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Walking Through the Park and Reminiscing
I was a sophomore in high school and a member of the cheerleading squad. We decided that as part of the Christmas season, we would get together out of a sense of “goodwill towards men” and go caroling. Dressed warmly for the weather, a handful of Christmas carols up our sleeves, we set out upon the neighbors directly across the street from Severna Park High School and began to ring doorbells and sing some of our favorite Christmas songs. The night was off to a good start. People listened at the doors as we mostly got the lyrics right, and as we went from house to house, there was a…
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Don’t Let Family Stories Die: Wednesday Wisdom
* * * I like to reminisce with people I don’t know. ~ Steven Wright. Did the aforementioned quote make you giggle just a little? That quirky quote comes from comedian Steven Wright. He used to make me laugh until I cried. Statements like, “I was walking my dog around the apartment…on the ledge,” and “I’m writing a book; I’ve got the page numbers done,” using his dead-pan voice and stoic glare could get my father and me going. We found the guy hilarious. See what I did? I just reminisced about something. Good Lordy. That actually was a deliberate transition; putting all the silliness aside, my friend Maribeth suggested…
