Everyone’s a (literary) critic
Writes The Retired Pedagogue of Arden Hills: “Subject: It takes a village.
“Hey, Bulletin Boarders, it’s almost time for the lottery. No, not that one. It’s the one in Shirley Jackson’s short story ‘The Lottery.’
“This is the opening paragraph:
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He had a good role!
Zoo Lou of St. Paul: “Subject: Who is that court recorder?
“While watching ‘The Alfred Hitchcock Hour’ the other night, I got a most unexpected surprise.
In memoriam
Our Pets, Ourselves Division
Arwen of Inver Grove Heights writes: “On May 23, I had to say goodbye to my beloved dog, Peaches. Age, at least 19.
From fondly remembered times:
Contributor: Jim Wirth (Student Council Advisor)
Date of picture: 1976 or 1977
Date of contribution: October 26, 2000
Caption: “This is a photo of the 76-77 Student Council at Monroe High School. It was the last year for Monroe as a high school. You can tell by the bib overalls and W.D. truck that we were for ? ? ? The four young men at the top were our deep thinkers.”
Of birds and bees, rams and lambs
Clarence the Exuberant Division
DebK of Rosemount reports: “Newly minted home-schooling families have begun visiting St. Isidore Farm, where opportunities abound to bolster life-sciences learning by mixing it up with barn cats, lambs, baby chicks, and pond-dwelling reptiles. (The broody hen, spread Sphinx-like over eggs laid in an unused dog crate, participates only tangentially in the youngsters’ schooling. She tolerates admiring gazes but nothing more intrusive.)
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