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AlleyKids 13: Holidays

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When we moved to the alley, it was August, so we didn’t know about the 4th of July there. It’s just as well, because the next year was the Bicentennial, the very most special 4th of July since 1776. Our country turned 200 years old on our second year in the alley. We had spent [...]

AlleyKids 12: church

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For Mommy, there was no place like Mt. Zion in Cleveland. When we lived in Nashville, we found another Congregational Church, way across town. It took an hour to get to church on Sundays. And Mommy still missed

AlleyKids 11: Day Camp

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One summer, I think it was the summer of 1976, we went to this big day camp. Even Jim and Earl went. We all walked to Parkwood Upjohn together to catch the bus out to the place. It was exciting and it felt important to get up