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Tag: childhood memories

Si Vicium In Petasus…

Posted on May 1, 2016August 5, 2020 by Simon J. Wood

Memories, long forgotten, surface as my fingers caress a small blue cap I find in my storage unit. Above the peak is a large ‘H’ and the motto ‘carpe diem’. I hold it up and smile. Howlands School, 1967. Did that really fit me then?! - I stand at the school gates, notebook and pen … Continue reading Si Vicium In Petasus… →

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