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Julie Ainger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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A place or a space.

A table.A seat at the table.I get it.Do you get it?Did you get it.What are you willing to do, or to give up, to get it.Who and what will you destroy in your process?A brilliant kid with a brilliant mind once asked me to save the little table. I looked around as if to say, where, what little table? You know the one that keeps the pizza box “open” that sits in the middle of the freshly cooked, delicious, usually celebratory pizza.I was dumb founded.Questions literally raced through my mind. I already knew this person’s heart, their curious nat...

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Aging gracefully

There is a good argument for wearing a uniform. As a fashion statement, uniforms project a sense of uniformity, discipline and strength both in individuality and in numbers. There is no good argument for wearing a mask. Clothes don’t make the man. Sure. But. Masks are considered a fashionable piece of clothing nowadays, I guess. Are they age appropriate though. Does it promote a person to age well? Become trendy or fashionable? Are masks-needed and Necessary. Positive contributions to the Art of Aging—highly debatable.Chances are high, a goo...

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OMG, I am dating myself AND late to the party….

It’s not what you think.About. Me. Myself, and I.This may surprise you.Global fashion events occurred and were attended well before many of you reading this piece of journalistic excellence were even born. A glimmer in your Mother and Father’s eyes.Perhaps, and if it serves you well, a little more about myself. I am a bonafide server. To and of our fellow men. Please consider my fashionista tithes, talents, and advice as more than just a new, or used, or hand me downs soliloquy. Consider it a history lesson, a life lesson. I am more than hap...

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The Pathological Path of Manipulation, Alteration, Adaptation, and “Equity”

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?Which is worse: An egg hard to crack OR an egg easy to crack?Hard shell? A tough nut to crack?I know what I think.To honor the concept of equality, equity and just so we are all clear:Patholological is involving, caused by, or of the nature of a physical or mental disease. Compulsive, Obsessive Pathology is a field of study of the CAUSES aAnd EFFECTS of disease or injury. The word Pathology also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medica...

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Skin in the Game= Changing the Narrative=Nature v. Nurture=The Way You Are

MEMOTO: The Grown Ups.FROM: The Kids. The Real Kids.DATE: Rapidly becoming too lateRE: Hard WorkHere are our wants. Hear are our needs: FREE TO BE, ME, ME, ME!PLEASE LISTEN UP!!With device permission, We heard a song, we would like to share with the Grown Ups. A “borrow” of “lines” that would crucially benefit the Grown Ups to hear:Hopefully tic toc will listen too. Can you work hard on the facts that connecting our inner light is a part of our natural light? Can YOU connect to that one point Grown Ups???We youngins’ don’t hold out much hope...

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Game called. The Copycat goes down Swinging.

Game. Set. Match.Game Over.Extra Innings.Lovely ball.Overtime.Double Overtime.End in tie.Disqualification.Qualification.Change your thinking.Change your mind.Change your body.Muscle up.Liquor up.Steroid up.For Goodness sake: Base up you blockheads and play like a man. Take it like a man.If you are a man. If you are not a man, play like a woman. Take it like a woman.Egads. The differences are not out of control. The people who think incessantly about the differences are out of control.Base up you blockheads.Grantland Rice wrote a poem about t...

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FAPE, FREEDOM and FERPA

Jorge searched the list, The Best Seller List: He knew what he wanted needed and was necessary. Lessons,prudent, common sense advice for a full life, a life well lived. Jorge yearned for a A Book Recommendation that was:The Textbook of all Textbooks. Inclusive, Environmentally “Friendly”, something he could sink his teeth into, feel the pages as he turned, touch the words as they were consumed. Carry with him in his heart and mind daily. A collection of earnest wisdom that, contrary to its many cynics and critics, has the tenacity to continu...

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THE FACE RACE.

