Some things are memorable beyond merely their timing in my youth…

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Another TV memory of my childhood. One I can’t believe was a successful show or concept taken seriously enough to make it into production…

I see this now and all I can say is “we liked it? We really, really liked it?” Okay, so maybe it was sort of cute and funny, light and fluffy [...]

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I’m sitting here doing the paperwork for my daughter’s enrollment in kindergarten, for which we have been ordered to appear by the school system at 1:30 PM tomorrow. She will be 6 in September, at the old end of the spectrum for her class.
We’d wanted to home school, but she is sooo excited about [...]

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As also noted by Leslie, Fess Parker has died. I don’t remember seeing the other two things for which he was known, though I am familiar with the Davy Crockett tune and suspect I must have seen some of them. I frequently sing the first part, changing the name to that of one of my [...]

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This is one of my favorite songs of all time. The first time I can remember ever hearing it as a young kid, strangely enough, was at my grandmother’s house, from the radio in the dining room. It put me into a mental state, almost a waking dream, in which I imagined as vividly as [...]

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