Tag Archives: Huckleberry Finn

The Day I Ran Away

Posted on July 14, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo source: Michal Bres My Real Memoir The day I ran away didn’t arrive unbidden. After all, I’d threatened before to leave once I’d had all I could take of unreasonable adult demands (brain-numbing homework and soul-sucking chores). But leave … Continue reading →

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The Particularly Pompous Professor

Posted on April 5, 2025 by mitchteemley

I had a college Literature professor who loved to pontificate. Once he’d made a pronouncement, there was simply nothing more to be said. The class was aching to see him taken down. One day he proclaimed, “All books titled after … Continue reading →

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