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Tuesday, January 1, 1991
3 entries
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Tuesday, January 1, 1991 · Don Krumpos
I was seventeen, trying to be a functioning boyfriend, son, and amateur mechanic.
I was seventeen, trying to be a functioning boyfriend, son, and amateur mechanic. That’s a lot of roles to cram into one Homecoming. I changed the oil in the family Bonneville before the dance. Or I thought I did. The…
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Tuesday, January 1, 1991 · Don Krumpos
The Good Money
Around my freshman year of high school, my father finally moved to day shift. I do not remember the exact date. It may be in my mother's journal somewhere. What I remember is not the calendar but the feeling of…
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Tuesday, January 1, 1991 · Don Krumpos
The 1991 trip to Maine with the Schauts felt epic — two families in convoy,
The 1991 trip to Maine with the Schauts felt epic — two families in convoy, heading toward Deena and Floyd’s place, to the far edge of my childhood map. I remember: • playing basketball with Aaron • the long, hypnotic…