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Category Archives: Childhood
From Page to Stage
I spent my formative years in a one-bedroom apartment in Hempstead, circa the ’70s. Television was rarely an option; my TV youth experience was relegated to the PBS kids lineup (“Sesame Street,” “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” and “The Electric Company.”) Here … Continue reading
Posted in AcTING!, Books, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Lists, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Amy March, Ann M. Martin, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, Beverly Cleary, books, BSC, Dolly Pops, Doubleday, Hempstead, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Prunell, Ken Kesey, Kirsten Dunst, L.M. Montgomery, limes, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Magic Trip, Megan Follows, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, PBS, Ramona Quimby, Randle McMurphy, Sarah Polley, Sesame Street, SNL, the '70s, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Electric Company, TV
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Goodbye, TWoP :(
27 years ago, my life was changed forever by “The Baby-Sitters’ Club.” I was 12, and it had been nine long years since I fell in love with Little Women, two years that felt like two decades since Anne Shirley … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, TV, Women
Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Bravo, BSC, BTVS, Degrassi, getting divorced, imagination, Little Women, MBTV, NBC, Newlyweds, Sars, Stacey McGill, SVH Kidnapped, Tomato Nation, Wing Chun, YA novels
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Pop Pops & Wood Shops
“Would you just hand a child a saw?” someone recently said, forget who, but all I could do was mentally address that rhetorical question, because 30+ years ago, I was handed a saw and taught how to cut wood by … Continue reading
Then You Can Dream About It, and It’ll Be a Whole Garden.
You know, George, I feel that in a small way we are doing something important. Satisfying a fundamental urge. It’s deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace, and we’re helping him … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Family, Friends, The '80s, Work
Tagged A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan, apartments, Christmas, Colorado fires, creche, cruises, Dorothy, Fontanini, George Bailey, Holly Hobbie, Hurricane Sandy, it's a wonderful life, jimmy stewart, Little Orphan Annie, miracle on 34th street, natalie wood, nativity scenes, ornaments, Shannon, St. Nick's Day, Wizard of Oz
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The Best Postcard
I was eight years old when I sent Beverly Cleary a very long and urgent handwritten letter, wherein I patiently explained that she and her writing meant – well, absolutely EVERYTHING to me. In my very-best penmanship (which, if you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women
Tagged 1984, 2002, 2007, Alan Tiegreen, artists, Beverly Cleary, birthdays, fraternal twins, getting older, goddesses, growing old is not for sissies, Henry Huggins, horses, humid summer days, imagination, Kinko's, late bloomers, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Long Island, Louis Darling, Mitch and Amy, Nanny Posch, Passion, postcards, Reagan, Rebecca, Ribsy, spry, Walter Cleary
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A Good Memory From My Most-Hated Grade
I hated sixth grade. It was the year my parents made me go to Christian school, after I’d finally and painstakingly eked out an identity for myself at Chatterton, the public elementary school in my district. I wasn’t the prettiest, … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s, Women
Tagged " corsages, 1986, banquets, Chatterton Elementary, Christmas, Connect Four, costumes, essays, gymnasiums, Halloween, hoedowns, Ireland, Long Island, Madonna Virgin Tour, posterboard, private school, prom, public school, Saint Lucy, sixth grade, Snickers, South Shore Christian School, Sweden, The Rock, topographical maps
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The Costumes of My Life! Part I
As many of you already know, I’m in love with Halloween, and costumes especially. Were I a more knowledgeable geek (and also had more money (which I probably would if I were a more knowledgeable geek)), I’d be at every … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s
Tagged 1975-1987, Angel, Annie, blue eye shadow, Christmas, colored hairspray, costumes, Dorothy, elementary school, fabric paint, fairy, fluorescent socks, Glinda, glitter, gypsy, Halloween as satanic?, hoop earrings, interdenominational Christian school, Janis Joplin, leggings, Manitou, pierced ears, punk rocker, side ponytail, SSCS, the 80s, Thingamajig, Thundercats, tiara, Wicked Witch of the West, wings, Wizard of Ox
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