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Bad Playgrounds ~~~ #2

Bad Playgrounds ~~~ #2

    The continued adventures of Betty Joe Bob and me.  And why fate & kismet must have needed us to hang around…………….. Enter stage left~~~us~~~in the early 1950’s.  The stage is set~~~rural, northeastern Ohio.  Just south of Lake Erie. Betty Joe Bob (my cousin) and I are left to our own devices…………… Entertainment is high on the list.  What to do…what to do…………….. Some children have a Radio-Flyer/little red wagons.  Some have sand boxes. Some have swing sets.  Many…

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Counting Cans

Counting Cans

We are four days into Hurricane Season.  We have a six month season for it here.  Kind of like a holiday season of sorts…………….Not. Ah, Florida. Up north where I am originally from———The Snow Belt of Ohio———we prepared seasonally as well.  It was called Winter.  We would get ready for snow-days, snow-ins, blizzards, dipping Canadian arctic air, and the “Lake Effect”……………everything that includes a variety of frozen water in the air.  I was young enough to love snow days off…

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