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Clubius Besieged Part 5 – Break (December 1966) - Lefty Parent My clock radio turned on. Frank Sinatra was singing… I said that's life (that's life) And as funny as it may seem Some people get their kicks Stomping on a dream But I don't let it, let it get me down...

Part 5 of my "memoir" of my junior high school years 1966-1969. Sick with flu the last week of school before winter break and end up staying home the entire week which feels like a godsend to my battered soul and a portent of things to come.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2026/01...

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The latest chapter from my autobiographical novel, "Clubius Besieged" about my junior high years 1966-1969. Trying to recreate zeitgeist and conflicting thoughts and feelings I had at my first dance in 7th grade when I somehow managed to ask a girl to dance. www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/11...

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Latest chapter of my autobiographical novel, "Clubius Besieged", about my junior high years in the later 1960s. It starts more of a narrative thread around Math Club and connecting with my female classmate that lives across the street. www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/10...

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Clubius Besieged Part 2 – Homefront (September 1966) - Lefty Parent It was Friday afternoon and the last bell rang for the end of eighth period, the end of the day at Tappan and the end of my fourth week of school in this crazy junior high place with a thousand other ...

2nd chapter of my latest "memoir", about my junior high years back in the 1960s, chronicling a weekend, and my split life with divorced parents, watching both my mom and dad wrestle with psychological trauma in their own ways, as I wrestle with mine.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/09...

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Clubius Contained Part 44 – Childhood’s End (August 1966) - Lefty Parent [Author's note: This is the final chapter of Clubius Contained] I was up early as usual and in the kitchen eating a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast when there was a knock on the front door of our cotta...

The final chapter of my "memoir" of my elementary school years growing up in the college town of Ann Arbor Michigan in the 1960s. My old friend Molly and I reminisce about the past and contemplate an uncertain future.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/07...

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Clubius Contained Part 42 – Hexagons & Dice (August 1966) - Lefty Parent I woke up to that less bright softer light coming in the small window in our little cottage bedroom and taps of rain on its glass panes and the roof above. David was sitting in his bed drawing on his ...

With the culmination of six years of elementary school, and the prospect of going to junior high, I wrestle with what it takes to feel like a big kid if I'm going to go to a big kid school, including the minefield of boyfriend girlfriend stuff, per the Beatles. www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/05...

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Clubius Contained Part 41 – Longnook (August 1966) - Lefty Parent It was the next morning, and mom was sleeping in. For whatever reason, I didn’t sleep in as much as I usually did, maybe because I was so excited to be there. I got up when David did and we explored t...

Finally posted latest chapter of "Clubius Contained", my autobiographical novel of my elementary school years from age 5 to 11. It's August 1966 and my mom, brother and I are again in Cape Cod for a very much needed vacation from day to day life.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/04...

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Clubius Contained Part 40 – Front Seat (August 1966) - Lefty Parent As I walked by her open bedroom door, the TV was on and I could see all the pieces of paper on mom’s bed. I couldn’t quite see her, but I knew she was in there, sitting cross-legged at the head of her...

Latest chapter of my "memoir" of my elementary school years. August 1966, me age 11 in last gasps of any semblance of "childhood", still not officially a teen. We embark on the long drive again to "the Cape", this time post divorce without our dad.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/03...

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Clubius Contained Part 39 – Generals & Admirals (July 1966) - Lefty Parent Besides doing stuff with my regular friends like hanging out at their houses, playing in the park, and playing Little League baseball, I had a secret life playing wargames with a different set of secr...

Latest chapter of my "memoir" of growing up in 1960s in Ann Arbor Michigan. It's summertime, when my time's my own, and besides my "regular" friends, who were in my sixth grade class at school, I have my "secret" friends that I play Avalon Hill wargames with.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/02...

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Clubius Contained Part 38 – Tube Benders (July 1966) - Lefty Parent A bunch of us were hanging out at Arthur’s house, including Andy, Stuart, Frankie, Mike and Cal. It was the middle of July, which was the middle of summer, the middle of my favorite time of the year. ...

Latest chapter of my "memoir" about growing up in Ann Arbor MI in early 1960s. I've finished 6th grade and am in the middle of my beloved summer months. I get a big clutch hit our Little League game, but then our catcher to does something bad to seal the win.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/02...

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Redirecting...

Historian Heather Cox Richardson does a great weekly pep talk about her take on everything going on including pretty good advice about how to continue the fight for democracy. She's calm, measured and thoughtful and it may be just the thing to settle you a bit...
www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

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Clubius Contained Part 37 – Last Day (June 1966) - Lefty Parent It was Friday morning, the last day of school, and the CK DJ on my clock radio woke me up… Twenty twenty weather word, “Ahhh”. For many of you out there, boys and girls, it’s the last day of school, t...

Latest chapter of my "memoir" about my elementary school years growing up in Ann Arbor MI. The last day of school, the end of my years in elementary school, after a difficult year of my parents' divorce. But now it's my favorite time of year, summer break.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2025/01...

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Like "Go away kid, you bother me!"

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Well... IMO the cartoon could have had some other dismissive retort than "Fuck off" and been just as effective making the point!

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I continue to read, record, edit & post as a podcast chapters of my autobiographical novel of growing up ages 3 to 5 in Ann Arbor in late 1950s. If you like listening to audio books, you might enjoy this one, where I do my best to bring my story to life with my voice.

clubiusincarnate.podbean.com

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Clubius Contained Part 35 – Thunderball (March 1966) - Lefty Parent It was Saturday, and it was cold and gray and windy and wet outside. We were all still waiting for that first day of spring. You knew it when it came. All of a sudden the day would be a little warmer,...

Latest chapter of my "memoir" about my elementary school years in the 1960s. With us kids it's all about secret agents, and the big event was the new James Bond movie, "Thunderball", and I wrestle with the discomforting sexual politics between men and women.

www.leftyparent.com/blog/2024/12...

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Yikes... I hope you're wrong but I fear you're not!

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Latest chapter of my "memoir" about growing up in Ann Arbor in 1960s. Beginning of sixth grade culminating with my mom confronting my dad on an affair he is having with another woman. www.leftyparent.com/blog/2024/10...

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Chapter 33 of my "memoir", Clubius Contained about my elementary school years in the early 1960s. Following up on the last chapter, final events leading to my mom and dad getting divorced... www.leftyparent.com/blog/2024/10...

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A picture of the Cooperstown Cats owner, drawn by my brother

The latest chapter of my "memoir" about my youth It's January 1966, two months after our mom and dad divorced, and my brother and I find solace in our new kitten, new comedy albums and our table-top hockey game, and the pretend world we create around it. www.leftyparent.com/blog/2024/11...

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