Tag: American childhood
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What were your biggest takeaways from grade school?
Mine: I wanted to be a Pueblo Indian when I grew up. Also wanted to be a Dutch colonist and make bayberry scented candles all day. After second grade it was no longer acceptable to hold hands with your best friend walking to school. Planting trees was a civic duty. You’re a Grand Old Flag…
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What is your first memory?
My mother had a recurring dream while we lived in the cottage beside the river. Great rains would come and she’d wake to find the house unhinged upon the flooding water. Her brand new sewing machine sat upon a porch the real cottage didn’t have. The machine’s weight tilted the house to one side and…
Author Adrienne Morris 