I was bored. My crinoline underskirt prickled my legs, but I pushed it down and arranged my hands in my lap, thinking about the weekend trip to the Oregon coast tide pools with my family. It was 1958, and in my Mutual class I was listening to the umpteenth lesson on the importance of chastity […]
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