Tag Archives: 1960s

The Biggest Week of My Life

Posted on October 3, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We were famous! And not just for 15 minutes, but for a week! Our band The Daily Planet had been chosen the Best New Music Group in the Western U.S. and had driven to Hollywood to shoot … Continue reading →

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A Head Full of Dreams

Posted on September 26, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “You’re so full of dreams, I gotta kiss you just to shut you up!” (from my novel Healing River). Those could have been my girlfriend Marty’s words the day we graduated from high school. Yes, I was … Continue reading →

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Going All the Way

Posted on September 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “We won’t go all the way with a girl,” Marc and I had pacted, “until we’re married.” We’d been sixteen at the time we built that sacred wall. Unfortunately, our hormones, non-believers, had attended a secret alternative … Continue reading →

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My Rock ‘n’ Roll Rage

Posted on September 5, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was ruthless. And for a good reason. I would turn eighteen that May, and if my band The Daily Planet was ever going to be “the next Beatles” it had better be soon! Yes, I loved … Continue reading →

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All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing!

Posted on August 29, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I did it all. Or tried to. My guidance counselor urged me to go into “the arts,” which I naturally took to mean all of the arts. My hero Gene Kelly had done it all—acted, sung, danced—and … Continue reading →

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Master of My Fate?

Posted on August 22, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I started my senior year with the sense that I’d arrived. I was wise, mature, blessed. Wait, no, not blessed—I was the one who at 17 had made myself who I was. I was the master of … Continue reading →

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My First “I Love You”

Posted on August 1, 2023 by mitchteemley

Photo by Mike Olbinski My Real Memoir I should have been thrilled. I was 17, had just had a three-day fling with a Texas blonde named Lynn who had curves till the cows came home, and had fallen madly in … Continue reading →

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Falling in Love…Maybe

Posted on July 25, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was on “the island of romance.” Alone. So I grabbed a burger with some buddies, and went swimming with the Catalina goldfish. It was an otherworldly experience, gliding amid throngs of beautiful, luminous creatures. Still, I … Continue reading →

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My Summer of Love

Posted on July 18, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Martha. It was an old-fashioned name for an old-fashioned girl from an old-fashioned family. Echoing Chekhov, there were three sisters, a “rebellious one,” a “baby-of-the-family,” and a “good one.” Martha was the good one, and she was … Continue reading →

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My Confession

Posted on July 13, 2023 by mitchteemley

    Misplaced Mitch, age 24                                                            Fatherly Mitch, ageless Well, this is … Continue reading →

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