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Category: childhood

  • Mannequin and Doll Musing

    Mannequin and Doll Musing

    It’s the startlingly lifelike mannequin that has been standing at the shop’s window for the past 85 years. According to local legends, the mannequin is in fact the preserved, mummified corpse……

  • Back Off Pigweed OR: Just Enough On The Plate

    Back Off Pigweed OR: Just Enough On The Plate

    Deserted houses, forgotten outbuildings, abandoned vehicles, long vacant parking lots, and sunken ships. They’ve all got something in common. Nature gobbles them up. Underground roots (rhizomes) undermine the integrity of foundations. Ivy creeps stealthily into cracks. Temperature extremes, dampness, insects and various wild animals- all play a role in reclaiming structures. In the sea, artificial reefs…

  • Untangling a Humdingerdoozer of a Holiday

    Untangling a Humdingerdoozer of a Holiday

    (Yeah that’s me. I love my photoshop.) This is my father, seen below- in his prime. (he’s 83 now) My aunt used to think he looked like Robert Mitchum, and in some pictures he really does.  My father was a great mechanic. (Still is. He owns a race car now and takes great pleasure sitting…

  • BETWEEN THE GREYS

    BETWEEN THE GREYS

    Somewhere on the planet as I type this; gurgling, burbling geothermic hotspots spurt predictably (like certain presidential candidates) and just like Old Faithful, Pixar presents us with another animated film. Inside Out is about feelings; so I was putting this one off. Eventually I did give it a watch. Turns out it’s literal, it runs…

  • Cats and That’s That

    Cats and That’s That

    Mister Po as a baby:      Mister Po now.  Resident cats.  I remember yearly trips to “the caves” in upstate New York. I don’t mean Howe’s -although I’ve been there numerous times with the kids and spouse (before his illness of course). I’m talking about a cave system accessed by an elevator located at the…

  • Rewire Your Brain To Regain Childhood Excitement About Life

    Rewire Your Brain To Regain Childhood Excitement About Life

    “our genes are open to being influenced throughout our lifetime, both by what we do and by what we think, feel and believe. Much like the impacts of diet, exercise and environmental toxins, various thought patterns have been shown to turn certain genes “on” or “off.” ”

  • The Importance of Signatures and Other Legacies

    The Importance of Signatures and Other Legacies

    The Importance of Signatures and Other Legacies “Once I swallow this chemical concoction of mystery foods, my body’s going to be playing 20 questions. More chemicals here than a chemistry lab!” “I NEVER listen to my voice mails. If they want to get in touch with me, they can text me.”

  • Christmas and Stuff

    Christmas and Stuff

    I’ve always lived 2 and a 1/2 hours from Massachusetts; even as a child. I was born there but my parents were living in Connecticut at the time of my birth. When I was growing up, there weren’t as many safety laws in place. When my adoption in Mass. was finalized, I was about 3…

  • Childhood Reminiscing, What IS “Conventional” Anyway?

    Childhood Reminiscing, What IS “Conventional” Anyway?

    me, what a looker! my mother and I, She kept the bathing suit. I still have it, (the red and white striped bikini) —the elastic is shot but I still have it. Matter of fact, I think, 49 yrs. later, my father still has that brown shirt blowing on the line! I’m not kidding. My…