarter...

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Daily Prompt: Oh, the Places I WON’T Go… (The Serious Version)

Daily Prompt: No, Thanks. Is there a place in the world you never want to visit? Where, and why not? As I stated in yesterday’s post, “Oh the Places You’ll Go,” I can find beauty in just about any...

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Daily Prompt: Oh, the Places I WON’T Go!” (The not-so-serious version)

Daily Prompt: No, Thanks. Is there a place in the world you never want to visit? Where, and why not? As I stated in yesterday’s post, “Oh the Places You’ll Go,” I can find beauty in just about any...

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The Storyteller

Listerine, Ben-Gay, Rolaids, sweat, and musty clothes, jumbled up into a delicious fragrance of love.  I breathe deeply as I sit curled up in my grandfather’s lap.  I believe I am his favorite, and I...

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A Date Burned Into My Memory

I can remember every detail.  Every experience.  Every word. March 5, 1990. The day my beloved grandfather died. He was the only grandfather I had known.  Both of my mother’s parents had died before I...

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Try to See it My Way…

Daily Prompt: Perspective. Write about the last disagreement you had with a friend or family member — from their perspective. “Mom.  You just have to accept that I am their mother and while I...

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SO....I LOVE YOU

Reblogged from hastywords: So....I love you I say it a lot Too much Like you might forget In one ear out the... Anyway....I love you I'm crazy, you're crazy Both in different ways I hear a bunch how...

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All Grown Up – or am I?

Daily Prompt: All Grown Up. When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? Ugh.  Being a grown-up can really suck!  I wish , wish, wish someone could make the decisions for me.  For...

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Things Left Unsaid

The words were there Banging around in her head Wanting to get out But she thought the time wasn’t right And she didn’t know if it ever would be again   The words were there Rolling around in her mouth...

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The Present

Here I stand Half in the past The other in the future Trying to live in the present But the present is fleeting Just a moment – then it is gone Becoming the past Effecting the present that is now....

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In Just Seven Days (and six nights) I can make you….

Daily Prompt: Seven Days. You wake up tomorrow morning to find all your plans have been cancelled for the next seven days and $10,000 on your dresser. Tell us about your week. I am a simple woman with...

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Life is Just a Fantasy. Can You Live This Fantasy Life?

Daily Prompt: Fantasy. The Tooth Fairy (or Easter Bunny, or Santa Claus . . .) : a fun and harmless fiction, or a pointless justification for lying to children? Through out history, humans have created...

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The Present, Part Deux

When your past Is still your present How do you see the future?   When your past Is still your present How do you enjoy what is yet to come?   When your past Is still your present How do you let it all...

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