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The Nature of the Nectar
Do men find their first drink more memorable than women?Having a kid come back from active duty means you double up on holidays for a while. We celebrated both his birthday and Easter last Sunday....
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An Acquired Taste
Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to drink bad beer.Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, telling a story between songs to a live audience, made an aside in which he said, “Man, I haven’t had...
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We Sold Bonkers. We Sold Life.
The Life spinner still sounds the same as it did when I was a boy.For Gary Almeter, selling his childhood board games was like looking at a movie of his life. Grandpa rode his three-wheeler down to...
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BB Guns, Gangs, and Other Teenage Rites of Passage
View image | gettyimages.comScott Laudati on the marks left by the need to belong, and the greater need to be true to self.—Carl’s parents were divorced before we started first grade. For a few years,...
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Planes Made from Beer Cans and Air Travel Today—a Grandson Remembers
Air travel has changed drastically over the years.I remember my first flight. It was from Boston to New York aboard a dual propeller aircraft operated by Allegheny Airlines. Allegheny was a smallish...
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Fishing With My Father
My father wasn’t much of a fisherman. Pitcher, golfer, bowler, woman chaser, fishing was too dull a sport for him. He didn’t have the body or the restraint for it. Born nimble to run and swing and...
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Missing the Carefree Boys of Summer — A Call for Submissions
Embed from Getty Images — When I was picking up my daughter from school recently, I noticed that there were throngs of boys out on the quad, playing ultimate frisbee. So carefree. So seemingly...
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Broken Arrow: How a Father Named His Son
A few weeks ago, I was in New York City for a professional symposium and met up with a friend to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was my fourth visit to this incredible landmark, and each time...
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Girl Scouts Cookies: The Art of Your Bravery
— The other day, I bought some Girl Scouts cookies from my friend Scott. Yes, it’s that time of year in the office and at your local supermarkets. Scott’s helping his daughter reach their “idealistic”...
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The Cook’s Badge
— As a lad I was in the boy scouts – the 1st Bispham Scout group, Seagull patrol. I was a keen collector of badges and at the age of about 12 I entered for my cook’s badge. I had to cook a dish at camp...
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A Place for Bass
— This old garage. There was always some great music coming through this workshop. I walked by it often since I lived a few blocks away up the street from this place. Through a mutual friend, I met the...
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The Grace of Taco
When one is working in a scrap metal yard one must remain vigilant to not only the edges and folds of the gnarled, worn metal but the contours and dips of the ground as well. Elevation changes may be...
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