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Tag Archives: nostalgia
Cats I Have Known and Loved
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
Foods I Have Known and Loved
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
I Grew Up in a Theme Park
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
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, childhood, funny, Mitch & Allen, My Real Memoir, nostalgia, theme park, thrill ride
33 Comments
I Created the World’s Greatest Thrill Ride (at Age Ten)!
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
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, childhood, funny, Knott's Berry Farm, My Real Memoir, nostalgia, theme park, thrill ride
35 Comments
The Year My Conscience Awoke
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
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, childhood, minorities, My Real Memoir, nostalgia, prejudice, racism, The Diary of Anne Frank
37 Comments
My Teacher Turned Me Into a Martyr! (I Got Better)
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
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, childhood, funny, idealistic, martyrdom, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, My Real Memoir, nostalgia
42 Comments
The Year I Became “The Clever Kid”
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
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, childhood, clever, funny, My Real Memoir, nostalgia, school artwork, third grade
24 Comments
Why Scary is Fun
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
The Quirky Memoir Collection
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
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 1960s, childhood, funny, life, My Real Memoir, nostalgia, parenting
6 Comments
I Was a Daredevil Paperboy!
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
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, bike, childhood, funny, My Real Memoir, nostalgia, paperboy, sprinklers
37 Comments