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Elita Clayman is a senior citizen who writes encouraging articles linking daily life and values to ballroom dancing and what dancing can do to enhance one's life. For 17.5 years, she was the senior page editor of Amateur Dancers magazine and now writes her

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Arts & Humanities > Dance Education Confidence's role in dance: 2 of 16
I was forty-four when I started taking ballroom dance lesson and a year or so later to compete as an amateur with my pro teacher, the professional. It was called pro-am. Before I danced in that category, I appeared at the dance studio in a fancy and specially bought cocktail dress and danced before dancers at the studio. Many... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Family stories and memories: 39 of 205
When I was growing up, I was the only one of my friends who had no grandparents. Mine were gone before my birth. In fact, I was named after my mom's mom who died a year before I came along. I yearned for a grand-mom like everyone else had.My father had two unmarried sisters who lived together in a small apartment. They adored... More..
Travel > France Are the French hospitable to American tourists?: 2 of 7
When I was in Paris in the nineteen seventies, we were warned that the French people are not friendly to Americans. We were prepared.When we went to buy perfume ( at a good price, they say) we were told to go up the stairs of this building and ask for Miss Esther and she would take care of us because she liked Americans. We s... More..
Other Investigating the incident of boredom: 11 of 24
I saw a line once in an article that used the phrase a price above rubies. You could say was that an article on jewelry purchasing or was that an article on jewelry making or perhaps how many pieces of jewelry do you own that are above ruby prices. The way I perceived it was that there are things in life that are more than t... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Family conflict: 52 of 101
Family conflict can tear a group of people apart and wreck lives. A friend of mine married into the typical bitch mother-in-law situation. Her to be mother in law decided that the wedding colors of the coming event did not suit her. The bride chose pink and white.Everyone in the wedding party would wear pink and the bride whi... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Remembering my childhood: 22 of 40
My childhood was madeup of being kind of poor. By that I mean that everyone in the neighborhood was of the same financial category. So we really did not know we were kind of poor until I got to junior high school and saw all the rich girls at age thirteen with mouton lamb coats and cashmere sweaters. I had none of those. We c... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Wisdom essential in knowing our life's purpose: 9 of 15
My dad had a great philosophy. He always thought that today was great, tomorrow will be better and the next day the best. He had earned a lot of money when he was about thirty something and he married my mom and gave her a big diamond ring and built her a single family home which was rare in the nineteen hundred and twenties.... More..
Entertainment > Entertainment (Other) Entertainment that has affected our lives: 6 of 10
My mom wasthe fourth child in her family.The fifth child Joseph was born blind. The second child lost his hearing when about four years of age due to a misdiagnosis by the doctors.These two brothers Joseph and Mike could not interact because Joseph was blind and could not see what the deaf brother Mike was signing and Mike co... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The passing of time: 101 of 161
When I was a youngster of about eight, I was very interested in reading and writing short stories. I read many books gotten from the library because we were too poor to really buy a book. At holiday time, we received books for some of our presents. I probably owned about six books at that time. I have five of them sitting on ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: The most influential people in my life: 7 of 11
Influential people in a person's life can be dozens or can be only one. When I applied at age 17.5 for a job as an assistant office manager for a printing firm the only question I was asked other than where I graduated high school and junior high school was "how do you spell the word mayonnaise.?" I spelled it correctly and b... More..