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    Dementia
    Dementia
    Dementia
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    Dementia

    By Nelson Lynch

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    The Taylorville Writer is having problems with his memory. He thinks he is fine. His wife thinks otherwise. She gives him three words to remember and goes to the drug store.
    He is primed and ready for the question. When she returns, walks around eating a candy bar and talking about other things.
    Then she finally asks what are the three little words?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNelson Lynch
    Release dateJun 5, 2011
    ISBN9781458167323
    Dementia
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    Nelson Lynch

    An Eastern Shore native. A charter member of "The First Saturday Writers." An army vet and retired school teacher. He lives on his farm with his wife Jeanne, Clyde, the Taylorville Hound, three chickens and a marauding fox.

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