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Crochet wall hanging of King Tut’s Death Mask. Photo by Susan Jeske

The Trouble With Math

My dad was good at math, and I seem to have inherited that “gene” as have my children. I’ve always enjoyed working with numbers, though my fifth grade math teacher might not believe it, she tried to teach me long division. It finally clicked in, but only after some stress on my fifth grade brain.

It Was May 19, 1951
It Was May 19, 1951

It Was May 19, 1951

In May,1951, Neil Larimore was in the military and was stationed in Japan. Unlike today, communications were very slow. There were no instant iPhone messages or calls. Recent news was an occasional letter from home. So, Neil was surprised one day when a guy said, “Hey! Larimore, aren’t you from the little town of Olney in north Texas?”

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