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I enrolled in a creative writing course at the University of Toronto. We had daily writing prompts, and we were to start a ten-minute timer and go. As I have been busy trying to wrestle my manuscript from my brain to my keyboard (with the keyboard uncooperative) I thought maybe I’d dig some to......
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This week’s prompt… Sky Diving. You have 15 minutes–go! The year I turned 50, I took 50 items off my bucket list. It seems an easy thing to do, find 50 new experiences to have in a year. It may not be as simple as that. As with many conundrums, I turned to my......
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This week’s prompt… Getting Lost. You have 15 minutes–go! Getting lost can sometimes be a wonderful thing, sometimes less than wonderful. This day it was a great day to get lost. We were in the city of canals, Venice Italy. Our family had been travelling for five weeks or more when we got there......
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![Fifteen Minute Friday: Skunks](https://adultinginprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/longleat-1703718_1920.jpg)
This week’s prompt… Skunks. You have 15 minutes–go! Musk Oil It was a late morning. We had company the night before for a lively dinner and the kitchen was already clean so there was no rush to begin our day. Then I heard him. He was barking at the back door as if he......
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![Fifteen Minute Friday: Taxes](https://adultinginprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kelly-sikkema-1484283-unsplash.jpg)
If you would like to play along, get your pen an paper ready. This week’s prompt… Taxes. You have 15 minutes–go! Age and Taxes There was a time in my life that I could calculate the taxes on a meal and the tip without fingers, toes or even, gasp, a handheld device. That time......
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