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It was just a week ago that we moved here. Mom said we needed to move for her “mental health”, so “your dad and I can have more of the kind of life we imagined when we agreed to get married”, and so “I can continue to do all those things you need your...
by leftyparent
on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 01:33 PM PDT
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It was the last day of school. I was finally done with fourth grade. The last day of school was my FAVORITE day of the whole year because I didn’t have to have grownups in charge of me anymore, or at least until fifth grade started in the fall. It was...
by leftyparent
on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 03:26 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Aunt Pat kissed me on the cheek, looked at me and said, “Tell your mom I’m thinking of her and that you and your Aunt ‘Hant’ Pat had a great time together and you're welcome back any time!” I nodded and told her that I would. Aunt Pat liked to tease me...
by leftyparent
on Thu Mar 14, 2024 at 11:30 AM PDT
with 3 Recommends
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The biggest present I got for Christmas was from “Santa”, which I knew now was really mom and dad. But mom wanted to keep pretending that Santa was real, maybe for David, because he was still a little kid. Or maybe because mom just liked Santa a lot,...
by leftyparent
on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 11:05 AM PST
with 1 Recommend
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I was excited that even though it was Friday, I didn’t have to go to school today. Mom said there were “parent-teacher conferences” instead of a regular school day, and she walked to my school, instead of me and David, to meet my teacher Mrs Larkin and...
by leftyparent
on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 03:02 PM PST
with 6 Recommends
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My fourth grade teacher, Mrs Larkin, was different than all the other teachers I had had. I mean, she was a regular grownup like my third grade teacher Mrs Rodney and my second grade teacher Mrs Camden. My first grade teacher, Miss Zimmerman, didn’t...
by leftyparent
on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 01:43 PM PST
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“At cusp, choice is. With choice, spirit grows.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land MLK would know. We Americans are at cusp. This year we have a grave choice. Either we continue our flawed democracy and our long quest for a “more perfect...
by dratler
on Sun Jan 14, 2024 at 07:48 PM PST
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“Cooper, wake up”, dad whispered, and I felt something shaking my foot under my covers, “Molly’s here and it’s time for your big trip.” I had trouble opening my eyes and figuring out what was going on. Everything was dark, but then I remembered they...
by leftyparent
on Mon Jan 08, 2024 at 02:22 PM PST
with 4 Recommends
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I was extra happy that day third grade was finally done. The last day of school each June was already my favorite day of the year, even better than Christmas or my birthday. On those two days I got presents, usually neat toys and games, but having two...
by leftyparent
on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 09:37 AM PST
with 6 Recommends
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I was over at Joey’s house. We had both just played in what the older kids called a “pickup” baseball game at Allmendinger Park. That was where two of the older kids decided to be the captains, and the other kids decided that that made sense, and then...
by leftyparent
on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 02:36 PM PST
with 3 Recommends
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Tonight’s selections from Thee Headcoatees ‘The Sisters of Suave’ , a compilation of singles.
Somewhat surprisingly, there’s not much written about them online. I have a book on the gals ...
by Al Dorado
on Thu Jan 04, 2024 at 09:01 PM PST
with 19 Recommends
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Since this morning, a number of additional editorial cartoons have been posted online; hence, I posted a second diary. Link to My Second Diary — JFK on Trump, The Week in Editorial Cartoons — and Happy Thanksgiving One Brief Shining Moment” In the...
by JekyllnHyde
on Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 08:40 AM PST
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“So what you doing in math these days, mister Clubius?” mom asked as I was eating a baloney sandwich I had made for myself in the kitchen, and she was making a “big pot of spaghetti sauce for dinner” on the stove. It smelled good, kind of burned but...
by leftyparent
on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 06:34 PM PST
with 1 Recommend
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It’s Halloween time again. Enjoy this fine selection of vampire tunes and be sure to add your favorite spooky songs in the comments!
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Screaming Lord Sutch :: Dracula’s Daughter
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by Al Dorado
on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 09:01 PM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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I woke up and I could hear the rain tapping on the window by my bed. Not hard like a storm, but just a little bit like what mom called “showers”. I always liked waking up on Saturday morning, because I didn’t have to go to school today or even...
by leftyparent
on Tue Oct 10, 2023 at 01:36 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Last night I was watching TV, but mom came down and said she wanted “to hear what President Kennedy has to say about what’s happening in Cuba.” Dad was already down in the basement at his desk. He turned around in his wood office chair to watch too....
by leftyparent
on Wed Sep 06, 2023 at 01:48 PM PDT
with 5 Recommends
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I was listening to songs on the radio a lot now. There were three songs this summer that I had heard a lot on the radio and were interesting because they were different from each other. Two of them were sung by what sounded like older kids. The first...
by leftyparent
on Sat Aug 12, 2023 at 10:55 AM PDT
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It was Saturday and mom drove me over to Molly’s house, but this time she didn’t “drop me off” but stayed too, to talk to Molly’s mom. Mom told other grownups that Molly’s mom was her “good friend”. I wondered if she was mom’s best friend too, since...
by leftyparent
on Fri Jun 30, 2023 at 02:53 PM PDT
with 2 Recommends
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I heard the window by my bed rattling and I could feel cold coming from it. I opened my eyes. I looked at the clock on my dresser and the little hand was closer to the “8” than it was to the “7”. I had to get up. I looked down at the bunk below me and...
by leftyparent
on Wed May 31, 2023 at 01:45 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Herbie said he knew about the Civil War because he had lived in the “South” before he came to Ann Arbor. He said the Confederates were the “rebels”, and all the kids he knew thought they were pretty neat, because they were better soldiers and had...
by leftyparent
on Tue May 02, 2023 at 02:10 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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