Tag Archives: teenagers

Alone. But Not Alone.

Posted on June 3, 2023 by mitchteemley

Photo by Annie Spratt 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. Feeling completely alienated from their friends and from one another, Gina … Continue reading →

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Playing the Field

Posted on May 30, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir By age 16 my infatuation with girls had gone malarial; no net could contain me. I flirted shamelessly with anyone and everyone I found attractive. I never mentioned other girls to my pen pal Judy, for example. … Continue reading →

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The Art of Bullying

Posted on May 20, 2023 by mitchteemley

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. Zack and Gina had accidentally scattered the mysterious objects all over … Continue reading →

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The Blame Game

Posted on May 13, 2023 by mitchteemley

Artwork by Gun Legler 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. Zack and Gina had attempted unsuccessfully to … Continue reading →

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Sex 101

Posted on May 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Sex. A friend commented recently about my Leave It to Beaver life. But I’m not The Beav, and I never was. Beaver Cleaver was a fictional character in a sweetly sanitized sitcom. One who never discovered at … Continue reading →

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Parenting Illustrated

Posted on April 28, 2023 by mitchteemley

Here it is, the ultimate illustrated guide on how to parent children of every age! I know, who am I kidding — nothing can prepare us for being parents. Although knowing that is a good start. Well, that and a whole … Continue reading →

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My First Date

Posted on March 21, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was in love with my life. More specifically, I was in love with theatre, music, and girls, all girls—with “Womanhood,” I told my pen pal Judy (above), and so I was “playing the field with enthusiasm.” … 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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Not Caring Is Hard Work

Posted on December 3, 2022 by mitchteemley

Artwork by ViKING 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. While Zack was searching for his sister Gina, … Continue reading →

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The Year I Invented Myself

Posted on November 29, 2022 by mitchteemley

My first actor headshots, age 14 My Real Memoir Almost the moment we hit our teens, we become sentient beings. Before that we’re racoons: too clever for our own good (or at least our parents’ good), and basically untamable. Not … Continue reading →

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