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The Trailer (A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #31)
It started with the rain. Tammy Wynette refused to perform on the uncovered stage, the foot traffic slowed to a trickle, and my boss Jerry couldn’t stop grumbling about the replacement band. “The Cheese Boys?” he muttered, as the sounds from Turtle Tap’s house band echoed through an empty grandstand. “This is the best those college idiots Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Week 2: The Elders
Oh boy. I’m really having a good time with Thanksgiving this year, but that’s no surprise. It’s my favorite holiday. Since yesterday was our day of giving thanks to the kids, let’s take things old school and bestow some gratitude on our elders. Here are a few excerpts from stories about the generations above me. My Continue reading
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Back to School Day 3 – The Real World, The Real World, and The Real World
Here’s where we are in Back to School Week: Teachers were celebrated last week in one megapost. Plenty of good links there. Day One of Celebrating Students: Young Bartleby generates a spiritual crisis in the halls of Cadbridge High… Day Two of Celebrating Students: The girl who joined the all-boys league… Today’s post is a tribute to Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #17 – The Shirts and Skins
In the stories so far I’ve talked a lot about death and fear and failure, and that makes sense because we spend our lives immersed in those qualities (or at least I have). But other aspects of life drive us just as hard: love, for example. And pride and desire and friendship. I grew up admiring Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #16 – The Laundry
In high school I worked for a man who had a business mind as sharp as any I encountered before or since, a brilliant schemer who had worked his way out of a factory job and now worked for no man but himself. When I started working for him and his wife he owned an Continue reading
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