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First Grade Desk Nostalgia

See the writeup – I’m pretty sure my weird (weirder than usual) facial expression was due to an attempted monkey impersonation

Words:  42 (11×11)

Average Length:  4.86

Having a grandchild has fanned the flames of my already-blazing nostalgia.  As I was reading to her last week – “Dear Zoo,” a wonderful book as long as you don’t focus on the fact that a zoo is willy-nilly sending elephants and lions to children upon request – it occurred to me that her elementary school experience will be vastly different from mine.  And thinking about mine triggered a wave of visceral recollections about the look and feel of the contents of my desk. Hence this puzzle.

One more note:  my 1st and 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Bonder, who is well into her 90s, is friends with me on Facebook and is as smart and admirable as ever.  Mrs. Bonder, you’ve been a lifelong inspiration!

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