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There was a parade. It was trundling down 7th avenue (I think it was 7th). We came upon it as my mother was taking me for a vaccination shot at the doctors office. I’m not sure what I was getting vaccinated for. Might have been for smallpox or rabies or maybe to prevent polio. Yes, … Continue reading The March of Dimes

I continued delivering Star Weekly after we moved above the grocery store. But I had a mission. It was to earn enough money to replace the loaned bicycle with one that didn’t have a defective chain that constantly slipped so I could fall crotch first onto the crossbar. I never looked but I’m sure there … Continue reading The Star Weekly

My neighbor and schoolmate was Greg Saunders. From my bedroom window it was possible to climb on to his roof next door. It’s funny how, when you’re a kid, you don’t realize that many of the things you do without thinking could actually kill you. Anyway, Greg and I were destined to be good friends … Continue reading Cubbing in Calgary

It was the second school and third house, that year we spent in Calgary. I’m not really sure why we moved there in the first place. Another new start? A return to what had been a better life, in someone’s mind? I don’t know, I was only ten, what did I know. I did know … Continue reading Cliff Bungalow