Barefooting. Of course, summer time is when we Okie kids went bare foot. And this is when we were growing up in Los Angeles. Something to show our independence from wearing shoes. And it has been that way for generations. And I’m sure generations to come. My sisters hardly ever wore shoes after coming homeContinue reading “I like to fly with my shoes off.”
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Don’t let the children and widows hear this.
posted by Chuck Ayers Voices coming from above. Our weekends went something like this. Saturday early evening we kids would be near the big sycamore tree and home base in front of our house and out on the parkway between the sidewalk and curb by the street. My older brother would say when I countContinue reading “Don’t let the children and widows hear this.”
Splish, splash. I was taking a bath.
Only on a Saturday. The end of the week. We would be outside early evening playing hide and seek. A very large and old sycamore tree was home base. My older brother would count to three and we all would shout as loud and fast as we could, “not-it!” Whoever was the last or slowestContinue reading “Splish, splash. I was taking a bath.”
Who the heck said that?
The little Town Church in the vale.Many years ago and back in the early 1950s our family regularly attended a small fundamentalist church in East L A on Olympic Boulevard just across the street from the Baptist church. Our parents insisted we siblings must attend church without any excuse or resistance.Next-door to our little churchContinue reading “Who the heck said that?”
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