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What do army men, darts, wooden stairs and 3 bored boys have in common?

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

You might be thinking, "What the heck is he talking about?" As I was growing up in North Conway, N.H., the most common type of home in the area was a Cape Cod style with a full basement. Most people never finished off the basement so the steps downstairs were usually...

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Rubber band wars with Dad!

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

This is not the actual rubber bands we used....The ones we used were this big before you began pulling on them! They were awesome!!! Rubber band wars with Dad My younger brother Tyler and I used to love having rubber band wars with our Dad when we were growing up. ...

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He Was Talent Personified

Lillian Cormier

Milton Berle is my all time favorite comedian. He made me laugh till I cried. He had more energy than I've seen in my lifetime and he never offended anyone in his routine. I can't say the same about the so called comedians today. There are very few that I can...

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My All Time Favorite TV Show.

Lillian Cormier

It was nineteen forty eight. . My father had a huge, seven inch wide screen portable TV. Once a week I loked forward to the Milton Berle Show. he mad

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The black and white show that I remember watching as a child is...

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

Howdy Doody was a great show that I remember. They were re-runs at that time, but they were new to me! Another show that started in black and white and then went to color was Captain Kangaroo. I loved that show too....Mr. Green Jeans and the ping pong balls.

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Writing My First Song

John Cormier

this song made it to number 100,000 on the music charts I HAD BEEN PLAYING THE GUITAR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AT THIS POINT OFF AND ON. THEN ONE DAY I WAS SITTING WITH MY BROTHER JIM AND MY COUSIN LARRY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I JUMPED...

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It Wasn't What We Expected Part-3 The Finale

Tom Cormier

As the van with it's nearly bald tires reached the crest of the deep snow-covered mountain pass we were exhausted after pushing it up the last 100 feet or so. It was desolate and we all asked ourselves why in the world we would ever try to do this. In airplane...

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Camping At An Abandoned Gold Mine

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Canyon on the Feather River Of several trips to the large property on the Feather River, one of them turned into a real adventure. A land owner wanted his square mile of land...

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THE GLASS HAMMER

John Cormier

FOR MY SON TAKE YOUR SON TO WORK DAY I WAS WORKING AS A PLASTERER FOR MY BROTHER AND I ASKED IF HE COULD USE SOME EXTRA HELP. I WAS ASKING FOR MY SON. HE SAID THAT WOULD BE FINE - BRING HIM TOMORROW. MY BROTHER HAD TWO GUYS FROM...

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HAYRIDE

John Cormier

LOCAL FARMER AT HIS BEST OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS FILLED WITH LAUGHTER PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME . I THINK THAT WAS THE REASON ONE OF THE FARMERS THAT LIVED THERE WOULD COME DOWN THE STREET WITH HIS HORSES AND HAY WAGON ON ANY GIVEN SATURDAY RIGHT AROUND 6:30 PM. HE...

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RED ROVER RED ROVER

John Cormier

THIS WAS A FUN GAME WE WOULD LINE UP HOLDING HANDS LIKE IN THE PICTURE. EACH LINE OF PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS WOULD BE ABOUT 4 TO 5 PEOPLE. THE TWO LINES WOULD BE ABOUT 50 FEET APART. THE FIRST PART OF THIS GAME IS THAT YOU TAKE TURNS CALLING A...

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Preserving Your Summer Memories

Annie Payne

Eons ago, when I was a child, every Australian back garden had a selection of fruit trees growing – a lemon, orange, plum, apricot and peach were the most common. Families with a larger garden also planted nectarines, mulberry, fig, crab apple, quince, pomegranate and other more exotic fruit producing trees...

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Zipping

deanne groves

Flying through the trees like a squirrel or monkey...who wouldn't love that? My first adventure ziplining began with trepidation and ended with exhilaration. I wanted to take my husband on a "different' kind of trip, one that was daring but not TOO daring. Googling around located this thing called ziplining in...

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Hitting The Trail In The Northwest Frontier Provinces Of Pakistan

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Northwest Frontier Provinces Pakistan On a trek into the Northwest Frontier Provinces of Pakistan, the Swat valley he believes it was -- Footloose Forester arrived with Peace Corps colleagues John Harper and Jerry Jensen at sunset. We...

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music and family

John Cormier

listen to the audio if you dare at the top of this story Music and Family I belong to a large family which took an enormous effort from both my parents and all the siblings. We never asked for any material things from my folks and I believe they...

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Travel Memories

Annie Payne

Travel Memories “I haven’t travelled everywhere, but it is on my list.” Susan Sontag. I confess – I have a secret passion for travel. I’m sure that the seed for my passion was deeply embedded in me at the age of 3 ½ years when I became a monthly boarder...

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A favorite travel destination for me is...

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

Hooper Bald 5,450' (One of the highest points in the Nantahala National Forest, N.C. 2008....Car camping at it's finest! I tell ya, I truly enjoy camping. Now, there are different types of camping so let's get that straight right off the bat. There is rv camping where you've got a...

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Windsock Estates - Hang glider vista

JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

Windsock Estates - Hang glider vista When I was between the ages of 2-4 years I lived in an apartment complex that was adjacent to the local community airport in North Conway, N.H. The name of the apartment complex was Windsock Estates...What a great name. The airport and surrounding town was...

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