Being the shortest person in my grade always left me open to being bullied by the so called macho, cool people in school. I went to a public school in the Bronx in a very good neighborhood. When I was in third grade I had an encounter with a bully that changed my perception of myself and how to deal with bullies. His name was Marc. He was in my class. We interacted with each other when we had to, but other than that I rarely said anything. I was very intimidated by him. I tried to avoid a confrontation with him whenever possible. That wasn’t a possibility that one day on the playground when I accidentally ran into him on the playground while he was eating a frozen ice and it spilled on his shirt. He didn’t take kindly to that.
April 2007
Writing Songs
Posted on April 11, 2007 at 11:55 am in
I’ve always been impressed how singer/storytellers like Bill Harley, Michael Parent, and others create the songs that they write and perform. In the past year, I’ve written two songs, both of which I would like to use in my storytelling events. What has fascinated me is how these songs came to me.
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