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Mark: apocryphal stories

Posted on August 30, 2011

This is the last post I have for now of stories with or about Mark.  More will likely come back to me over time.  These stories are stories I did…

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Mark: staying at the Liston’s

Posted on August 29, 2011

Mark and I worked in the cherry orchard (mentioned previously) owned and run by my Uncle Al when we were young.  Harvesting cherries is pretty demanding.  Sweet cherries have to…

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Mark: late night canasta

Posted on August 28, 2011

One thing my family loves to do when we get together is play Canasta.  We have our own version with our own rules. We used to play Canasta with our…

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Mark: on the soccer field

Posted on August 27, 2011

We were close enough in age that Mark and I did get to play on the same soccer teams, though not all the time (Mark played other sports too; I…

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Mark: water skiing

Posted on August 26, 2011

I mentioned in an earlier story that Mark was very athletic.  I’ll write more about that as well.  However, his athleticism wasn’t always highly coordinated.  He could run like a…

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Mark: Easter on The Rock

Posted on August 25, 2011

My Grandfather, Earl Budge Cragun, had an orchard and owned a lot of property in Pleasant View, Utah.  The orchard was passed down to a son-in-law and has since been…

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Mark: my scarred finger

Posted on August 24, 2011

My Dad has long been an entrepreneur and small business owner.  As such, he typically hired his kids to work for him.  That included Mark and I.  He also used…

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Mark: punched in the face

Posted on August 23, 2011

Probably because we were so close in age and so competitive (Craguns are all competitive), Mark and I didn’t always get along.  In fact, I’d dare say that the bulk…

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Mark: the knife incident

Posted on August 22, 2011

I was around 7 or 8 when this happened; Mark would have been close to 10.  I don’t recall all of the circumstances surrounding this incident, but I do recall…

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Mark: blowing on/up noses

Posted on August 21, 2011

I don’t know where this tradition started, but people were always afraid Mark was going to blow on their noses.  From at least high school on, this was kind of…

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