Tag Archives: nostalgia

Cats I Have Known and Loved

Posted on January 4, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’m not a “cat person” per se, because that implies a species-specific specialization (say that five times fast and you win a kitten). Not me. I love cats, dogs and bunnies equally. And marmosets and mongooses too … Continue reading →

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Foods I Have Known and Loved

Posted on December 28, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir The holidays are about love. And love is about family. And family is about food. Ergo, love is food. So, pardon me while I reminisce about when food and I first started going steady. Of course, my … Continue reading →

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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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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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Why Scary is Fun

Posted on October 28, 2021 by mitchteemley

When I was a kid, I loved being scared. Or rather, I loved having been scared. Why? Culinary experts say we love spicy-hot foods due to a secondary effect: when the active ingredient in chili peppers triggers pain, our brains … 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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