Classmates often called me Brace Face or Tin Grin. Actually, the original taunt was a little longer. It was BraceFaceTinGrinHairyHairyFatStuff….
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newspaper columnist
My Teenage Artistic Ability
My greatest artistic ability was revealed in high school. It wasn’t cooking, it wasn’t sewing, it was writing. I was…
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I Revealed the Name of a High School Crush on a Meatloaf
Today people tattoo the name of their first crush on their bodies. When I was in high school, I embellished…
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I Write, Therefore I Rewrite
When I was a teenager, words freely flowed onto the page. A columnist and reporter for the county newspaper,…
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