Sunday, July 10, 2011

July

July was unprecedented in its harmony, the summer I turned 17. I returned from a six-day bike tour with Andrew Brouse to Point Pelee and back to find among a week’s worth of mail the first great report card I’d ever received. I landed my first summer job, mornings only, in an air-conditioned school. I had a fun computer project I was determined to finish by summer’s end. And although I didn’t yet know it, during our family vacation, I would somehow convince my mother to let me stay an extra week to finish my leadership training, on my own.
The narrow-chested author on Point Pelee, the southernmost
point of the Canadian mainland, 1978.
Posted by Roy Schulze at 3:39 PM
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13 comments:

  1. Roy SchulzeJuly 12, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    For the month of July, the members of Exquisite Corpse are writing 100 words a day on each letter of the alphabet in turn.

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    1. Roy SchulzeMarch 20, 2012 at 12:01 PM

      Also one of our members introduced the additional obligation that each of our "J" entries begin with the same phrase. You can out the entire harmonious collection in the archive.

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  2. Roy SchulzeMarch 20, 2012 at 12:05 PM

    Posted to ABC Wednesday.

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  3. Roger Owen GreenMarch 20, 2012 at 1:27 PM

    Sweet Memories.
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  4. MaRMarch 20, 2012 at 2:28 PM

    Yes, very sweet memories.

    J is for...

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  5. EG CameraGirlMarch 20, 2012 at 2:51 PM

    Great memories! How nice you can look back on such a wonderful summer!

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  6. MerylMarch 20, 2012 at 4:30 PM

    Great photo. I was born in July but typically hate the hot summers so never really loved July... Beautiful photo, wonderful post.

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  7. Paula Scott Molokai Girl StudioMarch 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    Great photo. Great story!

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  8. J.Rylie.CMarch 20, 2012 at 5:42 PM

    Very nice memory! My J is....

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  9. Leslie:March 20, 2012 at 7:46 PM

    Ah, a job AND freedom from parents! Perfect! Have a jolly week,

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  10. KimMarch 21, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    The southern most point of the Canadian mainland? Would that be south of St. Paul?

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  11. AnnMarch 21, 2012 at 10:28 AM

    You really look like you loved that summer, great memory for you.
    Ann

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  12. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪March 22, 2012 at 12:49 AM

    I went to the canadian Southern tip in ontario, some how I couldn't rememebr it was Pt pelee. Soemthing stuck in my brain for 35 years, it began with S. I even have the same photo as you.

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