Joanne Callahan:  

Somewhat Weird High School Memories: Local boy Teddy riding his giant tricycle down the sidewalk after girls yelling, “Brrrrr, hot chick!” Watching Billy Jack movies in the little theater and then later seeing a senior walking the halls in a hat just like Billy Jack wore in the movie but this senior was called “Billy Jerk”. Watching “Bless the Beasts and the Children” in the little theater and feeling heartsick when the bison get slaughtered. Freshman Annie, who wore bright red lipstick and carried a red patent leather purse and looked like a throw back from the ‘50s. My first beer and cigarette at a keg party at the bay after Junior Ring Day. It took 37 years to get those damn coffin stakes out of my life. Hate beer – too burpy but wine is mighty fine. Riding the blue and white school bus down Bordentown Ave. while the crazy gray-haired male bus driver took all the curves on two wheels and laughed maniacally when we screamed. Attending school dances after spending a lot time dolling myself up only to get there and hold up the walls with the rest of the wallflowers. Having a parent drive me and my girlfriends to an all-boys school to attend their dance figuring I’d have better luck there getting asked to dance only to hold up the walls at that gym too. The two very pretty girls one year younger that were always in the bathroom at the mirror freshening up their hair and make-up. They did this so often that they earned the nickname, “Fluffs.” Attending a Hootenanny in the school gym where some students who thought they were guitar virtuosos played folk songs and sang along. Being taught to tap dance to a Bette Midler song from an actual ex-Rockette from Radio City Music Hall – Miss Sue Bratton. Playing the...Expand for more