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Kindness Was The Name Of The Game

Posted on September 10, 2014 by russtowne

Kindness Was the Name of the Game By Russ Towne In 2012 my wife and I experienced a most unusual baseball game between the Giants and the Yankees. During it we got to see a 5-run homer, a batter run … Continue reading →

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The Best $5 I Ever Spent

Posted on June 15, 2014 by russtowne

The Best $5 I Ever Spent By Russ Towne I just had to have a car. I ached for one. Unfortunately, I was only fifteen and had a mere $300 in savings. Earning just a buck thirty-five an hour I … Continue reading →

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Courage Comes in all Sizes

Posted on November 11, 2013 by russtowne

Because this story happened about 20 years ago it is likely that some of the “facts” that I seem to recall have likely been blurred by the mists of time. Any inaccuracies are unintentional. I’d come across an article in … Continue reading →

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The Day the Girls Rescued Me

Posted on September 2, 2013 by russtowne

(A Re-post for newer readers to this site.) Many years ago I was in a high school Marine Corps JROTC program as the Vietnam War was coming to an end. It was not a real popular time to be in … Continue reading →

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Sock War!

Posted on August 29, 2013 by russtowne

One day when our boys were still fairly young, I kidded my Beloved about something as she sorted and matched a basket of clean socks, rolling the matched pairs into little balls to keep them together. The next thing I … Continue reading →

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