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When I heard this rebroadcast tonight I had just come from a church talent show. I contributed "fillers" between acts reciting classics I had to or chose to memorize when I was young (some about 40 years ago). These included Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, which everyone had to memorize since we lived in New Hampshire, a poem by Ogden Nash, The Smells of Summer by Henry Gibson, and the theme to the Super Chicken cartoon (which I attempted to sing). These things are cornerstones in the foundation of the memories of my youth. Remembering them helps bring me back to my thoughts and actions in simpler times.

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