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Butch Wants to Fly Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn...Apple seed and apple thorn...Wire, briar, limber lock...Three geese in a flock...One...
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Butch’s Childhood Keepsakes

I admit it...I am a saver. I hate to throw anything away. I was brought...
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Butch Takes A Back Road Home

Every so often, when I leave work in the evening, instead of heading straight home,...
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Butch Buys Beatle Boots!!!

When I started sixth grade in the fall of 1960, I just knew I was...
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Butch Gets A New Phone In 1958 !!!!

Except for a few diehard holdouts, just about everyone has a cell phone today. Teenagers...
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My Third Grade Teacher Was The Tops !!!!

I was very fortunate to have many outstanding teachers when I attended Darlington school, and...
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Butch Teaches His Brother How To Ride A Bike…OOPS!

My brother Gary was born in 1952, four years after I came into this world,...
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Childhood Memories Of Growing Up On A Farm

   There are several of you readers who, just like me, grew up in rural...
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Thanks, Mr. Quimby….

The principal of a small school has to wear many hats. In addition to being...
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We Americans Have Seen WAY Too Many Commercials!

"It's time to wake up and get ready for school. You overslept, so you'll have...