Category Archives: Childhood

The Little Boy in the Window

The room was long and thin with windows that covered three full sides. I guess it could be called a sun room although it was referred to as the den… on a winter’s afternoon the path of the sun thru … Continue reading

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The Wide Staircase

When I was a kid I slept anywhere… at anytime. I would run around non-stop, going hither and yon, inventing imaginary games against imaginary adversaries… and when the physical activity or mental exercise exhausted me… I would curl up somewhere … Continue reading

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It’s What Happens When You Laugh

I know that I was young.  I know that I was sitting at the dinning room table with my family.  The fact that we were in the dinning room meant that it was a special dinner of some sort, since … Continue reading

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Saturday’s in the Fall

In 1960 the Yale Varsity Football team went undefeated and untied.  I saw every game. That year in a quirk of scheduling every game was played in the Bowl save the final game at Harvard (which my Dad took me … Continue reading

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