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Memoir: C'mon, Man, It's Only a Safety Pin!
How might teenagers of the 21st century and beyond relate to and
communicate with grandparents and the elderly? Based on a real
encounter, this story tells what happened during my chance meeting with
a young adult. The give-and-take had to be cleaned up a bit for this
telling, and the dialogue rounded out and organized for continuity and
cohesiveness. Somewhat allegorical, the story demonstrates the cross-
generation communications that can develop when even widely separated
age groups are willing to listen to each other. Many of us have had
comparable experiences; they deserve being entered into our lore.
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The rain sheets swirled in from the south, bent, and lurched aimless as
drunken ghosts across the college campus. Winds lashed the high
crowns of the eucalyptus, and dipped to whine along the corridors and
passageways that cut through the patchwork of modernistic academic
structures.
Back and legs lashed by fierce gusts, disoriented to the direction of my
destination, I took refuge under the dome of a kiosk.
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