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Eugene C. Robertson: I Did the Artwork for the High School Newspaper One of my best high school memories was doing artwork for the Hanford High School newspaper, the Meteor. Doing a regular comic strip was the most fun. It made me somewhat of a ... |
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Elnora Taylor: My Husband-to-Be and Our Clockwork Engagement While I was working as an usher in the theater, it was my job to make sure that no one put their feet on the seats. I had a friend who ... |
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John Matson: Dodie, we’re in deep, deep trouble! I don’t remember that I ever had an official first date. We would get together as groups of guys, a bunch of girls, whatever. Probably the ... |
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Denise Morra: Bill Takes a Mid-Winter Swim in a Pool Filled with Old Tires The first house in Schenectady had an above-ground pool in the back. Bill had the idea to put old tires in the pool during the winter to absorb the compression of ... |
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Kathleen Gambogi: I Live in a Tiny Mexican Town, and Live by Selling my Paintings I’ve been doing a lot of selling it, and doing very well. My art is evolving and I am now into doing large tropical paintings. A few days ago I sold ... |
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Zora Thompson: My early years Children: Joe Jr, Martha, Emily, Bill, Sara, Joan, Diane, ... |
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Jeff Perry: Kilimanjaro Diary I’m now sitting in a plane waiting to depart from Atlanta. It is raining like crazy outside with lots of thunder and lightning ... |
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Ralph Appio: I was in the service in Korea in ’51, above the 38th parallel. I was in the service in Korea in ’51, above the 38th parallel. I was drafted with Waldo. We reported down there on Market St and First. We took our physicals ... |
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Jim McGovern: Mom Teaches Me How to Fool People My mother had an expression that she used with me quite often. She used to say: “Jim, act like a gentleman and you’ll fool the people most of the time!” ... |
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Rikki Willett: My Mother Was Pivotal in My Life I was the oldest; I was born when my mother was nineteen and a half years old. My dad was 25. My parents gave me a great childhood; I was really ... |
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Brian Anderson: Observations from a Family Road Trip First leg we drug our baby and 3 ... |
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John Urbanski: I Was One of Five Kids, and I Loved Grandma’s Cinnamon Rolls I don’t have a lot of distinct memories about growing up. My father’s family owned a business called the Old Dutch ... |
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Frank Burge: I Was Sitting in the Reception Area, Buck Naked ... |
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Faye Stone: Mom Always Told me I should Marry a Veterinarian After the commune, and Christian’s near-miss drowning, Chuck joined the Air Force. He was stationed in Sacramento and he and I and Christian moved back in together. We were giving it ... |
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Michael Popovich: I Came From a Wealthy Family in Yugoslavia I WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1893 IN A JUGOSLAVIAN VILLAGE OF SVINICA. MY FATHER WAS NAMED JACOB AND MY MOTHER WAS CALLED MILIA. I WAS THE FIRST BORN FOR THEM. THEY ... |
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Marilyn Patton: In my mid-20s I discover my Identity A person I really adored and ... |
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Tara Palajac: "Take Care of Yourself; No One Else Will" You’ve got to take care of yourself because no one else will do it. The corollary to that is no one else knows what you want. Don’t wait for someone else ... |
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Mickey Frazer: Jack and I Meet While Honky-Tonkin Alaska wasn’t too tough, because I lived in Wyoming and Montana. There really isn’t much difference between those places. I lived in the barracks, and I usually walked to work. A ... |
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John Rialson: Rodeos, Cowboy Poetry and Mariachi Music The first cowboy poetry festival I went to was in Elko, Nevada. I went with a friend from Sedona named Tom. We really love the Sedona area, and will eventually probably ... |
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Robert Ede: Onward and Upward Nearly All the Way One low point was when our boy Brian died. Other than that I didn’t have any low points. It was all onward and upward. And in the meanwhile I made a ... |
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