Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 23, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 23, 2004 

Teeth

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 23, 2004 – There is nothing more engaging than a terrific smile, and the most important component of a lovely smile are the teeth. Some people are born with great teeth. My sister-in-law, Dorothy is a prime example. She has perfect pearly whites, and I may be wrong, but I don’t think she’s ever had a cavity.

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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 22, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 22, 2004 

 Rocking Chairs

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 22, 2004 – Whenever I think of rocking chairs, I imagine Lily Tomlin from her Laugh-In days, sitting on the giant rocking chair and pretending to be a Edith Ann as she talked to the camera. It was a very funny sketch and a stationary chair just wouldn’t have had the same effect.

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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 21, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 21, 2004

Dollar Stores

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 21, 2004 – I like nothing better than a half hour to kill in a good dollar store. There have been discount stores for as long as I can remember. They existed long before Wal Mart invaded the world and set up shop in every available mall. Towers and Zellers have enjoyed a share of the consumers’ dollars for a long time, and while they’re not as up-market as the higher end department stores, their wares are varied and interesting.

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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 20, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 20, 2004

Connecting The Dots

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 20, 2004 – When I was a kid, my parents didn’t have a lot of discretionary income, so expensive and elaborate toys weren’t part of our lives. I had a couple of dolls – Stephanie my ballerina and Penelope a chubby doll with a cloth body and china arms, legs and head. I think I must have inherited her from someone else, because she also happened to be bald.

DOTS 2

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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 19, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 19, 2004

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – July 19, 2004 – I was clearing some stuff out of an old pine box in my den today, when I came across a book of writings and saying that I’d put together in 1993 and 1994. My life at the time was a tad chaotic. I was still confused and angry over the demise of a really “bad” relationship. I should have been dancing a jig, but instead I chose a long, hard recovery.

memory

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