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| The narrow-chested author on Point Pelee, the southernmost point of the Canadian mainland, 1978. |
A sometimes surreal exercise in cooperative writing to be performed by a rotating cast of Torontonians, one hundred words at a time.
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.
For the month of July, the members of Exquisite Corpse are writing 100 words a day on each letter of the alphabet in turn.
ReplyDeleteAlso 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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ReplyDeleteSweet Memories.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
Yes, very sweet memories.
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Great memories! How nice you can look back on such a wonderful summer!
ReplyDeleteGreat photo. I was born in July but typically hate the hot summers so never really loved July... Beautiful photo, wonderful post.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo. Great story!
ReplyDeleteVery nice memory! My J is....
ReplyDeleteAh, a job AND freedom from parents! Perfect! Have a jolly week,
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abcw team
The southern most point of the Canadian mainland? Would that be south of St. Paul?
ReplyDeleteYou really look like you loved that summer, great memory for you.
ReplyDeleteAnn
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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