A Flash from the Past — A Flippity Do Dah, A Flippity Day
12 min readFeb 15, 2021
Change of pace. In 1971 I wrote a story in the style of Mark Twain while traveling from Detroit to Zihuatanejo, Mexico. A birthday gift for Oscar.
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I wrote a story driving down from Detroit to Zihuatanejo, Mexico, in December 1971 with my dear friends, the Keeney family, Jerry, Peggy, Jenny, Becky, and Allie. I had wanted to drop…