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Tag Archives: memories from childhood
How Many Times Do I Need to Say It?
Derek, My Son Did I tell you enough times how I loved you? Everything about you makes me smile. Right now my words might seem too few, Except I think a thought for every mile Keeping me away from … Continue reading
Posted in family, manuscripts, personal, poetry
Tagged divorce, family, fatherhood, love, memories from childhood, relationships, separateness
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Portrait: Artist as a Young Woman
Meet Akiane Kramarik As I was looking at YouTube videos yesterday, one was suggested for me. It was about Akiane and her painting called Dharma. Even as I was watching it, I remembered that her painting, “Prince of Peace”, … Continue reading
Posted in spirituality
Tagged astrology, death, Jesus Christ, memories from childhood, Near Death Experience, paintings
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Mister Rogers: Therapist?
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Some films are targeted at children, most at adults; this one is aimed directly at the child in each of us. Fred Rogers is a very nice man. Lloyd Vogul, a hurt man-child … Continue reading
Posted in reviews, showbusiness
Tagged anger, anger management, childhood, childhood memories, memories, memories from childhood, movies, psychology, television
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When Did We Last Do This?
Lost Memory My daughters are going to be traveling together for the first time since their teens. They are going to the Netherlands to visit their mother next month. Individually, they told me about it, while reminiscing about the last … Continue reading
Posted in paranoia, personal
Tagged childhood memories, false memories, family, memories, memories from childhood, teens
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My Great Aunt’s Diaries: 1949-1952
A Look at Life in Toronto Out of the blue, my second cousin, Norah, sent me transcripts of some diaries that her grandmother had written. I suspect she thought I’d be interested in the passages that featured my biological father, … Continue reading
Posted in family, history, personal
Tagged birth, death, family, memoirs, memories from childhood, relationships, social systems
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A Trip Down Cherry Tree Lane
Mary Poppins Returns It took more than half a century to continue the story 25 years later. That’s the magic of Disney: even the math doesn’t add up. I chose the title as my way of paying homage to Cockney … Continue reading
Posted in reviews
Tagged imagination, memories from childhood, movies, musicals, nostalgia
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Abandonment: In My Life
When I feel all alone… Of all the pictures that Google presented to me, when I searched for a provocative image of ‘abandonment’, this is the one that resonated. It hearkens back to my childhood of feeling like the outsider. … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged abandonment, childhood memories, memories from childhood, psychology, relationship issues
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Replacing the Hot Stove
With Social Media While reading through some Facebook comments this morning (I won’t bore you with the details as it was a post about Brett Kavanaugh), I suddenly flashed back to a childhood memory, which involved the old pot-bellied stove … Continue reading
Posted in history, personal
Tagged general store, gossip, memories from childhood, social media
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Hwy 11 – Memory of a Pit Stop
When I was young, the only route from Muskoka to Toronto that we traveled regularly was The King’s Highway 11. In those days, it went through downtown Barrie. (Actually, it still does, but it’s not the main route anymore: Highway … Continue reading
