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  Basketball Barnes   We moved to Terrace Park when I was in third grade. Terrace Park, as many know, is the sports capital of the universe. It radiates an aura of sportingness that one can feel for hundreds of miles around. It is a vortex of athletics. The street lamps are shaped like soccer balls and people decorate their Christmas trees with hockey pucks. Instead of saying “Hello?” when Terrace Parkians answer their phones they say, “What’s the score?&rdqu...

Basketball Barnes We moved to Terrace Park when I was in third grade. Terrace Park, as many know, is the sports capital of the universe. It radiates an aura of sportingness that one can feel for hundreds of miles around. It is a vortex of athletics. The street lamps are shaped like soccer balls and people decorate their Christmas trees with hockey pucks. Instead of saying “Hello?” when Terrace Parkians answer their phones they say, “What’s the score?” Babies in m...

Arriving in Paris was a blur. I was completely jetlagged and seriously grimy. My initial plan was to tote my luggage from the arrival gate to the RER and go to my stop early to catch the TGV to Biarritz. In my mind I had given myself enough time to do all this plus find a quaint little Parisian café where I would sit and read and sip a strong coffee and taste une asiette de fromage while dropping les bons mots all the while. ‘Voila l’americain culture!’ the Parisians would cry, raising their ...

Basketball Barnes We moved to Terrace Park when I was in third grade. Terrace Park, as many know, is the sports capital of the universe. It radiates an aura of sportingness that you can feel for hundreds of miles around. It is a vortex of athletics. The street lamps are shaped like soccer balls and people decorate their Christmas trees with hockey pucks. Instead of saying “Hello” when Terrace Parkians answer the phone, they say, “What’s the score?” Babies in mothers’ wombs are coached in foot...