Tag Archives: 1970s

Longing to Fly

Posted on June 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin My Real Memoir I flew every day, straight up into the sky. Admittedly, I had help from my grandfather. But then, before I was two, he died, and I had to learn how to fly on … Continue reading →

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My Next Big Fork in the Road?

Posted on June 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

Yes, that’s (not) me in the center. My Real Memoir At age eleven, I’d had an offer to move to Japan and become an artist. That was my first big fork in the road. Then at eighteen, I’d had a … Continue reading →

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In Love With Falling in Love

Posted on June 4, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Of all the times to convince myself I had no feelings. Everyone on Earth was reading the novel Love Story! The world was in love with falling in love, and what had I done? Broken-up with a … Continue reading →

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Trying to Get the Feeling Again

Posted on May 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by storytelleradams My Real Memoir Something was wrong with me. True, I was happy when I was writing–songs, plays, poems. But ever since my on-stage meltdown a year-and-a-half before, I’d been living with a lid on my heart, “unable … Continue reading →

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The Girl With the Beautiful Brain

Posted on May 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Etienne Boulanger My Real Memoir I’d been living alone for a few weeks now and cherished my little corner of paradise. But I’d also gotten a taste of how lonely and brutal a life of isolation can be. … Continue reading →

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My Paradise Lost

Posted on May 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

Domestic Abuse Screening My Real Memoir I awoke to the sound of screaming, pounding, and frantic footfalls in the entryway stairwell. And then, through my living room window, I saw a skinny guy streak naked across the grass. I pulled … Continue reading →

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My Own Little Corner of Paradise

Posted on May 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I felt like an adult! True, I still couldn’t vote or buy alcohol. Nevertheless, I’d just signed the rental agreement on my first apartment. Finally, a place where I made the rules! “Excuse me, but it’s illegal … Continue reading →

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The Long and Winding Road

Posted on April 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Ricardo Alfaro My Real Memoir The future I’d planned as a teenager was gone: my almost-famous band had disintegrated, my high school celebrity was yellowing in a scrapbook, and my first “I love you” was fading in a … Continue reading →

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I Was Attacked and Lived to Tell the Tail!

Posted on April 16, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It was late summer when Rick showed up, tragically bored. “Let’s go somewhere, anywhere.” Anywhere Trips With Rick were patently dangerous. Like the winter we’d awakened under four feet of snow. Or the time we’d driven to … Continue reading →

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Not Guilty-ish, Your Honor

Posted on April 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d reached the sagely age of 20, and had learned many things. Putting oil in a car wasn’t one of them. Dad was demonstrably displeased when his long-haired hippie of a son managed to blow-up his Volkswagen … Continue reading →

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