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A Bride's First Cooking Lesson

By Carol Montgomery

Watching closely (and Betty Crocker) helped prepare the cook and the meal.
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A Sparkling Jewell

By Kathy Padgett

This teacher knew that filled bellies meant eager minds.
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Biscuit, Mayonnaise and Onion

By Douglas S. Clark

This much-anticipated after-school snack was more than he could handle.
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Building Bonds

By Larry Scheckel

Who knew then that we were learning lessons for life?
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Coming of Age by Crossing the Bar

By Marilyn Ludwig

This rite of passage was never forgotten - nor repeated.
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Flowerpot Justice

By D.E. Brigham

She became judge, jury and executioner - and he was the better for it.
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From Bikes to Buses

By Velma Bernecker

From a small district school to a large public system—what we learned.
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Good Old Days in the Kitchen - The Three Sisters

By Georgia Kohart

The three proved to be beneficial to one another as ...
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Good Old Days On Wheels - The Great Tricycle ...

First to the bottom—first to brace for impact.

By Steven M. Sybert
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Grandma's Secret Recipe

By April Knight

I became her accomplice as we canned her "specialty" every year.
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How Do You Dance a Square?

By Karla Cooper

"Marching through Georgia" brought friends and fun together one square at a time.
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Just One More Adventure

By Jerry Thordsen

They made it through a series of adventures—but what had happened to his shoe?
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Looking Hollywood Way - The Imagination Dimension

By Michael O'Donnell

He could expand one's mind while scaring it at the same time.
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Lutefisk!

By Doug Sletten

Thankfully, this was a once a year Norwegian birthday tradition!
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Mischief on Maple Avenue

By Peggy Fitzgerald McNamara

They found ways to amuse themselves, pranking drivers.
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Ten Candles on the Cake

By Dorothy Stanaitis

No shortage of surprise and celebration on her special day.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By Carl Amari

The mystery radio show with brilliant case-solving detectives lived on for decades.
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The Green Pea Fiasco

By Mary Barberio

Only a favorite aunt could make eating peas bearable.
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The Shoe Was

By April Knight

Drastic measures would win this battle. Or would they?
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We Found a Boat!

By Damon Cable

It seemed like a great idea … at the time.
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What? No Training Wheels?

By John Scanlan

Determination—and a cemetery filled with zombies—can be ...
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Willing Taste Tester

By Susan Davis

Was it the pursuit to learn to cook or the pursuit to sample that kept her in the kitchen?

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Dear Friends of the Good Old Days,

Another summer has flown by. While growing up, that meant it was time to settle into fall and the new school year. Time to get reacquainted with school chums, make new friends, prepare for lessons and look ahead to Halloween. The adventures we had during summer break would still bring smiles to our faces and giggles with our friends when we rehashed them, till we had new adventures in fall. In...

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A Sparkling Jewell

By Kathy Padgett

As a child I spent hundreds of joyful hours cuddled in my mother's lap, learning my ABCs, nursery rhymes, poems, and math concepts. "Hidden jewels," said my mother (she knew I most certainly was one), "need to be found early and polished often or they won't sparkle."

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