 Short Stories: July 26, 2017 Issue [#8414] |
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This week: Embracing Other Cultures Edited by: Leger~  
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Learning From Other Cultures
One of the awesome things about networking on the internet is expanding your horizons without leaving your home. I meet people every day from all over the world. I've done articles about food porn, and it's definitely one of the best ways to get to know someone is to ask them about the food they eat. Every culture has unique dishes and seasoning.
I've learned about food, child rearing, employment and even some of the folk tales from many countries. While some things seem to be universal, many things vary. I learn about families, relationships and friendships. And of course, here at WDC I get to read their stories and personal anecdotes. The fascination with reading blogs runs along these lines. We want to know how other people live and act, and grow as people. Everything is shared, pictures and even the intimate moments in our worlds.
We like to preach about tolerance, and that's an important tool, but education is just as important. If we learn about others, if the globe becomes more accessible, don't we learn to accept other cultures as they are? People who share without expectations, and people who learn without prejudice will make our world a better place. So send in your best cultural recipe and I'll share them in the next newsletter. So, Bon Appétit and Write On!
This month: Send in your best cultural recipe! I'll share it in my next short story edition.
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Excerpt: Cecil Davison was fed up with his teenage sons’ constant fighting. Yesterday afternoon, brawling through the living room as they battled for the remote, they had broken the family’s brand new sixty inch digital flat-screen TV. Without saying a word, he snatched his car keys off the counter and stormed out of the house.
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Excerpt: “Battle stations!” Gemma cried as she watched the gigantic floating portal come into view.
“We have missile lock on the target, Commander,” reported Fire Officer Stubbins.
Excerpt: “Uncle Paul, this peach cobbler is the best I’ve ever had,” I remarked after the first bite. “I’ve never tasted anything quite like it before.”
Aunt Betty nodded and smiled at her husband as the family finished eating. “This peach cobbler won a blue ribbon at the fair last year, didn’t it, Paul?”
Uncle Paul nodded as a blush came to his cheeks. “Ah, Betty, it ain’t no big deal,” he protested.
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An ancestor of the Hawthorne family sets out to prove the family curse is a myth.
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Excerpt: Johanna had the same pale look on her face that she had when they arrived at the house. Patricia continued to stare at her until she finally spoke. "The salt keeps evil curses from being able to hurt the person cursed. You make a ring of salt and stand in it, and speak a chant. It's suppose to rid the evil, if you can get into a ring of salt quick enough."
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Despite her quirks, she was loved. _2017 Quill Nomination_
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Excerpt: Lisa nodded. Lisa looked over to tell her she didn't need anything and saw Grandma's double decked beehive bouncing off the roof every time they drop through a dip and up. It smooshed down about a half inch each time causing Grandma to duck. Lisa started laughing.
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Excerpt: The candle is more smoke than flame, the wax too full of impurities. But, it's enough for me to make out the faces of my family; my mother, somehow still sewing; my brothers, lost in some toddler game involving some left over string; my sister pretending to sew, watching mother's movements with sharp eyes. I scan over them, but my gaze rests on my father. I can trace the lines of his face against the shadows of the room, the smile-lines at the corner of his mouth, the wrinkles around his eyes from long days squinting into sparks of burning metal. His back, once strong enough to throw me in the air and always catch me safely, is now a crescent moon. He'll never pick up my brothers like they are made of feathers, and they'll never trust in his strength enough to believe he'll never drop them. I was the only child- his baby girl- for seven years before the twins came along, and I love that I had that time. My brothers only added to our family; there was never any resentment, but those memories beat with my heart every time.
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This month: Send in your best cultural recipe! I'll share it in my next short story edition.
Last month's question: Do you share your trip photos on the internet? Why or why not?
nonfictionnan replied: My trip photos have proved to be popular over the years, as were my "Newsletters From a Slow Moving Train," which I published with occasional pictures. I like to provide pictures and comments about people and places that may not get mentioned otherwise, because we often overlook the people who make our train trips possible--the dining car server, the porter, the station manager, and the people we meet whom we might not meet otherwise, and certainly never get to know like one does on a train. Pictures of myself are usually popular because I give people a chance to say "Hey, isn't that a new hat?" "How many hats did you take on the trip?" or "How do you pack all those hats?" My short videos tend to be not so popular because of the terrible production value and because I look stupid when I dance.
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