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Bad Playgrounds~~~#3

Bad Playgrounds~~~#3

    When I mentioned on my last Birthday that I wouldn’t have taken odds I’d ever have made it to sixty-four…………. Here’s one of the reasons… ……………….one of my earlier recollections of a good reason those odds could have been stacked against me………..but, what a great time!!! Here’s the working formula……………. ……………….my faithful friend & cousin—-Betty Joe Bob and our sturdy steeds (the donkeys——Phineas Quigley Tewilliger and Amanda, Phineas’ Mom). Add to that a good splash of boredom, a…

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Bad Playgrounds ~~~ #2

Bad Playgrounds ~~~ #2

    The continued adventures of Betty Joe Bob and me.  And why fate & kismet must have needed us to hang around…………….. Enter stage left~~~us~~~in the early 1950’s.  The stage is set~~~rural, northeastern Ohio.  Just south of Lake Erie. Betty Joe Bob (my cousin) and I are left to our own devices…………… Entertainment is high on the list.  What to do…what to do…………….. Some children have a Radio-Flyer/little red wagons.  Some have sand boxes. Some have swing sets.  Many…

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