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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: The Sarcastic Expressionist
The Sarcastic Expressionist 1969-70 In my sophomore and junior years and I began producing large quantities of work. Looking back I think...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 17, 20211 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Not So Good
Not So Good 1968-69 Being a full-time student and a full-time shoe salesman left me little time to socialize. The extravagant drinking...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 17, 20211 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: The Shoe Salesman
The Shoe Salesman 1968 In returning to Aberdeen from the resort my new responsibilities made it evident that my grocery store job was not...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Senior Year
Senior Year 1967-68 The year started out much like my junior year. I was having fun with my Herd friends, hunting, partying, pestering...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Drive-in Movies
Drive-in Movies 1967 It seemed to me there was not a great deal for teenagers to do in Aberdeen. But unfortunately at this time the flood...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Taking Mains
Taking Mains 1966 The primary pastime of weekday nights was “Taking Mains.” Main Street was really the main street in Aberdeen. It was...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 9, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: The Herd
The Herd 1966 Central High School was Aberdeen’s only public high school. The school was a series of four connected buildings that...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 9, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Four Brothers
Four Brothers 1965 In the mid-sixties my father sold the house on west hill and bought a three story house in the center of town. Both my...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 7, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Summer Resort “Fun”
Summer Resort “Fun” 1965 For some years most of my summer was spent working for my older brother in northern Minnesota. He was restoring...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 5, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: The Gambler
The Gambler 1964 An older brother of one of our Junior High group worked his way into our “gang.” It was not hard for him as we were...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Sidewalk Surfing
Sidewalk Surfing 1964 The only thing I remember about Junior High education is few mispronounced German words. What was going well were...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Romantic Walks
Romantic Walks 1963 In addition to dances, another part of Junior High romance was taking walks. It almost seems 19th Century now. The...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Slow Dancing at the Y
Slow Dancing at the Y 1963 Once again the YMCA holds a fading memory. The Y building was one of the old buildings in the downtown area,...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Oct 31, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: The Art Teacher and the History Professor
The Art Teacher and the History Professor 1963 Junior High was a big change for me. The school was located in the southwest of Aberdeen...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Oct 30, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Camp Wisagoma
Camp Wisagoma 1962 A ritual of Summer was the YMCA’s Camp Wisagoma at Pickerel Lake. The first step in getting to the camp was the...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Oct 24, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Summer Swimming Tan
Summer Swimming Tan 1962 The municipal swimming pool was to Summer what the ice skating pond was to Winter only with less pain. It was...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Gophers in the Graveyard
Gophers in the Graveyard 1962 By the time I reached my pre- teens I had graduated from the stick and string bows with weed arrows to a...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: A&W
A & W 1960 Drive-in restaurants were numerous in Aberdeen. They were mostly local but also a few chains. Just across the road to West of...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Oct 23, 20212 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: Perfect Attendance
Perfect Attendance 1958 My experience with Sunday school was minimal due to my family’s only symbolic association with the Episcopal...
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Mark W. McGinnis
Oct 16, 20211 min read
Faded Pictures from a Life: New Cars
New Cars 1958 Straight through Aberdeen runs US Highway 12. Our house sat on the South side of the highway and directly across was Loel...
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