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Clubius Contained Part 29 - State Report (May 1965)
Our teacher handed back our stories today we had written for our big monthly writing assignment for April. The story I had written was called “Enroute to Ekoe”, and it was about a very large pretend...
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Clubius Contained Part 30 - The Blue Front (June 1965)
Yesterday, the last day of school, had been the best day of the year, just like it had been for the last four years. When the school bell rang yesterday and we were done with fifth grade, so many...
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Clubius Contained Part 31 - Cape Cod (August 1965)
I was in this giant house where I kept going up in the attic but there was still another attic above it, so I went up there too. In each new attic I found a different stairway that went up to ANOTHER...
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Clubius Contained Part 32 - Sixth Grade (September 1965)
I was in the attic of that giant house again, but there was still a stairway over in the corner going up to what was another attic above the one I was in. As I climbed the stairs and looked around this...
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Clubius Contained Part 33: Divorce (November 1965)
School was school, and there were still six weeks of it until Christmas vacation. Mrs Herman had us doing more homework and more writing to “get us ready for junior high”, which was that Tappan place...
View ArticleIVH: Halloween / Rockin' in the Graveyard
No commentary, just a collection of assorted Halloween tunes tonight. Enjoy.Jackie Morningstar / Rockin' in the GraveyardxxYouTube Video.Ralph Nielsen & the Chancellors / ScreamxxYouTube Video.The...
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Clubius Contained Part 34 - Cats & Satire (January 1966)
My legs were tired. We’d been moving all day along the side of these mountains. My pack felt heavy on my back, and my rifle, hung by its strap on my shoulder, banged against my body with each step. The...
View ArticleIVH: Dusty Springfield / Dusty in Memphis
Tonight’s selections from Dusty Springfield’s fifth studio album, 1969’s Dusty in Memphis; a potent mix of Brill Building songwriting and Memphis soul music. Have to start off with this one of...
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Clubius Contained Part 35 - Thunderball (March 1966)
It was Saturday, and it was cold and gray and windy and wet outside. We were all still waiting for that first day of spring. You knew it when it came. All of a sudden the day would be a little warmer,...
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Clubius Contained Part 36 - Pencils (May 1966)
It was May and it was spring, and there was less than a month left of school. I could feel summer wanting to start, I could feel other kids wanted it too. I SO wanted it to start, I was SO sick of...
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Clubius Contained Part 37 - Last Day (June 1966)
It was Friday morning, the last day of school, and the CK DJ on my clock radio woke me up…Twenty twenty weather word, “Ahhh”. For many of you out there, boys and girls, it’s the last day of school, the...
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Clubius Contained Part 38 - Tube Benders (July 1966)
A bunch of us were hanging out at Arthur’s house, including Andy, Stuart, Frankie, Mike and Cal. It was the middle of July, which was the middle of summer, the middle of my favorite time of the year....
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Clubius Contained Part 39 - Generals & Admirals (July 1966)
Besides doing stuff with my regular friends like hanging out at their houses, playing in the park, and playing Little League baseball, I had a secret life playing wargames with a different set of...
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Clubius Contained Part 40 - Front Seat (August 1966)
As I walked by her open bedroom door, the TV was on and I could see all the pieces of paper on mom’s bed. I couldn’t quite see her, but I knew she was in there, sitting cross-legged at the head of her...
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