Autumn Treasures

โ€œMemories are the treasures locked deep within the storehouse of our souls; to keep our hearts warm.โ€ย — Becky Aligata

A Meditation

Once upon a summer, I played tag and softball and ran races with Madeira Streetโ€™s other ten-year-olds. Lunch was chipped ham and sweet pickles on Miracle Whip-slathered bread chased with Tropical Punch or Pink Lemonade or Cherry Kool-Aid. We played Tic-tac-toe, hangmanย and checkers on porches and watched television cartoons until dinner. At sundown, the ice cream truckโ€™s jingle promised sparkling shaved ice drenched with pineapple or watermelon, strawberry or grape syrups. Now sometimes as leaves fall at eventide, I think of playmates running under streetlights, calling through the twilight.

โ€œThere is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place, where colors are brighter, the air is softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.โ€ Elizabeth Lawrence

 

 

 


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Sandra Gould Ford

Sandra Gould Ford is an author, educator and former steelworker who presents arts experiences to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. She belongs to the Authorโ€™s Guild and Science Fiction Writers of America and is a former member of the American Society of Media Photographers. For more information, visit her web site: SandraGouldFord.com.

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