Category: The Prompt

  • Happiness

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    I searched for the key long ago, only to realize a simple truth.

  • The Fortune Teller

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    Maybe you remember the “Zoltar The Fortune Teller” booths from the 70’s that still exist in some arcades. The movie “Big” with Tom Hanks showcased a knockoff the original, with the same concept: feed the machine a coin and it tells your fortune. Of course, no one can foresee the future, unless you believe your…

  • Something Wild

    Do I ever see wild animals? Well, sure every day. In the summer, I’m awakened by songbirds outside the window, see and hear the gulls at the shore by Narragansett Bay. When I leave the house in the fall or winter before dawn, I may find deer having an early breakfast on the neighbor’s lovely…

  • Thanksgiving at Ground Zero

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    For most New Englanders, the origins of the feasting holiday become more obscure with time.