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The Date from Hell
SWM, fiftyish, fit, youthful, friendly,
looking for companion to enjoy biking, hiking,
talking and other simple pleasures.
The Date from Hell
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Names
My real name is Elizabeth Anne. It’s printed on my birth certificate in fancy letters. My baptismal certificate has even fancier letters. They’re gold too. But everyone in my family calls me Anne. My friends call me Anne too. Only outsiders
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The Meaning of Art
I have a running debate with my son Keith about art, and the recent Krasl Art Fair on St. Joseph’s bluffs renewed its intensity.
The debate isn’t about the meaning of art or if such forms as yard art, T-shirt
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Bruce
Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band sing to me on their HBO special, and the years fall away. I remember how I originally became acquainted with The Boss.
My son, Kevin, and his friend, Ryan, were barely old
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Seascape
Sea and sand are lovers,
each bound to the other
through endless years
of rubbing,
chafing,
pushing,
changing.
Sand containing, restraining.
Sea stressing, pressing.
Each preventing, resenting.
I do not want to
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Twenty Minutes
Estelle was absolutely positive that she was the oldest person at the party, although the bearded gentleman in the far corner of the living room could have been a close second. He was holding court within a circle of
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Closing the Dairy Dream
Mike and I were always the very last customers to order at the Dairy Dream before it closed for the winter. It wouldn’t get us into any record books, but it was a personal challenge we took seriously.
Very seriously.
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The Complete Story of a Life
Note: This story won an Honorable Mention in a recent contest sponsored by Women on Writing.
He was tall and lanky and athletic, especially athletic. But he flunked chemistry junior year, when the world should have been his for the
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