The Myrtle Beach of My Girlhood. A little girl running on the beach with her father following. Image by Susan Sheldon
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The Myrtle Beach of My Girlhood

Ocean waves, a jellyfish, amusement park and arcade, and shifting allegiances

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | June 12, 2024
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By Annie Tobey | December 27, 2023
Writer Julia Nunnally Duncan (in ball jersey) and her friend, Edna, standing on the front walk featured in the story, circa 1967.
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Our Front Walk

Where memories were made through the years

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | December 18, 2023
an embroidered lace handkerchief, by Ale059
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Gretchen’s Handkerchief

Remembering a childhood piano teacher and her old-fashioned ways

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | August 8, 2023
1950s family re-creation, mother and two children in a living room. From Lightfieldstudiosprod. For article on "Those were the days, a look at simpler times," by Rodney A. Battles
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Those Were the Days

A tale of simpler times

By Rodney A. Battles | May 30, 2023
woman smiling as she pulls clothing out of a box. From Dark1elf. Memories encompass events, sights and smells. Julia Nunnally Duncan recalls her mother’s sense of fashion, both her clothing and fragrances.
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My Mother’s Sense of Fashion

Remembering stylish clothing and stirring perfumes

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | May 10, 2023
Some toys hold a special place in our hearts, stirring warm memories, including special dolls from childhood: troll dolls and Hansel and Gretel.
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Special Dolls from Childhood

Recalling toys that held a fond place in the reader’s heart

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | March 15, 2023
a box of old Christmas decorations. image by Kim Christensen. Some mementoes retain a rich meaning for years. For Boomer reader Julia Nunnally Duncan, her mother’s Christmas decorations have become more valuable with age.
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My Mother’s Christmas Decorations

Rich with meaning, while teaching a surprise lesson

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | December 5, 2022
a pile of old pocketknives, one of the memories that stirs this poet's heart. Boomer reader Julia Nunnally Duncan recalls the little things from the past that speak to her still: "mementos of a past time and place."
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‘The Little Things’

A poem

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | November 5, 2022
Julia Nunnally Duncan became enamored of her grandmother's treasures as a child and followed the story behind one: Her great-uncle Charlie Lynch's military collar disks.
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My Grandmother’s Treasures

Trinkets of the past open up new worlds and a reverence for family history

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | October 11, 2022

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