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In The BeginningPosted December 23rd, 2010 at 08:30 AM by chas
"I think; therefore I am."
--Rene Descartes Gramma stops Big Brown in playground. On roof, Shiny Thing spins round and round. What is? *This is my first conscious memory. From a huge old wooden stroller, I wondered about one of those spinning silver metal rooftop heat exhausts. I was born in 1951 ,and this was just a few years later.* I named the white push pedal car 'Nellybelle,' after the sidekick's jeep on The Roy Rogers TV show. I loved that toy vehicle. It went wherever I wanted to go, and never ran out of gas. Years later, I had the Davy Crocket coonskin cap, and The Rifleman's special lever action long arm. Wah-hoo! *I was totally heroic, playing guns, in a safe neighborhood where you never saw a real gun in your life. I particularly enjoyed dying. Years later, both sides would bang away from behind a tree or other cover. I'd come out and die dramatically. But then, since no one else would ever die, I'd lie... |
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