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Friday, January 1, 1988

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  1. Friday, January 1, 1988 · Don Krumpos

    In 1988, Zelda II was the thing.

    In 1988, Zelda II was the thing. Fantasy was frowned on in my house — too magical, too “occult.” So I knew I wouldn’t get it for Christmas. I knew before the wrapping paper even came out. Still, a part…

  2. Friday, January 1, 1988 · Don Krumpos

    Something Good to Reach For

    One of my special memories is movie night. Usually it was Sunday, and usually it was the Disney family movie hour. That phrase alone carries a whole atmosphere for me now — the television glowing in the living room, the…

  3. Friday, January 1, 1988 · Don Krumpos

    What Others Threw Away

    The first time I understood my father was a kind of lumberjack, I was carrying his supper out to a stand of trees at the edge of a Royal Scot subdivision. He was up in one of the trees with…