Five Random Weird Things I Remember…1997
1. Got a concussion while playing badminton in gym class. Yep, that actually happened. 2. I found a tumor in my face while taking the…
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Five Random Weird Things I Remember…1994
1. I wrote a poem called “Piggly and Wiggly Went Shopping”. I did not know about Piggly Wiggly grocery stores. Strange coincidence. Or the words…
Five Random Weird Things I Remember…1993
1. Snorting Pixy Sticks with my friends during study hall to see what color our snot would be. 2. I tried alcohol for the first…
Five Random Weird Things I Remember…1990
1. Played Oregon Trail in the computer lab, which was in the basement/bomb shelter. 2. I was in a school play for DARE. My part…
Five Random Weird Things I Remember…1989
1. I got glasses. They were red wireframes and much too large for my face. 2. Decided to have my super-long hair cut to my…
Five Random Weird Things I Remember…1988
1. I was officially a latch-key kid. I was 8. My kids would have burned the house down if they had been allowed to be…
Five Random Weird Things I Remember…1987
1. Had my ears pierced. I cried. 2. Got a “D” in gym class for talking too much and not participating. Sounds pretty accurate. 3.…
Static: Ms. Myska Attends a Literary Event “The margarita was just the right balance of sweet and tart and salt, which Ms. Myska didn’t mind flicking her tongue to the edge of the glass to taste. She didn’t even mind if someone saw.”
At the posh Mexican restaurant where her writer friend would be lecturing, Ms. Myska ordered a margarita but in “not too crazy a glass, please.”…
