Category Archives: youth

THE CLOSET OF LOST THINGS by Peter Nolan Smith

April 27, 2012 – 9:10 am

The Nuns of Our Lady of the Foothills taught their students math, English, religion, history, geography, and a scattering of other basic subjects. Their educational technique depended heavily on rote memorization and harsh discipline. The Palmer penmanship was beaten into our rebellious right hands. Laziness on small ts earned miscreants a wrap on the knuckles. [...]

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House of The Rising Sun – Bob Dylan 1962

April 26, 2012 – 7:46 pm

Fifty years later. The LP BOB DYLAN changed our world. I was ten years old. It was arranged by Dave Van Ronk. The Pope of Greenwich Village.

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Donnie Ward 1270

April 26, 2012 – 5:35 pm

In 1971 I drove taxi to pay for my college education. The Boston Cab Company had its garage on 72 Kilmarnock St. The split was 50/50 for booking over $100 in a night. Tips added another $10 to the equation. Average income for a family of four was $10,000. I wasn’t rich, but I had [...]

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THE HOLE OF HEAVEN by Peter Nolan Smith

April 23, 2012 – 6:16 pm

According to the Old Testament God banished Adam and Eve from Eden for eating apples and this Original Sin condemned future generations to this mortal coil, however humans have defied this divine decree with repeated attempts to recreate Heaven on Earth. Most of these utopias have been short-lived, for nothing irked the true believers more [...]

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URGE FOR GOING Joni MItchell

April 17, 2012 – 7:05 pm
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