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First Job: Deli Counter

Posted to Uncategorized on the topic of Stories on the topic of Work on 4 January 2007, with no comments so far.

by Lynn — Age 49 — Columbia, MD
My first grown-up job, the first one I found in the classifieds and interviewed for, was working behind the counter at a deli/fast food place. At the time, I didn’t realize that any half-way decent looking chick would have been hired, just as I was, on the spot. […]

Elliot, 29, San Francisco

Posted to Uncategorized on the topic of Stories on 2 July 2006, with no comments so far.

>>The prompt: 400-word autobiography
Once upon a time, there was a meticulous land of milk and honey where even discarded gum on sidewalks and weeds climbing through cracks added intractably to the pervading sense of perfection. Dirt was wholesome, and injury tickled. Into this land I was born—an experience that was truly beautiful for all present.
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Esther, 47, San Francisco

Posted to Uncategorized on the topic of Stories on 1 July 2006, with 1 comment so far.

>>The prompt: 400-word autobiography
In our family we went to Mass every Sunday. My mother took all the commandments of the Church seriously, so attendance was not voluntary. Even if we were far from home, camping somewhere, or visiting friends out of town, when Sunday morning came, Mom would collect us from our disparate activities and […]

Leah, 40, NYC

Posted to Uncategorized on the topic of Stories on 30 June 2006, with no comments so far.

>>The prompt: 400-word autobiography
It was always cloudy in my town. Some people get a headache when it’s about to rain—those people would have a headache all day. When it did rain, the green was electric and the flowers (lilac, forsythia, heather) would spring at you like wild cats. Winters were icy, locked-in, white and grey. […]