FROM THOSE WHO REMEMBER

Family Ties

Go comment! I grew in CO, but my Dad (Jerel Nielsen) grew up in Cedar Falls and he and his siblings attended PLS as well as four of my cousins. When I was a kid, we would take tours of the school because my two uncles were faculty at the time. It was always special for me to see the schoo...

Making mobiles

Go comment! I collected my dissertation data at MPLS. Teachers, administrators, parents, and children were so helpful and supportive. Having MPLS nearby helped me to complete my doctorate on-time so I could get a full-time job (so that I could stay at US not going back to Korea.) Thank you...

In Memory of Larry Taylor, class of 1965

1 Comment In the Autumn of a Friendship

We came up on Merner Street,
I on the east and he on the west.
Our growing was almost parallel
Like the maples of Merner
That told the spring yards where to stop.

Resembling those broad-shade gian...

Salad Days

1 Comment Just like a salad, my time at the lab school is a jumble of things... a leafy green memory here, some faded, and a thousand islands of impressions, visual and tactile moments, embarrassingly immature situations, elements of wistful romance, et al.

I could write a...

Camera, Action, Lights - Science and Me

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One day, while reading the job announcements in the Des Moines Register, my husband said to me, “There is a science job at the Lab School. You should apply.” I was just finishing graduate work on my doctorate and I had planned to stay home with my young daughte...

Double Memories

Go comment! I have memories of being at the Lab school with my dad, Cliff Flannery, who was custodian there from roughly 1959-1971. Sometimes I would go with him when he went down into the bowels of the school under the swimming pool to add the chemicals to the water. There were all thes...