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” The Mother Lode”

Posted by Nelson on April 30, 2011 in Life Wisdom

It was a small bag probably three inches wide and six or seven inches long with a pull string sowed in the top.  Made of sturdy cotton or muslin which allowed it to slip into your pocket.  I preferred to tuck it under my belt  letting it hang down my side like an Indian’s prized [...]

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“The Latchkey Kid”

Posted by Nelson on June 26, 2010 in Life Wisdom

I , like many others from my early years, was known as a “Latchkey” child.  The harshness of those days on families demanded that children at a young age assume adult responsibilities for their lives while the parent (usually a single Mother) was at work.  Thus the term “Latchkey Kid“.  A term meaning to be [...]

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