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Having a Conscience Is So Inconvenient

Posted on March 25, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was still running my little school of the arts (and secretly living in a back room there) while attending Drama grad school. I wanted to direct. But because of my eleventh hour application, I’d been shoehorned in as … Continue reading →

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I Really Don’t Believe In Reincarnation, But…

Posted on November 13, 2024 by mitchteemley

I really don’t believe in reincarnation, but if I’m wrong I want to come back as a girl named Meagin (me again).

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Pretending a Story to Life

Posted on December 16, 2023 by mitchteemley

Artwork by Amr Elshamy The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. In an attempt break free from the naims (gnomes) who’d … Continue reading →

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Weird Children

Posted on August 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

Who writes these signs, anyway? Sign Interpretation: Billy (in slow motion): “Throoww me the ballll, Bobbyyy.” Bobby: “I caaaann’t, Biillly, I have nooo shoulderrrrs.” Billy: “Welll, thenn, I think our gaaame has reached a dead ennnd.” ◊

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Never Grow Up!

Posted on November 25, 2022 by mitchteemley

Grow? Yes, in all the ways that count. But “grow up?” Hmm, maybe we should rethink that. Gina Marinello-Sweeney puts it this way: “Maturity is so often considered to be synonymous with ‘adult.’ But I truly feel that maturity may … Continue reading →

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Real Men Refuse to Grow Up!

Posted on February 4, 2022 by mitchteemley

I don’t play, I multitask. For example, I’ve discovered I can save time by peeing in the shower — that’s not immature, it’s practical, right? Seriously, though, if it’s wrong to lock up a child, then maybe it’s also wrong … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Giant Spider and Other Tales from My Childhood

Posted on March 16, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir As wonderful as my babysitter’s magical garden was, it clearly wasn’t up to OSHA standards.* But then I grew up in an era when kids were expected to fall out of trees, stub their toes, fall off … Continue reading →

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My Scar Stories

Posted on September 9, 2019 by mitchteemley

Animals Just Love Me to Death I love animals. And as a result, I suppose, as with humans, few are indifferent to me. Most think I’m swell. But some, like humans, want to kill me. The latter are the source of … Continue reading →

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Weird Children

Posted on May 24, 2018 by mitchteemley

The school year is over, and children are at play again. Sign Interpretation: Billy (in slow motion): “Throoww me the ballll, Bobbyyy.” Bobby: “I caaaann’t, Biillly, I have nooo shoulderrrrs.” Billy: “Welll, thenn, I think our gaaame has reached a … Continue reading →

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My Scar Stories

Posted on June 12, 2017 by mitchteemley

Animals Just Love Me to Death I love animals. And as a result, I suppose, as with humans, few animals are indifferent to me. Most think I’m swell. But some, like humans, want to kill me. The latter are the source … Continue reading →

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