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Summer Reading Program: Teenage Years
I’m a child of Star Wars. I saw the original trilogy in the theaters starting at age 7. I had so many action figures and toys. I had shirts and pajamas and lunch boxes. Shoe […]
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Summer Reading Program: Youth Reading
Not long ago, I mentioned a series of books from my childhood to someone and asked if they had ever heard of them. Somewhat surprisingly, they hadn’t. That got me thinking about all the books […]
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Rainy Summer Days
As I’m sitting here writing this, it’s the day after Independence Day, and it’s raining. It’s not a hard rain, but it’s not a light rain either. I would call it a rain shower, but […]
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Spending Summer Vacation on Wagon Train
As I was growing up, I was fortunate enough to be able to take a lot of vacations. Well, vacations may be the wrong word. Working vacations, road trips, or just getting away from home […]
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Do You Remember Stuckey’s?
If your family ever took one of those summer road-trip vacations, you likely encountered Stuckey’s somewhere along your route. An oasis for highway travelers of any sort, Stuckey’s offered a place to rest, gas up, […]
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The Longest Summer of My Life
June, 1985. It’s a boiling hot day in the Texas panhandle. I ride my Huffy 10-speed up to a stop sign intersection that greets me like the gates of Hades. Beyond the intersection, the street […]
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How I Almost Died at a Holiday Inn Holidome
This week, I’m taking my family on vacation in Gatlinburg TN, which has always been one of my favorite destinations. It should be a fun few days in the sun riding go-karts, playing mini-golf, and […]