Sunday, December 9, 2007

Clarinda II

The soup turned out very well and all the veggies are enjoying swimming around together with the penne pasta which is what was available for noodling. Ooh, the sun just came out. That means I'll be able to see the airplane flyover just before kick-off. (Flyovers are the only part of football I like.)

Children are curious, too curious for their own good at times. Clarinda was the darling of her family and therefore had never had anyone curb her curiosity, had anyone deny her an answer to a question. Clarinda had recently celebrated her eleventh birthday and she had an elevated view of her own maturity. And she had a fascination with a young man who lived in the bright blue house at the end of her street just before the curve leading to the cemetery. She rode her bicycle past the blue house whenever he was out in the yard tinkering on his rattletrap truck or she walked that way, the long way, when her mama sent her to the store. Clarinda was determined that Bunny would notice her, would take her for a ride. She burned to know everything about him so she asked a lot of questions.

Enjoy your day!
--Barbara

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