Tag Archives: romance

Love and Benches

Posted on May 31, 2024 by mitchteemley

What is it about love and public benches? (P.S. Don’t miss the quotes after the photos.) Click on any image to enlarge it, or to begin slide show. “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, … 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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Cozy Places

Posted on May 17, 2024 by mitchteemley

Vacation time means adventure, excitement, fun. But it also means finding the perfect place to read, think or unwind, to be alone with your significo, or yourself. “Cozy” is hard to define, but we know it when find it. Click … Continue reading →

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At War With Myself

Posted on March 12, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Demeter Attila My Real Memoir “For in my inner being I delight in the will of my Creator. But I see another will at work within me, warring against the will of my mind, and holding me captive … Continue reading →

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On My Wife’s Birthday

Posted on March 4, 2024 by mitchteemley

You Are My Allegory It’s no great wonder we should think in metaphors Our lives here are but parallels to something more Still, lacking that more perfect world, we call this Life and mend our broken wings and salve each … Continue reading →

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Finding the Love of Your Life

Posted on February 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Valentine’s Day Gift to You Note: The script version of this story can be downloaded at SkitGuys.com It’s College and Career Night. Derry pushes a clump of hair from his eyes, spots a dude in painted-on jeans and a … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day Reminder

Posted on February 12, 2024 by mitchteemley

Wednesday is Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget to buy something for that special creep in your life. Thought for the Week “We accept the love we think we deserve.” ~Stephen Chbosky “Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless … Continue reading →

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Going All the Way

Posted on September 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “We won’t go all the way with a girl,” Marc and I had pacted, “until we’re married.” We’d been sixteen at the time we built that sacred wall. Unfortunately, our hormones, non-believers, had attended a secret alternative … Continue reading →

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My First “I Love You”

Posted on August 1, 2023 by mitchteemley

Photo by Mike Olbinski My Real Memoir I should have been thrilled. I was 17, had just had a three-day fling with a Texas blonde named Lynn who had curves till the cows came home, and had fallen madly in … Continue reading →

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