Tag Archives: teenagers

Living My Life in Constant Transit

Posted on November 25, 2025 by mitchteemley

Plate-spinner Andrew Van Buren                                                              My Drama kids My Real Memoir I … Continue reading →

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The End of An Era

Posted on April 2, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We’d done an ABC music special and recorded our debut album. But now my band The Daily Planet was running on fumes. Still, I was in denial. “I don’t know what’s going to happen,” I told my … Continue reading →

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55 Years Ago This Month

Posted on March 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dear blogfriends and followers: I owe you an apology! Or at least an explanation: I haven’t visited your blog sites for the past week because I’ve been in a recording studio in Montana. My band The Daily Planet decided to … Continue reading →

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How to Draw Women

Posted on March 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

I drew a lot of things when I was a young man. Mosquitos. Criticism. But women? Not so much. Dude, if I’d realized it was this easy, I’d have paid way more attention in art class! ζ

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When You Can’t Find a Way…

Posted on February 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

First photo: On floor: Mitch, Standing: BF Jeff and Mitch’s cousins (Ralph is not in this picture) My Real Memoir I was nineteen, and so was my cousin Ralph. It was Christmas Eve, and it was the last time I … Continue reading →

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Adulting Memes

Posted on September 29, 2023 by mitchteemley

Quick, which would you rather do: 1) Adult? or 2) Read memes about adulting? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Me too. So here are some memes about adulting. Have a wonderfully irresponsible weekend! Click on any image to enlarge it, … 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 Summer of Love

Posted on July 18, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Martha. It was an old-fashioned name for an old-fashioned girl from an old-fashioned family. Echoing Chekhov, there were three sisters, a “rebellious one,” a “baby-of-the-family,” and a “good one.” Martha was the good one, and she was … Continue reading →

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Hello, Goodbye!

Posted on June 27, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir The Beatles tune “Hello, Goodbye” seemed to be the theme song for my junior year. My life was full of hellos and goodbyes, and moving impossibly fast! In May alone, the month I turned seventeen, I … … Continue reading →

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The Legend of Literary Me

Posted on June 6, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Stories are my soulmate. True, humans of the female persuasion staked a claim for my affections early on. But I honestly can’t remember when I wasn’t in love with stories. Maybe it was telling myself far-fetched tales … Continue reading →

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