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Impressions Gained on a Trip in 2008: Travel with Airlines, or Broken Dreams and Waking Again The tickets were dirt cheap. "What a bargain!," I had thought, as I congratulated my daughter on her efforts to organize our trip. The price listed on the Internet was $259, and that was round trip from Phoenix to New York and back!... More..

Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel experiences: Road trip tales

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California: From Rags to Dryer Sheets - or Gauze Pads? We had made our way clear across the country in that nearly compact car. Inside, it was just us two, an aquarium full of fish, blocks of wood to level a trailer, a cooler full of thoroughly warmed drinks and tasteless snacks, a 50-pound bag of cheap dog food, and our fiv... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Family memories

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Article: "My Sweetie" or "Love and Lessons in the City" First written in the Nineties Earlier this afternoon, Mia and I were walking to French lessons, following a lunch at Verena's. I guess I was in a fairly good mood myself, and I must have been more open to things outside myself than I usually am. Normally, I think, in ru... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Self reflection

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One evening, as I was taking my two-year old, usually quiet and observing daughter up the sharp-inclined stairwell to bed, she surprised me by stating flatly: "It smells like a cat-litter box in here." The way she said the line was so funny; I wasn't sure, at the moment, whether she sounded more like an innocent child just m... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Growing up

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"You smell like an old goat," she said, smoking on her cigarette and rocking in her favorite chair on the porch. "I wasn't asking you how I smelled today, or in general," he said; "rather, I was searching fervently for your reaction to my new cologne." "Oh," she said. "I'm sorry." [Pause] "You smell like an old goat steeped ... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Family

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HOW BIG SHOULD THE CHRISTMAS TREE BE, EXACTLY? Well, I've always said I had some trouble judging distance and size, but this is ridiculous. I went to the Christmas Market last Wednesday (we live in Heidelberg, Germany), and bought a tree I had not yet seen. The man was very nice, especially when he found out that I wanted a ... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Technology

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Forget for Whom the Bell Tolls; it Tolls for All, and We Are All just Cogs in the Wheel Ever wonder how we ever got along without all the gadgets we have at our disposal today? How did we organize our time? How is it possible that we ever got anything done? How did we ever remember what we already had done or what we still n... More..

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