Category Archives: youth

Juvenile Mobile Lock-Up

May 21, 2016 – 11:10 am

The Catholic Church in Maine promoted procreation in hopes that those of the faith would demographically overwhelm the State’s predominant worship of Protestantism. A devout member of the Roman Church my mother produced six healthy children through the 1950s. Our family car was a Ford station wagon and my father feared one of us slipping […]

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Pride of Man – Quicksilver Messenger Service

May 9, 2016 – 7:52 am

“Of God Pride of Man broken in the dust again.” How apropos for these troubled times. PRIDE OF MAN was written by Hamilton Camp. Quicksilver Messenger Service recorded it for their 1st album in 1968. On LSD John Cippolina’s guitar touched every cells in your soul with the chagrin of greatness. More proof I’m just […]

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DAZED BY ZEPPELIN by Peter Nolan Smith

April 12, 2016 – 12:57 pm

Everyone in the world has a phone. I can call Fenway’s mom in Thailand and Mam will pick up the phone on the other side of the world. This advancement is a miracle, considering only twenty years ago phone service to foreign countries was a costly and timely expenditure. Now international connections are linked by […]

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Rex Trailer’s Boomtown

March 11, 2016 – 1:42 pm

Since the beginning of time humanity has risen thanks to the memories billions of people scattered across the globe. My recollection of names, places, and faces run back into the 1950s. At this point in time I figuredI’ve seen about fifty millions people in the voyages across America, Canada, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico, Canada, France, England, […]

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Party Rules for Youth

March 10, 2016 – 2:45 pm

My friend’s son is having a graduation party this weekend. Somehow I got invited via Facebook. I RSVPed ‘yes’ then checked the guests. Everyone is under 20. I’m three times that age, so I’m in the process of disinviting myself. Swine Flu Fever is a good excuse. Check out this rules of partying list. Official […]

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