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Homage to the garage; More than just a simple structure, a garage is a place of refuge, a sanctuary for stuff and a safe resting place for memories.(HOME & GARDEN)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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May 31, 2006
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Chuck Haga; Staff Writer
My first garage was the best, partly because of the lilacs that bordered two sides and partly because it's the one I jumped off of one winter to prove that I was brave.
It was my father's garage, of course, not mine, and he said my leap from the roof and into an inadequate snowbank only proved that I was foolish, not brave. I did find that shovel he had been looking for, but since I was the one who had left it in the snowbank, I got no credit for locating it with my knee.
I remember that garage, and all garages since, as magical places of stored treasure and potential. It was where broken toys waited for transforming repair, and it ...
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