Jean McGavin Stories

Autumn Leaf Burning

Olfactory memories, are perhaps the most evocative. As a child growing up in the 1950’s in the sub . . .

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Independence Day - Bearing Witness

Kelly McEvers has been bearing witness as a reporter in Syria and other ravaged parts of the Middle . . .

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Winter Study

I was a big fan of Winter Study at Kirkland. I transferred to Kirkland after my freshman year so I w . . .

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Martin Luther King, Jr

The following story is told with not a small amount of shame. I ask the forgiveness of the reader fo . . .

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Moon Landing July 20, 1969

I spent most of my Virginia summer days at the Country Club. I went to swim team practice in the mor . . .

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Mr. Fortune

September 12, 2013 Today, at a ceremony, in Waterbury, CT. a former slave by the name of Fortune wil . . .

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Potato Gun

One summer when my son was about 14, he had a couple of friends staying with us from overseas - Jaso . . .

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Pretzels and Ice Cream

I am already getting hungry just thinking about writing this. My parents both grew up in Pennsylvani . . .

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Royals Versus Mets 2015

Royals Versus Mets 2015 …. watching the world series. First game. I know, it’s crazy. I never wa . . .

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Shopping For Eggs

It is Spring 2013. I live in the country. There are country smells here. My own house sits between a . . .

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Thomas A. McGavin

A love letter to my father, Thomas A. McGavin, 1919-2008, on the day of the McGavin Family Reunion i . . .

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Viet Nam War Era

I have four brothers. In 1968 that was a desperate situation. The Viet Nam War was raging and the dr . . .

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