Is this a joke?Because it is not funny. Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Never is. Funny. Neither is using another’s identity as a means to an end. A means to your ends.Perhaps, from your viewpoint, this “is what it is”. But. Really. It is not what it is.Here. It is:The Land of the Free.Home of the Brave.Bravery. Are you aware of the definition? If not, please for the sake of the rest of us, consult a dictionary. And. For.God’s Sake. Wait your turn. But if, and only if, you actuallyBelieve in the God whose name you invoke. Who you say you are “...

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To be Understood and to Understand

There is a BIG difference between Obvious and Oblivious.“Doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”Actually. Yes. It does.“Playing the Game”.Protecting the integrity of the game is the name of the game.And at times, Life will seem like a game. Strategies, Motivational speeches and talks, meetings, are a game in and of itself.Know the rules, so you know how to break them? Maybe.Best rule of thumb is to get it best the first time.Even though it may not seem like it right now, some rules are NEVER made to be broken. They ex...

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Tears or Fears?

Nice try.Not buying it.Never been much of a shopper.More of a “know it when I see it”, kinda thing.The future is never written in stone.Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.Is that what you meant by “character”?………The character in the prompt, assigned to write about today? I wasn’t sure.Challenge accepted.Sewing or sowing has nothing to do with it. Without proper nourishment, proper nuture, nothing grows, much less is able to be measured with a yard stick on a door. Thread...

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Too much of a good thing.

When to say when.Certain “things” put into the wrong hands, is bad. For everyone. Eventually. One way or another. In the long run. In the short run.One man’s leisurely stroll in the sun, is another man’s daily trek to find shade from the burning rays of no shelter. No umbrella. No cover. No coverage. Perhaps it was already given to another for reasons that were destined to become too late and not “enough”..for the rest. Trekking into the sunset with the pittance on their own after trekking daily to get from here to there in the endless sun-f...

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The Peace that Passes Understanding.

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile”. Albert Einstein“It’s really not funny.” “Why are you laughing? Jon was not amused.Crimes. Civil or against humanity are never “comical”, sense of humor-provoking or rational. Repetition? Good for the soul? Or. Good for your “Expectations.” An unhealthy pattern of collective indigestion and horrible heart burn introduced and induced with no bonafide remedies on the horizon. No pepto Bismol, (although things are abysmal) or Tums to offset the burn. Packaged, packaging and re-packaging of the...

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The Best Revenge

Whoa!!Today’s assignment, the hook, the bait. So many words, I hope I don’t,Forget.History matters.Memories fade. Looks fade. Ink fades.Shades fade.Capabilities fade. Abilities fade.Remember kids. “There are HEROES. There are LEGENDS. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kids and you’ll never go wrong.”Never argue with someone who believes their own lies. The best way to handle this trap, this maneuver, this “spit ball”. Is convince the opponent you believe what he said. And then. Aim. Spit. Fire it in. Really fast...

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Learning to walk.

Waking up.Choices. Decisions. Options. Action.A Decision made is a decision lived.”Things are pretty messed up” Jay thought. As he sat on the ground, near a majestic tree, leaning on the trunk, feeling like a blob. Fog filled his head, permeating into his vision, clogging his ears, reducing his breathing to short, pitchy breathes, a smell of rotten and rotted aura filled the air, leaving a very bad taste in his mouth.He wearily lifted his head up, scanned the area in front of him, looked left, looked right, and thought, “What happened?” Feel...

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Everything old is new again.

One man’s trash may be another man’s treasure.Sometimes it requires seeing things in a different light.Janie loved her Drowsy doll. As many kids do while growing older, they possess a special toy, stuffed animal, blanket. A companion toy, a “security” blanket. Janie had one such doll. Pixie-blonde bowl haircut, dressed in a pink and white polka dotted onesie, with eyes half-closed. Drowsy was a trusted companion and playmate. Drowsy was an original, a first of its kind to exist. New. Novel. For the ‘60’s and ‘70’s.Drowsy was there through th...

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