Tag Archives: teenage

Learning How to Kiss

Posted on April 4, 2023 by mitchteemley

 My Real Memoir “Kissy Boys.” That was what our first-born called those osculation-crazy little preschool guys who chased her around the playground looking for a smooch. They weren’t particularly good at it, but they were persistent. It sounded familiar. Ah, … Continue reading →

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Bringing My Darkness Into the Light

Posted on February 21, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Whatcha gonna do when the crick runs dry? My superpower since third grade had been my ability to tell funny stories and do goofy voices. And ninth grade looked to be no different. After all, I’d had … Continue reading →

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Help! I Need Somebody

Posted on February 14, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Help! I need somebody Help! Not just anybody Help! You know I need someone I was fourteen and “girl crazy.” From my early abandonment of the He Man Woman Haters Club to discovering how much I liked smart-cute … Continue reading →

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If-Then: My Teenage Equation

Posted on December 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio My Real Memoir The summer before high school was packed with equations. I’d signed up for summer classes at four-year-old La Mirada High, its sidewalks still warm from the exit treds of its first graduating class. … Continue reading →

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The “S” Word

Posted on September 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Sex. Along with acting and writing—and, if I’m honest, anything else that got me noticed—sex was beginning to claim a larger and larger chunk of terrain in my brain. At first it had been a distant island, … Continue reading →

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What to Do When Your Brother Falls off the Earth

Posted on February 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Mason Kimbarovsky 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. One moment, Gina Dore was in her … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 59

Posted on May 20, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Fourteen: Two Spoos (Continued) Previously: First Zack and now Gina face disastrous Back to School nights. Alone. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ Gina started looking around the minute they … Continue reading →

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