Monthly Archives: August 2022

Another Thief on the Cross

Posted on August 11, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by My Ticklefeet I’d just finished a month-long gig, teaching acting in London and Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace, and had said goodbye to the last of my students. It had been a heady time, suffused with history. I had tickets … Continue reading →

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Pre-loved People

Posted on August 10, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Malcolm of Malcom’s Musings. I don’t know Malcolm’s last name (pretty sure it’s not “Musings”), but I do feel I know his heart — and it’s a ringer. Malcom’s posts shine with compassion and … Continue reading →

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Duck and Cover!

Posted on August 9, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It was autumn, yet the thermometer was still climbing. And so was the economy—Dad’s income was booming. So to celebrate we’d decided to shoehorn a swimming pool into our miniature suburban Southern California backyard. I’d just started … Continue reading →

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Reach Out

Posted on August 8, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Reach out” is the contemporary term for making contact. People don’t simply “get in touch with” others anymore, they “reach out” to them. There’s something sweet and maybe a little desperate about that phrase in this … Continue reading →

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Eclipses Are Illusions

Posted on August 7, 2022 by mitchteemley

The word eclipse, from the Greek ekleípō, means to “fail” or “abandon,” reminding us that throughout most of human history, eclipses have been viewed with horror as the sun’s light “abandoning” us, it’s “failure” to continue shining. But eclipses are … Continue reading →

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A Secret Tragedy

Posted on August 6, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Dan Circa (dailymail.com) The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Gina had unwittingly adopted a dragon, deeply offending the … Continue reading →

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No Hope for the Human Race!

Posted on August 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

OK, so the title might be a smidge on the snarky side. Then again… Warning: The following images contain dangerous sarcasm triggers. Don’t blame me if you feel an uncontrolable urge to shout ascerbic witicisms at your screen. On the … Continue reading →

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47 Years Ago Today

Posted on August 4, 2022 by mitchteemley

By the time the war ended, 58,220 American soldiers had died in Vietnam. And, in a strange irony, 50,000 of the people they’d gone to save had been evacuated to the United States. It was the largest airlift in U.S. … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Love

Posted on August 3, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Andrae Ricketts My Featured Blogger this week is Ngina of the blog site Euonia: Stay and Shine. I know nothing about Ngina, whose motto is “Blossom. Re-blossom. Keep doing it,” except that she’s African (but I don’t know … Continue reading →

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High Times in Junior High

Posted on August 2, 2022 by mitchteemley

My 7th Grade essay on The Quad, the asphalt-covered area between our school buildings. My Real Memoir Junior High Schools have pretty much gone the way of the mastodon (my kids attended middle school). But Los Coyotes Junior High was … Continue reading →

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