When I was young I lived on a block with many children. Directly across from our side of the street
was an empty field filled with tall green weeds.
There was a large mound of dirt slightly in the middle. That was home base for when we wore green and
played hide-and-seek.
We rode scooters and bicycles. Some of the neighbor’s yards had tether ball
or a swimming pool. We played badminton,
croquet and board games. Monopoly was my favorite. We all shot basketball hoops.
On the week-end we would go to the neighborhood park and
dance four-square or make crafts.
I liked to do large puzzles on the floor. My four younger brothers liked to stomp on
them. Ugh!
My brother collected snakes and rats and frogs and guinea
pigs. I had a canary that would sing so
beautifully. I also had parakeets. Our family had a series of dogs, the last and
longest being Jeannie, a chubby and sweet Weimaraner.
I also remember jumping rope for many years.
What fun! One of
my favorite memories is when my father would sand and refinish our wood
floors with wax and then we would invite all the kids over, give them big white
gym socks to wear, and they would help us polish the floors by sliding and
gliding on them.
Eventually they sold the land across the street and built
new fancy houses. Then came a day when
all the appliances were delivered in huge cardboard boxes, which we kids
brought over to my back yard. We had a
huge kid city. Everyone had their own cardboard
house. Fantastic!
We got TV when I was four years old. The tube would blow out once and awhile and
sure get my Dad mad. We watched many
cowboy shows, the Mickey Mouse Club, Lassie, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Robin
Hood, Howdy Doody, Woody Woodpecker, Rin Tin Tin, Superman, Popeye, Road Runner
and Huckleberry Hound. So many of the
shows had classical music behind them.
Quite educational!
One of the best things are remember about my childhood was
that there was PEACE, as in – no wars.
Peacetime and learning and fun with many other children.
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