Deborah Prum

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A Cautionary Tale: Don't Iron Your Clothes While They are on Your Body, No Matter How Late You Are

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DON’T IRON YOUR CLOTHES ON YOUR BODYNO MATTER HOW LATE YOU ARE Photo Courtesy of Annie Spratt 0:00 / 0:00 A Cautionary Tale The phone rang at six p.m.  I was supposed to meet my husband and his colleagues at a fancy restaurant downtown for dinner at 6:15. I was running so late that I […]

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Hanging from the Weakest Limb of that Twisted Tree Called Love OR How to Survive Rejection

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HOW TO SURVIVE REJECTION Photo Courtesy of Jakayla Toney I am an expert in the field of rejection.  I stand before you today with exquisitely impressive rejection credentials.  I’ve been rejected by The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Ploughshares, a top children’s book agency in California, and my first grade boyfriend, Walter Flemke, may he

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