Tag Archives: 1960s

I Grew Up in a Theme Park

Posted on December 14, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Yes, I’d created my own thrill ride as a kid. But it all started long before that. Long before there was a Disneyland, or the term “theme park” had even been coined, there was a stretch of … Continue reading →

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I Created the World’s Greatest Thrill Ride (at Age Ten)!

Posted on December 7, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I don’t mean to brag (yes, I do), but the year I turned ten I created the greatest thrill ride the world has ever known! And that’s no small claim coming from a guy who lived just … Continue reading →

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God, Summer Camp, and Talking in My Sleep

Posted on November 30, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We’d finally arrived at big kid’s camp! Camp Osceola, amid the pines of Southern California’s highest mountains, was amazing. The moment we got off the bus, we were assigned to our cabins. We ran to our new … Continue reading →

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The Year I Almost Believed

Posted on November 23, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir My life as a kid was earth-bound. Our home was secular, as were those of my two best friends. Christmas was about getting presents and eating a lot. Easter was about hunting for eggs and eating a … Continue reading →

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The Year My Conscience Awoke

Posted on November 16, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir My modest brush with “persecution” seemed to kick loose some new level of awareness in me of when I was in 4th Grade. To be honest, there were lots of things that occupied more real estate in … Continue reading →

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My Teacher Turned Me Into a Martyr! (I Got Better)

Posted on November 9, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir During my fourth-grade year, my buddy Rory and I became obsessed with constructing tiny villages out of twigs under schoolyard trees. One particular miniature hamlet garnered rave reviews from multiple girls (mission accomplished!). In fact, our little … Continue reading →

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The Year I Became “The Clever Kid”

Posted on November 2, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d officially moved to the Big Kid’s Side of the campus. La Pluma School had an invisible barrier, a Ye-Shall-Not-Pass line separating K-through-2nd (the Little Kids Side) and 3rd-through-6th (the Big Kids Side). When we were second-graders, … Continue reading →

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The Quirky Memoir Collection

Posted on October 19, 2021 by mitchteemley

Dear blogger friends, and normal people, I’m up to my creative eyeballs with a new in-development film project, as well as doing background research for my in-progress Memoirs. So I’m on a weeklong blogging hiatus, of sorts. Meanwhile, may I … Continue reading →

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I Was a Daredevil Paperboy!

Posted on October 12, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir As a result of my regular self-disfigurements, Mom and Dad began keeping a closer watch on me. But then I was set free by the most reckless device known to boy: A Bike! Our hilly little suburb … Continue reading →

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Skateboarding in the Stone Age

Posted on October 5, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir My buddies and I invented skateboarding. Kind of. There were two types of skates back in the stone age: 1) Pro skates with smooth “clay” wheels that you could rent at the local roll-a-rama. You’d glide around … Continue reading →

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