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Memory Wars
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A personal blog filled with short autobiographical tales of a crazy life. Random poetry and other stuff coming up sooon!!! Jay Michael Harden
- Author: Jay Michael Harden
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Recent Posts
Factory World
Spring and Summer, 1996, Portland, OregonI got a job at the Portland Press, feeding a machine that put labels on junk mail, sorting these newsletters, monthly bulletins and catalogs by zip code and then bulk mailing them to homes across the Northwest...
The Blood of the King
Sometime around 1958, Saint Paul, MinnesotaMy birth mom Charlane carried the blood of The King. Pretty lofty words, you might think I was descended from royalty, but it’s not exactly like that. Actually this was The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Pre...
No Jokes Allowed
Summer 1984, Detroit Windsor BorderWhen I was 20 I took a long road trip with my bandmate from Bob Uniform, Ben Paulos of Davenport Iowa, a great musician with a very interesting intellectual family. We took his mom’s 1977 Chevy Nova up through Can...
Mariachis in Love and Death of a State Poet
Summer 1995, Mexico City MexicoIt was sad leaving Tony and his family behind in Temixco and Cuernavaca, but I had Sunday, Monday and Tuesday morning to visit Mexico City before flying back to Portland. First thing on the agenda: check in to the D.H. ...
Beauty and the Beast
Winters of 1978 to 1983, Nevada, IowaThe first two llamas we bought were called Ozzie and Harriet, named after the famous 1950’s TV series. Harriet was pregnant, but Ozzie was not the father. Within a few months of bringing them home from the Chamb...
The Weather of Oz
Spring 1979, Nevada, IowaThere was a video camera in our Geology class, and the teacher told us we could make a video for our final project. Whatever we wanted to do, as long as it had a theme, like Rock Formations, or Volcanoes or something, and act...
