I get up in the freezing four a.m. to wrap my papers. There will be no warmth in the house until Mom gets up to light the fire in the wood stove. I shiver and wrap the big Wednesday papers, full of grocery ads, and put them in my bike bags. It’s a relief to… Continue reading The Smallest Pumpkin
She claws her way up the river bank, shivering, afraid and wet. She has to find her way back to the comfortable, soft nurturing she knew, before she was so suddenly in a bag with the others like her. She calls and calls, to no avail. Tiny steps she takes. The wind blows and makes… Continue reading Familiar
Scarecrow stood in the cornfield. He stood there everyday, even when it rained, even when it was night. … Continue reading The Scarecrow
I can’t say for sure that Fall is not my favorite season of the year. It must be the actual time of being in it, that makes Fall seem to glow in golden light and make the air crisp and the sky seem so blue. One of the most satisfying aspects of Fall is, to… Continue reading Lady Godiva Pumpkins
The first time I ever went out for Trick-or-Treat, I was small, probably four or five. I don’t remember much about going door to door. I had a plastic mask that was hard to breathe through. It might have been Tweety Bird. The next day I sat on our front porch and dumped out the… Continue reading My Favorite Halloween Candy
Kitty Wind The wind blows dry maple leaves across the sidewalk in front of me. I wish I had something to keep my ears warm. They always sting when the wind blows. It is twelve blocks down Tiger Lily St. to my house from school. This week I have seen a kitten in the bushes… Continue reading Kitty Wind
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