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10/31/2013 by Sherring D.

My father doesn’t believe in Halloween. It’s not because the pagan holiday goes against his religious beliefs. He’s an atheist. He’s also an old-school West Indian man, Haitian to be precise. Dressing up, going to door-to-door to beg for candy was one of the many “American” things he frowned upon. If teachers sent him notices for us to dress up for school, he’d take us shopping for cheap costumes. He also begrudgingly took us shopping for multi-packs of library card […]

Categories: Back in the Day • Tags: 70s, afro wig, Back in the Day, candy, celebration, childhood, costume, dress up, Halloween, leather jacket, masquerade

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High School: The Mouse Race To Prepare You For The Rat Race*

10/24/2013 by Sherring D.

A former high school classmate/current Facebook friend ran into one of our old teachers in an elevator and posted a Facebook picture that I assume was taken with a cell phone. The post garnered many likes and comments not only about Mr. Barnor, who taught Civics and Economics, but also comments about other teachers who have been sighted 15 years post-graduation. Most names, I either don’t remember or didn’t have the pleasure of taking, but I do remember Ms. Brun […]

Categories: Back in the Day • Tags: Back in the Day, Boston Latin School, cell phone, Civics, Facebook, French language, High School, Post-Graduation, Postgraduate education, Teacher

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Love Is The One Thing Everyone Wants; It’s The One Thing Not Everyone Has*

10/04/2013 by Sherring D.

Yesterday was the birthday of my first love. Well, my only love really. We were together for three years; apart now for almost ten. Nothing has come close to duplicating our relationship. I don’t lament it, just reminiscing. As most first loves, it ran its course, I suppose. My other love brought us together. We met when I worked at Waldenbooks Brentanos, the second of three bookstores on my resume. After that, I worked for publishers, where I was still […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Back in the Day, co-workers, first love, love, relationships, Shopping

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