Monthly Archives: June 2020

Late Bloomer?

Posted on June 11, 2020 by mitchteemley

I’m no spring chicken (or maybe I am; after all, my first feature film as a writer-director was released in the spring 3 weeks ago), but I’m a pretty well-seasoned chicken—wait, that sounds like a cooking metaphor. Make that a … Continue reading →

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Teach Your Parents Well

Posted on June 10, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Jane Tawel of the blog site Musings and Meditations. California-based Jane is a teacher, poet and novelist with a never-ending thirst for understanding regarding truth, philosophy, spirituality, families, human relationships. And it shows in … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let Hate Win

Posted on June 9, 2020 by mitchteemley

“In time we hate that which we often fear.” ~William Shakespeare Fear laid the foundation. Fear and frustration that there was nothing we could do to stop the growing pandemic. Then in America, a hater arose, one man brutally, mercilessly … Continue reading →

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Service With a Smile!

Posted on June 4, 2020 by mitchteemley

It was the 1970s. I’d just completed my B.A. in Theatre Arts, so naturally all the big corporations were looking to hire me. Yeah, right. Hence, I was delighted when I found the cheapest gas around at a Texaco station … Continue reading →

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Healing River: Another Rave Review

Posted on June 3, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Joe Siccardi of Father Says. Joe is a career newsman who worked in New York, Washington DC, and various other cities before becoming the publisher of an upstate New York newspaper. Still, he draws … Continue reading →

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Was I a Racist? Am I Still?

Posted on June 1, 2020 by mitchteemley

©The Shakespearean Tavern Playhouse Why doesn’t racism ever go away? Why, after yet another round of protests and reforms, does it still rear its noxious head? In a word: Us. As in humans. We can change “the system” again and … Continue reading →

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