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Remembering Mrs. Timmer, lessons learned at Blythe Park School, and going indie
Mrs. Timmer, who taught fourth grade at Blythe Park Elementary School in Riverside back in the seventies, had a way of speaking to nine and ten year-olds in a way that was never condescending, unlike some teachers, whose names will … Continue reading
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Ghost of Christmas Past: Riverside 1972
One Christmas, when I was in grade school at Blythe Park Elementary and when soldiers—including one of my cousins—were fighting in Vietnam, my father erupted when another cousin criticized our country’s involvement in the war. I only had a vague … Continue reading