swings: Browse The Strips
Thursday, November 24, 1983
Saturday, June 16, 1984
Saturday, October 24, 1987
Thursday, May 19, 1988
Friday, May 20, 1988
Saturday, June 24, 1989
Monday, June 3, 1991
Friday, September 20, 1996
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Lynn's Comments: I continued to fight and make up and fight all through elementary school. It was just the way things were. I was too young to see the whole picture, and I'd often wind up looking at negatives.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Saturday October 22, 2016
Lynn's Comments: As I wrote and drew these strips, the angst and the fury came back to me. It's so hard to be in the body of a young adult, with the imagination of a child and the knowledge of an adult. I knew a lot more than my folks did, and yet, I was trapped, unable to drive or be out past 10 in the evening, or make important decisions on my own. I was also embarrassed when times got tough and I desperately needed my dad!
Friday May 19, 2017
Lynn's Comments: More real playground memories…I remember the sound and feel of the swings, I remember the pinch of the u-shaped seats, the thump of a loose pole, the sense that I could fly over the top if I pumped hard enough. No wonder you see so many grandparents pushing youngsters on park swings; it’s a way for us to go back in time!
Saturday May 20, 2017
Saturday June 23, 2018
Lynn's Comments: Ruth Carrie Johnston, my mother-in-law, was a lifesaver. She was my co-parent; someone I could count on every day and at all hours. My in-laws’ house was a 5-minute walk from our house, and I thanked my lucky stars for their love, warmth, kindness and generosity.
Monday June 1, 2020
Lynn's Comments: The Jolly Jumper and wind up swing saved my bacon!