“Now what on earth are we going to do with that?” mom’s voice blared from the kitchen. We all quickly crowded into the kitchen of our home on the second floor over a tiny grocery store and the downstairs flat; me and my brother Noel, sister Linda Sue, Mom, Dad, our Cocker Spaniel Rusty, and … Read more
One morning while walking by myself through the dusty field behind our house on my way to Cuyamaca Elementary School, I notice something move behind one of the houses on Pearl Lane. Those houses also have the big field behind them. I decide to leave the path and walk through weeds to see what caught … Read more
There aren’t many cats along Patricia Lane. Across the street and one house up, lives an older couple with a pudgy Calico that they never let out of doors. I cannot think of any others except Tam-Malacha, our Siamese we call “Tam.” There are several dogs that live along our one-block street and each learned … Read more
Summertime in El Cajon, California and it is already afternoon with a hot sun and clear air. I’m bored and my chores are long since completed. I watched television but now all three channels are showing soap operas. I hear the work-up softball game in the field behind our house, but only faintly. The players … Read more
Behind our house on Patricia Lane is a large field. It’s probably a hundred yards wide and 300 yards east to west. Across the field on the south side are the Hales. We bought Dolly, our horse, from the Hales but we pay them to take care of her since they’ve got a stable. They’ve … Read more
A new family just moved into the last house on our side of Patricia Lane but we haven’t met them yet. Patricia Lane ends at a barricade with a field and drainage ditch beyond there and has about 10 houses on each side of the block-long street. It doesn’t have any sidewalks so we get … Read more
(San Diego 1951) I like our neighbors a lot but some of the older guys get into fights sometimes. Gary’s place is just over in the next row of buildings and his parents are the nicest folk so I half dragged my parents over to meet them last week. They hit it off real good. … Read more