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Clubius Contained Part 13 - Third Grade (October 1962)
Last night I was watching TV, but mom came down and said she wanted “to hear what President Kennedy has to say about what’s happening in Cuba.” Dad was already down in the basement at his desk. He...
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Clubius Contained Part 14 - Football Saturday (November 1962)
I woke up and I could hear the rain tapping on the window by my bed. Not hard like a storm, but just a little bit like what mom called “showers”. I always liked waking up on Saturday morning, because I...
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It’s Halloween time again. Enjoy this fine selection of vampire tunes and be sure to add your favorite spooky songs in the comments!.Screaming Lord Sutch :: Dracula’s DaughterxxYouTube Video.Roky...
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Clubius Contained Part 15 - Long Division (January 1963)
“So what you doing in math these days, mister Clubius?” mom asked as I was eating a baloney sandwich I had made for myself in the kitchen, and she was making a “big pot of spaghetti sauce for dinner”...
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"We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we...
Since this morning, a number of additional editorial cartoons have been posted online; hence, I posted a second diary.Link to My Second Diary — JFK on Trump, The Week in Editorial Cartoons — and Happy...
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Clubius Contained Part 16 - Mary (April 1963)
I was over at Joey’s house. We had both just played in what the older kids called a “pickup” baseball game at Allmendinger Park. That was where two of the older kids decided to be the captains, and the...
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Clubius Contained Part 17 - Little League (June 1963)
I was extra happy that day third grade was finally done. The last day of school each June was already my favorite day of the year, even better than Christmas or my birthday. On those two days I got...
View ArticleIVH: Thee Headcoatees / The Sisters of Suave
Tonight’s selections from Thee Headcoatees‘The Sisters of Suave’, a compilation of singles.Somewhat surprisingly, there’s not much written about them online. I have a book on the gals but running out...
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Clubius Contained Part 18 - Saugatuck
“Cooper, wake up”, dad whispered, and I felt something shaking my foot under my covers, “Molly’s here and it’s time for your big trip.” I had trouble opening my eyes and figuring out what was going on....
View ArticleMLK Day 2024: Celebrating a Great Thinker
“At cusp, choice is. With choice, spirit grows.”— Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange LandMLK would know. We Americans are at cusp. This year we have a grave choice. Either we continue our...
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Clubius Contained Part 19 - Fourth Grade (September 1963)
My fourth grade teacher, Mrs Larkin, was different than all the other teachers I had had. I mean, she was a regular grownup like my third grade teacher Mrs Rodney and my second grade teacher Mrs...
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Clubius Contained Part 20 - Assassinated (November 1963)
I was excited that even though it was Friday, I didn’t have to go to school today. Mom said there were “parent-teacher conferences” instead of a regular school day, and she walked to my school, instead...
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Clubius Contained Part 21 - D-Day (January 1964)
The biggest present I got for Christmas was from “Santa”, which I knew now was really mom and dad. But mom wanted to keep pretending that Santa was real, maybe for David, because he was still a little...
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Clubius Contained Part 22 - Panic Attack (April 1964)
Aunt Pat kissed me on the cheek, looked at me and said, “Tell your mom I’m thinking of her and that you and your Aunt ‘Hant’ Pat had a great time together and you're welcome back any time!” I nodded...
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Clubius Contained Part 23 - In the Lilac Bushes (June 1964)
It was the last day of school. I was finally done with fourth grade. The last day of school was my FAVORITE day of the whole year because I didn’t have to have grownups in charge of me anymore, or at...
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Clubius Incarnate Part 24 - Burns Park (August 1964)
Looking across Burns Park with school at far endIt was just a week ago that we moved here. Mom said we needed to move for her “mental health”, so “your dad and I can have more of the kind of life we...
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Clubius Contained Part 25 - Fifth Grade (September 1964)
Burns Park Elementary SchoolI woke up to that guy on the radio, that “disc jockey” guy, talking in his fast way that kind of went up and down and was almost like singing, but not really. Dad had gotten...
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Clubius Contained Part 26 - Snow Day (November 1964)
It was Monday morning and I woke up to that disc jockey guy on the radio on CKLW again just talking away about the weather…Twenty twenty weather word, “snow”. It’s comin down boys and girls, flake by...
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Clubius Contained Part 27 (February 1965) - Out Sick
“Are you feeling better Coolie?” mom asked as I sat at the kitchen table eating Campbell’s chicken noodle soup out of a bowl. I nodded. I had opened the can and heated it up myself on the stove.“Oh...
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Clubius Contained Part 28 - My 10th Birthday (April 1965)
It was the middle of March about two weeks before my birthday, but it still seemed like winter outside, even though there was hardly any snow left on the ground.“You know Coolie”, mom said as she...
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