Delighted to learn about your early years. Your reference to James Thurber sealed the deal. I must read more as I have been a Thurber fan since childhood in the ‘40s.

.We both looked back at our younger selves and wrote about it. Your story was more revealing whereas mine skipped over or omitted salient facts to maintain a lighter tone.

I have a tendency to be self-deprecating, ignoring the pain or unpleasant aspects of my life in my stories.