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Like many Dads of his era, mine took many 16mm film home movies.  It was always a welcome evening back in the day when he would get out the projector and take requests.  Then, at some point in the 1980’s he had Shivelbine’s Music commit them to three long-playing VHS tapes.  Much later, with a simple program on my computer, I digitized them, edited the content of some of them, and added music.  This one has a little bit of everything:  music by Marc Cohn used with YouTube’s licenses, scenes from our home on North Henderson Avenue, a birthday silly contest with my brother and sisters and a few childhood friends, and finally some scenes from Play Day at Franklin School in Cape Girardeau in the late 1950’s.  Some of you will recognize Coach Jack “Pug” Russell starting the races.  

 Hopefully this will spark a memory or two with some of you.  I believe the harder we chase the stories of our youth, the more elusive they become.  Conversely, if you sit, wait, and be still, sometimes the stories can pour forth abundantly.  It’s a good thing.