Category: prompts
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What summer memories are made of
Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. The last thing I got excited about happened last night. I went to a Detroit Tigers baseball game and saw the best nine innings of baseball that I’ve seen all year – in person or on TV. Kid 2 went…
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My top 10 (fifteen) favorite movies
This is a entry I originally posted way back in 2014. It still holds up today. Fight Club – the great existentialist story of our time. A real man’s-man’s movie. This movie and book’s influence on me is evident by clicking here. Star Wars – my first true movie-love. Star…
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So I can breathe
A classmate of mine from my college days once said to “I write so I can breathe”. I always liked that sentiment: the idea that writing is like a reflex that is essential to life.
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Happiness is…
When I was in college, I had an educational psychology professor who would often say “feelings are“…
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How do you plan your goals?
when I do make plans and if the plans fall apart, I feel sense of chaos come over me.
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A toolbox, cash and a baby bag.
I have to admit that I was avoiding this topic; which is really ironic, considering that I earned my “emergency preparedness“ merit badge as a Boy Scout.
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Misogyny, bullying and woke
As an English teacher, words are what I do. So this kind of thing really grinds my gears…
Rebuilding Rob 