• January 9, 2015 •
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Posted in 1982, Great Britain, Minnesota, Minnetrista, Writing
Tags: Abigail Bilkus, American Life, cassette tapes, Dumond, Gary Bilkus, Gatwick, Glasgow, Harvey Nichols, Henry Miller, Holland, Israel, Jack Kerouac, Judaism, kibbutz, Lansing, letterwriting, London, Manchester Guardian, Matthew J. Durand, Michigan, Northwest Orient, pub, Scotland, Tom Sawyer, United Methodist Church, Victoria Station, Victorian dust, West Hampstead
• December 19, 2014 •
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Posted in 1981, 1982, Depression, Lakewood, Minnetrista
Tags: Abigail Bilkus, Ernest Hemingway, Gauguin, Jack London, letterwriting, London, Malcolm Lowry, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mound, pen pals, prog-rock, Saturday Night Live, SOS Printing, van Gogh, William Faulkner
• December 5, 2014 •
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Posted in 1980, 1981, Minnesota, Minnetrista, Music, Writing
Tags: Abigail Bilkus, airmail letters, Beethoven, Britain, Brooklyn, cassette tapes, French Impressionists, Germany, Glasgow, Harmony, intellectuals, Kierkegaard, Kim Perkins, letterwriting, Lindsay Clarke, Manchester, pen pals, postcards, Rembrandt, Rossetti, Scottish highlands, Turner
• August 1, 2014 •
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Posted in 1980, 1981, Lakewood, Minnesota, White Bear Lake
Tags: Angelette McCusker, Bruce Springsteen, college theater, Jim Borgheiinck, Kansas, Kristi Peterson, letterwriting, Mark Luebker, Millie, Picnic, River Falls, Susan, Terry Hollingsworth, University of Wisconsin, William Inge
• April 4, 2014 •
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Posted in 1979, 1980, Casco Point, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, White Bear Lake, Writing
Tags: Bill Gedney, Chad Hamstock, Christmas, diaries, frozen lakes, journals, Lakewood Community College, letterwriting, Minnetonka Beach, New Years Eve, Skeeze, Thanksgiving, Tom Cashman, Wall Street Journal, Warren Dahl, winter
• February 21, 2014 •
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Posted in 1979, Lakewood
Tags: associate of arts, Century College, community college, Datsun, Grand Tetons, homesickness, Ken Mackelbergh, Lakewood Community College, letterwriting, Mahtomedi, Print Production, Ray Bohn, Sam Wertheimer, Skeeze, Theron Hollingsworth, University of Minnesota, Washington state
• May 12, 2012 •
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Posted in 1977, girlfriends, Minnesota, Writing
Tags: beer, Biya, Camp Shamineau, Cat Stevens, Craig, Crystal, Fairmont, Hopkins, Hopkins main drag, Indiana, Jackson Browne, Joey, letterwriting, Lisa Tepley, love in friendship, Mary, Missouri, The Eagles, Wasted Time
• July 30, 2011 •
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Posted in 1974, 1976, 1977, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, Writing
Tags: adulthood, Camp Kingswood, colleges, high school, jobs, leaving home, letterwriting, London, questioning, questions, screenplay, smoking pot, summer camp
• December 5, 2010 •
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Posted in 1971, Family, Maryland, Reading, Writing
Tags: Abi, Anglican prayerbook, astronomy, Cockney rhyming slang, England, graduation, Greek, H.G. Wells, John Galsworthy, letterwriting, R.L. Stevenson, Royal Air Force, Thomas Carlyle, Tom Harrison
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