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Other activities I engaged in were archery, sand lot football, basketball, tennis, stamp collecting. And coin collecting. I was always active doing something. I enjoyed participating in various activities but never excelled at any of them. My eye-motor coordination just wasn’t there. Grandma use to like to play horseshoes…In fact she was very good at it. I could never throw straight and was a menace to all around me. Later in life I had a 102 year old gentleman talk to a class I was teaching. He use to emphasize the importance of participating in many activities even though you may not excel. Through participation you learn to know and later on enjoy observing others who have excelled...

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Humor: Jokes Told and Retold

Stories, like poetry and art often give us direction and reinforce who we are. Several stories that I use to like to tell are as follows:

A mother had two twin boys. One boy was always optimistic about everything in life. The other boy was always pessimistic. “I don’t like this” or “this is not as good ad