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The Tipping Point
After my father died in early 2012, I struggled with how to honor his memory. Dad was a truly great man and I often feel at a loss to live up to his legacy. There were many things I wanted to try, but … Continue reading →
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Lesson Learned
I was given two great gifts in the summer of 1987. One was the opportunity to see the Drum Corps International finals in Wisconsin with my future classmates. I got the second gift the same week we piled in a … Continue reading →
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Some Sugar
High School memories are funny things. Some people over romanticize them, and some dwell only on the unhappy ones (which is what I usually do, but mostly because they are funny). For most of my freshman and all of my … Continue reading →
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Start Feeling It
From about eighth grade on, I planned to teach music. It was what I Really Wanted To Do. I thought about it daily and even attempted to come up with innovative ways to impart the love of and technical ability … Continue reading →
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Tagged college, just write, life lessons, mozart, Music, Music education, Music theory, postaweek2011
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The Blue Bomb
The car I will always associate with my dad is a blue 1968 Ford Falcon station wagon. It’s the car he drove when I was a little kid. He kept driving it after I grew up. It had a few … Continue reading →
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Tagged Austin Peay, Automobile, dads, fathers, just write, life lessons, postaweek2011, Valet parking
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My Political Education
Like many teenagers, I didn’t take much interest in politics. It seemed a boring subject that only adults wanted anything to do with. That all changed my sophomore year when I had a slight political awakening. Even though I took … Continue reading →
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Tagged Al Gore, Government, just write, life lessons, Member of Congress, politics, postaweek2011, Tennessee, United States Congress, Washington D.C.
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Just an Apple
I’m the youngest grandchild on both sides of my family. On my dad’s side, I was the eighth grandchild. You’d think this entitled me to loads of special treatment and doting. You’d be wrong (well, I did get special treatment and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Apple, family, family interactions, family relationships, family tree, just write, life lessons, postaweek2011, Tree
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Hangin’ With the Big Kids
I can’t remember the first time I tried to be cool and fit in, but I do remember the first time I thought I was actually pulling it off. I was ten or so and we were visiting family. I’m … Continue reading →
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This is Going to Hurt
When I was a sophomore in high school, there was a girl (isn’t there always?), and I was quite taken with her.We were both in band so I spent most of the summer between my freshman and senior year working … Continue reading →
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My Theory of Wishes
I was sitting around with friends one night when one of them asked, “Have you ever had that weird experience where you wished for something and it seemed to come true right afterwards?” Some of us indicated that we had … Continue reading →
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Stories Now Told 