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The Raymond Primer
Raymond, among the many middle-class families in our extended neighborhood, was very poor indeed. One…
Elvis Training Wheels
I don’t think I ever quite got the worth of Kindergarten. Back in 1956, pre-school…
The Unassisted
Of the many experiences one can rack up over the years, sometimes it’s nature’s unexpected…
The Pamtastic Crush
I was 16 when I started working at Jack’s music store and there’s plenty surrounding…
Shop Class Show Stopper
What a weird, weird thing that junior high ‘shop class’ thing was, and what was…
‘Pipeline’ Pioneers
No, not that Pipeline, the mammoth coastal waves located in Hawaii, because that would involve…
Diane Interruptus
I sat in the rear of my 9th grade science class and I felt safe…
The Pants Strategy
I worked on it in 6th grade but 7th grade really brought me around to…
Still Waiting for Godot
I was still in grade school when I started playing Youth Football and my baby…
At the End of the Line
When I was younger I occasionally liked to fly kites from my yard, which was…