Tag Archives: summer

For an Angst-Free Family Holiday…

Posted on August 14, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week School begins soon (in my hemisphere, anyway). Here are some tips for a last-minute family vacation: Avoid Kafka Festivals, bald sopranos, any town named Weltschmerz, and any place that has No Exit. “I have an existential … Continue reading →

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Falling in Love…Maybe

Posted on July 25, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was on “the island of romance.” Alone. So I grabbed a burger with some buddies, and went swimming with the Catalina goldfish. It was an otherworldly experience, gliding amid throngs of beautiful, luminous creatures. Still, I … Continue reading →

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Dude, If I Had a Nickel…

Posted on July 6, 2023 by mitchteemley

…for every time a cow has fallen on my car!

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It’s Time to Learn Your ‘Actual Name!’©

Posted on June 22, 2023 by mitchteemley

I love those charts that show you your Pirate Name or your Mythical Hero Name, etc. So I made up the ultimate one! Now you can learn your Actual Name!©  Just follow the guidelines below. Have fun and don’t forget to tell … Continue reading →

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We’re Havin’ a Heatwave!

Posted on June 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

 So, this is spring? A month before summer officially begins here we started experiencing near-record heat, with temperatures rivaling peak summer days and not a rain cloud in sight. The ground is fractured, the shrubs are slouching, and our little … Continue reading →

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The Mother of All Calamities

Posted on December 27, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir For our last big event before we officially started our freshman year of high school, BFF Jeff and I took a YMCA Caravan trip, with a dozen barely-teen boys and two barely-adult leaders. The previous summer’s Caravan … Continue reading →

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A Lone Firefly

Posted on October 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

I saw a lone firefly last night Why didn’t you alight, small soul before September? See, now your ember will burn alone You’ve missed your chance for hearth and home your time to glow has long since ended Or can … Continue reading →

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The Tiniest Orphan (A Deceptive Little Tale)

Posted on October 6, 2022 by mitchteemley

They’d moved into the village late last spring, with their filthy habits and strange ways. Wise people steered clear of them, so they knew they weren’t wanted. And now, finally, they were gone. All but one. Abandoned and alone, on … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Fall, er, Autumn, er, Falltumn

Posted on September 22, 2022 by mitchteemley

Today is the first day of autumn (in my hemisphere), one of the most unpredictable days of the year.  True, this year it’s been almost sardonically on-the-nose (where I live): yesterday was a blazing final summer day in the 90s, … Continue reading →

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Dog Days

Posted on August 15, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Lily, a six-year-old Great Dane, had lost both of her eyes due to a rare medical condition. She’d also lost the will to live. Until one day another Great Dane named Maddison came into her life. … Continue reading →

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