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The Raymond Primer

Raymond, among the many middle-class families in our extended neighborhood, was very poor indeed. One…

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Elvis Training Wheels

I don’t think I ever quite got the worth of Kindergarten. Back in 1956, pre-school…

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The Unassisted

Of the many experiences one can rack up over the years, sometimes it’s nature’s unexpected…

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The Pamtastic Crush

I was 16 when I started working at Jack’s music store and there’s plenty surrounding…

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Shop Class Show Stopper

What a weird, weird thing that junior high ‘shop class’ thing was, and what was…

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‘Pipeline’ Pioneers

No, not that Pipeline, the mammoth coastal waves located in Hawaii, because that would involve…

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Diane Interruptus

I sat in the rear of my 9th grade science class and I felt safe…

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The Pants Strategy

I worked on it in 6th grade but 7th grade really brought me around to…

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Still Waiting for Godot

I was still in grade school when I started playing Youth Football and my baby…

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At the End of the Line

When I was younger I occasionally liked to fly kites from my yard, which was…

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