It took the walls away
into nostalgia and memory
recalling the many phases
of our lives.
Parents, grandparents,
aunts and uncles
long vanished into the ether
came alive once more;
school days of teachers and games
with school yard friends and foes.
They echo all around adding
a light patina of richness
to these walls and I am grateful.
“Patina is the value that age puts on an object.”
~ John Yemma, journalist and editor
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Breakfast with another niece,
her husband,
a grand niece and grand nephew;
our brother (dad and grand-dad) and
one very elderly, sweet dog.
A Dinosaur game ~
absolutely new to me;
little dinosaur shapes
on game cards;
complex rules second hand to the kids!
I just couldn’t get the rules so lost twice.
Shopping at Indigo and Canadian Tire
Supper out with sister was
a fitting close to this visit.
(more stories and memory work)
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The End (of this visit)
“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door
leaving those who look through to guess
about what is seen during the moment.”
~ Carl Sandburg, writer
(1868 ~ 1967)
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A trip out of town
Niece, her husband
and grand niece
Visiting, jigsaw puzzles
and stories
A loop around home town
before return to city
Supper out with brother
(more stories and memory work)
Scrabble (I won)
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“When you finally go back to your old home, you find
it wasn’t the old home you missed but your childhood.”
~ Sam Ewing, baseball player
