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Love That Dirty Water

This past Sunday was such a delightful day. I had the opportunity to be on the north side of Glasgow in the early afternoon to enjoy the water running down the streets.

Can you remember all of the fun that can be had playing in water like that?

You could devise a boat out of most anything, from paper to a small chunk of wood. Lots of kids were kept busy floating things down the stream of water, building dams out of debris that always accumulates along the curbs of streets, and even having races with whatever they had that would float.

I had to think of just how privileged we were to be able to play in the streets like that. Those first spring-like days with lots of water and mud just naturally bring out the kid in some of us.

Of course, you will also remember the scolding or other disciplines we received for getting ourselves so wet and muddy. There was also the matter of “catching a death of cold.” I don’t know if I was impressed much with that. And anyway, what is a death of cold?

Gwen welcomes your memories at 367-5582.

 

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