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Faster Than I Write It Down
It’s been a year since I started writing without a net here on Stories Now Told. Twelve months, 158 posts (including this one), one poem, and over 170,000 words later and I still have a notebook brimming with ideas for new … 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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Promises, Promises
There were basically two reasons I made my mom drive me across town to Magic Wheels skating rink every Friday night instead of the much more convenient Rainbow Roller Rink. Okay, truthfully, there were three reasons, but only two of … 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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Tagged Adam Curry, Def Leppard, friendship, high school, life lessons, MTV, postaweek2011, relationships
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A Good Reason to be Late
I got my first real job when I was a junior in high school. I was terrified of tardiness, so I always left about twenty to thirty minutes before my shift even though we lived only five minutes from the … Continue reading →
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A Short Exposition Upon the Different Treatment of Men and Women by Dental Professionals
Chrisie and I have a good friend who also happens to be our dentist. On the plus side, he’s the first dentist I never thought performed unnecessary procedures. On the negative side, he knows us well enough to tell us … Continue reading →
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Tagged Dentist, differences, just write, postaweek2011, Root canal, Tooth
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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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Different Ovens
One day at work a coworker and I were sharing amusing stories about our relationships when another coworker walked up. He listened for a moment, nodded his head in all the right places, and then said, “Well, I tell you … Continue reading →
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The Day I Knew
I will never forget the first day I saw the girl who eventually became my wife. I won’t forget because that moment is fixed in my memory and I consider it often, lest any of the details fade too much. … Continue reading →
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I Saw Her Smile
You might want to read what essentially became part one and part two first. Before my alarm went off, I woke without opening my eyes. I stretched and grinned like an idiot. I let out a deep, contented sigh. I … Continue reading →
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Tagged dates, dating, Happiness, just write, postaweek2011, relationships, smiles, smiling
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