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Keith E. Maynard
I stand and admire life having sprung from a seed, nature at its peak. Formed by the sun, water, nutrients, wind, and providence it stands unique. Each branch tells a story of survival, its ultimate fate guaranteed. Following, formed by nature and nurture, are my stories.


What Foods Do You Dislike?
Liver (could smell it a mile from home) Liver and onions (even when covered with ketchup) Variety of vegetables, i.e. broccoli, Lima...
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What Are Some of Your Family Traditions?
Oxford Languages defines traditions as the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed...
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What Was the Neighborhood You Grew Up In Like?
I grew up in neighborhoods, if labeled today, classified as middle class. Dad worked for New York State Electric and Gas. Normally, five...
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How Do You Get Your News? What News Interest You?
Until recently, I had a subscription to the local newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star . A source of local news, national news, and a way to...
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When Did You Get Your First Car?
I might consider this 1960ish Rambler Station wagon a classic today, but back in my day was clearly not a vehicle one cruised up and down...
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How Did You Decide to Change Jobs?
I envisioned myself as a child, standing alone on a street corner, asking for handouts. Living on the streets. I felt there were few in...
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What Is Your Best Relationship Advice?
You would think after seventy-plus years of traveling through the universe, including fifty-plus years of marriage, I would have a clue....
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What is One of Your Favorite Children's Story?
As a child, my stories sermonized, embedded with moral lessons coming from the Bible (King James Version). Noah and the Ark, the Creation...
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What Was Your First Big Trip (to Arizona)
The doctor was clear, matter of fact. The only thing that will help Kathy is moving to Arizona, the desert. For several years she had...
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What Was Your First Boss Like
Other than odd jobs, or “working” for my parents, or self-employed, would say Dick Smith (real name), the owner of Stagecoach West, a...
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Tell Me About Your Grandparents
Let’s start with my dad’s parents. We did not spend a great deal of time with them even though they lived close, approximately...
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Family Vacations
In one word, the Adirondacks, upstate New York, filled with campgrounds, lakes, hotels and motels, historical sites, and amusement parks....
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