I wrote this in story form a few years ago, but it fits this week’s dVerse Poet Pub’s “Poetics” prompt, so I poeticized it this morning. The dVerse prompt was titled “Missing You”, and if there’s one thing I miss more than any other, it’s the good old days and those fun times with my aunts, uncles, cousins, and the rest of my extended family. We’re scattered all over the country these days, and it just don’t seem right. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Boatload of Memories
December 2, 2012 at 4:09 pm · Filed under Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, childhood memories, family, good old days, http://kellieelmore.com/2012/03/30/fwf-your-one-amazing-summer/, just an old boat, lake, story, uncle marvin, water skiing, writer
A Boatload of Memories
March 30, 2012 at 8:45 am · Filed under Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, childhood memories, family, good old days, http://kellieelmore.com/2012/03/30/fwf-your-one-amazing-summer/, just an old boat, lake, story, uncle marvin, water skiing, writer
One Saturday afternoon a few summers ago I was taking a walk and came upon an old boat. It looked as though it had been there for a while; weeds grown up around it, paint badly faded, motor gone, body spider-webbed with cracks, and leaning precariously to one side. Read the rest of this entry »