Monday, July 11, 2005
what I miss most from childhood
The July 05 post from "the cheese stands alone" reminded me of the cool stuff I miss from my childhood:
- Not being afraid to try something really stupid. A few telling examples: baseball with baserunners on horses (broke ankle playing first base); floating down the Charles River on pieces of old tires and wood (late for dinner walking 3+ miles home); girls tackle football, no equipment (Senior "powderpuff" football game).
- My Dad making us ice cream sundaes when we were small. He had all the toppings, whipped cream, sprinkles, the works in real sundae glasses with the long spoons. Calories? What's a calorie, Daddy?
- Ditching church every Sunday to play basketball or go fishing. We'd hide the equipment at the corner of the back yard and stop by to pick up the missile (single page newsletter) to "prove" we were there. I actually don't think the p's ever caught on to that one. Or they were just happy we were gone.
- Just goofing around with Dad, like building snowmen and having him run them down with the plow on my brother's pickup. Actually he took a chunk off the garage with that little trick. Maybe the apple doesn't fall too far...
- Sitting on a big rock in the river, reading or maybe writing bad poetry or journal entries or something. Later we would take contraband down there. However, leaving beer in the river to cool wasn't a good move since other teens would usually find it. The apple jack was pretty safe...normal people were afraid of aged fermenting apple juice.
- The cousins' ski trip every February vacation up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Lots of minor corruption by people socially obliged not to harm you physically (in any lasting way, anyway). For example, telling you to jump off the back porch into 8 feet of snow and not being too quick to help pull your 5' carcass out.
Fellow bloggers: now it’s your turn.
The Rules:
Remove the first person from the following list, bump everyone up one spot and put your blog in the number 5 spot. Please link all of the blogs as they are linked now. This will be on your permanent record.
Golly Blog Howdy!
Hasty Ruminations
Get yerself Stewed
The Cheese Stands Alone
mom tries
- Not being afraid to try something really stupid. A few telling examples: baseball with baserunners on horses (broke ankle playing first base); floating down the Charles River on pieces of old tires and wood (late for dinner walking 3+ miles home); girls tackle football, no equipment (Senior "powderpuff" football game).
- My Dad making us ice cream sundaes when we were small. He had all the toppings, whipped cream, sprinkles, the works in real sundae glasses with the long spoons. Calories? What's a calorie, Daddy?
- Ditching church every Sunday to play basketball or go fishing. We'd hide the equipment at the corner of the back yard and stop by to pick up the missile (single page newsletter) to "prove" we were there. I actually don't think the p's ever caught on to that one. Or they were just happy we were gone.
- Just goofing around with Dad, like building snowmen and having him run them down with the plow on my brother's pickup. Actually he took a chunk off the garage with that little trick. Maybe the apple doesn't fall too far...
- Sitting on a big rock in the river, reading or maybe writing bad poetry or journal entries or something. Later we would take contraband down there. However, leaving beer in the river to cool wasn't a good move since other teens would usually find it. The apple jack was pretty safe...normal people were afraid of aged fermenting apple juice.
- The cousins' ski trip every February vacation up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Lots of minor corruption by people socially obliged not to harm you physically (in any lasting way, anyway). For example, telling you to jump off the back porch into 8 feet of snow and not being too quick to help pull your 5' carcass out.
Fellow bloggers: now it’s your turn.
The Rules:
Remove the first person from the following list, bump everyone up one spot and put your blog in the number 5 spot. Please link all of the blogs as they are linked now. This will be on your permanent record.
Golly Blog Howdy!
Hasty Ruminations
Get yerself Stewed
The Cheese Stands Alone
mom tries
