Category Archives: Memory Lane

Shannon, circa 1995-99

My friend Erica just uploaded a bunch of scanned photos from when we were in high school. I haven’t yet dug up my old photo albums, so you’ve never seen the younger me. But don’t worry, I stole a bunch … Continue reading

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Compared to

Two of my best blogger buddies read my post yesterday and wrote their own accounts of adolescent insecurity. You should check out Katie’s post (at Willikat) and Angie’s post (at Found Out About Me). That got me thinking more about … Continue reading

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Stories from the bus

A few years ago I wrote about a few things I still feel guilty about, and two of them involved events that happened on a bus. When I reread that post recently, I was reminded of a few other bus … Continue reading

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High school gift giving

Here’s my next high school treasure. This is actually something my friend Erica found in her boxes of junk, and because she felt guilty throwing it away, I promised her I’d post it here so we’d always have it. And … Continue reading

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A high school poem

Here’s another treasure I found in my boxes of high school ‘keepsakes.’ It’s a poem I wrote, dated 10-5-1995. I was two months shy of 15 then, a freshman. Let me preface this by saying that I never wrote poetry, … Continue reading

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