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Retro Ramblings

Mickey Lee

Want a little nostalgia with your week? Retro Ramblings delivers fresh stories, deep dives, and warm memories from the Gen X era straight to your inbox. Subscribe and reconnect with the stuff that shaped us.

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    A child of the '70s who grew up in the '80s, and came of age in the '90s. These are my stories of growing up in the southern Appalachians.

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