Stories: Not Too Far From The Ocean

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The End of Polio? • I Was a Long-boarder • The Draft: What's Your Problem? • Timothy Leary? • To Ski or Not to Ski • Butch and Sundance • Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! • Arrivals • It's Just a Car • Fish On! • Music Musings • Walter Mitty Redux • Clamming and Crabbing • Grandpop: Can We Talk?

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Walter Mitty Redux

During my childhood, I stumbled upon James Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" in an old New Yorker magazine left lying around the house by my dad. The captivating, daydreaming stories from my reading have stayed with me. I also vividly remember my 5th-grade teacher mentioning at an open house (where parents met the teacher back in the day) that I daydreamed a lot in class. Is daydreaming a crime, a misdemeanor, or simply a child dreaming and fantasizing?

I also remember you could place your face behind a life-size cutout of a celebrity and have a photo taken at an amusement park—in my case, that amusement park was POP, Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica.

Well, I still daydream—some musings below.

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