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Weekly Contest #88
Once upon a time, in a neighbourhood not all the different from most, a family moved in. They unpacked their lives and hoped for the best or something close enough. We met by fluke, which is often how I meet people. Groups are not my forte and I will never be a collector of people. Long gone are the stutter and pidgeon-toed clumsiness, though what remains is otherness and friendships come about while sitting alone in a cafe or at a party that I hadn't even planned to attend. The school playground was where I met Lena. Parents and their ch...
Weekly Contest #69
Hanukkah is in 3 weeks and I probably won't celebrate it. Actually I don't think I have ever celebrated it properly; even as a kid, there was a keen awareness that my family was "wrong" in yet another way. It's sometimes called the festival of lights and miracles but in our house it just felt sad and lacking. Tradition dictates that children get a gift for each night of the holiday. Eight nights, eight gifts. My parents had a ready excuse for one small present. My brother and I both had birthdays in mid-November and the rationale for somethi...
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