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Category Archives: Firsts
The First Apartment
When I went back home after college, I ended up in my brother’s old room, roughly the size of a large closet. A single bed was tucked into one corner, under a small window, and sleeping there always gave me … Continue reading
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The First Car
When I was little, my tres cool babysitter, Lore, had a 1965 Karmann Ghia in Bahama blue. VW aficionados will know the color I mean, but it was fairly close to the shade in the photo below. Lore often took … Continue reading
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The First Kiss
My first kiss happened on a swing set; my young swain had dirty fingernails and milk on his breath. Okay, so we were eight years old. And to be quite honest, I had thrown myself at him with an impassioned … Continue reading
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