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Submitted to Contest #133
 Ruth Emory's attic was proof that when things were out of sight they were also out of mind. She had been de-cluttering up there for almost a week. She had made it through a mountain of boxes filled with old dishes, discarded pots and pans, clothes and half finished knitting projects gone awry. Now that the great wall of boxes had been reduced there were only a few pieces of furniture left. There were 2 rockers, Jim's roll-top desk, a bright yellow kitchen step stool (circa 1950) and an ancient floor lamp that was mostly brass and weigh...
Submitted to Contest #132
Are you there God? It’s me…the Invisible Old Lady on Every Street. We have to talk about this aging thing. On the invisibility scale I am almost a winner. The first thing I noticed when I crossed over the old age threshold was a distinct shift in my universe. I can’t tell you exactly when this happened but what I can tell you is that things have been weird and off kilter ever since.All through my years of youth and adulthood I was quite visible. Sometimes this was for the seventy inch length of me and sometimes for the two hundred plus pound...
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