Tag: recollections
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The forgotten ones
“Oh two.” “No,” Don said, “when will you see the board, James?” “Oh two.” “Let me try again, James. How long until you’ll first have a chance to appear for a hearing before the parole board?” Don persisted. “Twenty-oh-two.” James looked down as he mumbled his answer. Don and I looked at each other, stunned.…
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Turning nine
I read recently about a woman who was arrested and charged with child endangerment for allowing her ten-year-old son to walk alone less than a mile into town. It was a reminder… I’m not sure why, but becoming nine years old was a big, big thing for me— kind of a rite of passage. It…
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Eastlake Terrace
Prompt 1: Practice setting the scene…Describe in detail your favorite room in your home or apartment. What pieces of it are special? Which pieces in the space could involve action? If you were to set a scene here in a play, movie, or novel…What might happen based on the room’s exciting features? What might be…
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Customer service
Assignment: An “expert” blog that teaches something In the days when computers were new, and I was a few decades younger, people wrote letters – to family, friends, and companies. I was chronically deficient in the first two but financially fortunate in the latter. I was a pen for hire. Here’s how it worked. Let’s…
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A powerful speaker
Prompt 2: Write about a time you witnessed community solidarity or were inspired by or completed/attempted an act of kindness. The Rev. Edward Harris was a two-year interim minister sent by the denominational office in Boston to the Unitarian Church of Evanston, where I was a member in the early nineties. Ed was a wonderful…