Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor recalls one. I found Victoria a difficult place to understand. Unless you were in government, or affiliated with it somehow – or rich already, of course, but I wasn’t – …
Self-tutoring about the handyman role: the tutor recalls a great repair. Often, when something breaks, one faces a choice: repair or replace. Some people frown on repairs, seeing them as compromises. Yet, sometimes the repair enhances the item beyond its …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions the C building. Back in the 90s when I started at university, it took a while to get used to the campus. It was laid out around a broad …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor reflects about an arcade acquaintance. Ginny was a few years older than I was, and certainly more popular. She must have been in high school, although she never talked about …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions G and N. G and N were people I met at university back in the 90s. They were among a group that arrived there from a prominent private school …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions a brother and sister he knew. Mellie and Rob moved in a few doors down from us back in 1977. If I recall correctly, they probably moved into a …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions an ironic twist in a conversation. One time, in a lunch room, I was a transient worker who was eating with regulars. In a friendly way, one reached out …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor shares one. Wade was my parents’ friends’ son, a few years older than I was. He babysat us one time while his parents and mine went to a party to …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor recalls a custom at a place he worked. Several lifetimes ago I worked in an upscale restaurant – it was my first real job, and a doozy. Uniquely, we had …
Self-tutoring about people and events from the past: the tutor mentions a couple of bird houses. When we got to the Annapolis Valley, my father became a gardener and yardkeeper, which he loved. We arrived there in spring ’80, which …
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