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Fragmented Memories (from Boyhood Tales)
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Fragmented Memories (from Boyhood Tales) |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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Fragmented Memories (from Boyhood Tales) I don’t have a craving to return to my youth, but I would like to go back and smell the rich, black, gumbo dirt as I smelled it growing up. I’d like to hear the robins in winter when I was knee-deep in swamp water, oblivious of the cold, have a Killdeer walk up to within inches of my face as I lay in a depression in the ground. I’d like to feel my heart as I did the first time I fell in love, my pulse race with the first kiss I ever had, feel my grandmother hug me again, my brother call me me-me one more time, and all the other things that are fragmented memories now, things the years have taken away, things I forgot to hold dear, that I didn’t know I’d need, again. I don’t have a craving to return to my youth . . . I just want to smell those things, hear, feel and touch in depth again, the life that I’ve lived. w. james beard, jr. (c) april 2004 |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I don’t have a craving to return to my youth . . . I just want to smell those things, hear, feel and touch in depth again, the life that I’ve lived. Me, too, Jimmy...why is it that those memories are so fragmented...there are times when I can't recall my youthful years...and then all of a sudden they come to light. hugs M |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
My dear Miss M. - we could really get into a deep philosophical discussion about that, I think, drag in all the age factors, scientific ideas and the like, but I think, in the end, I still would have to tell you . . . I don't know, my lady . . . I just don't know. hugs to you too... j. |
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pictureme Member
since 2003-11-28
Posts 248Ohio, USA |
jwesley, A very enjoyable read that truely took me down memory lane, some different, some the same, but still wanting to live again! sweetly remembered Thanks for your kind words and thoughts! pictureme :-) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
there are a few things I miss too...the garden...the porch swing...the railroad tracks... |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
enjoyed |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Your fragmented memories brought back a few of my own! A wondrously nostalgic write! ~ May each new day bring a warm and nostalgic memory for your tomorrows!  EA |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Love this m'friend...took me back a few years.. Okay...took me back many years.  Hugs~ To have lived the dream of a love so true... |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
I too have that longing at times, to experience what once was once again, not to do it again, but to remember it completely. Enjoyed this bit of reminiscence. Susan |
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bslicker
since 2000-12-04
Posts 2321state of mind |
good write bernie  A smile a day keeps the world in smile's. |
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muted
since 2004-01-15
Posts 2949Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving |
beautiful memories they are!!! lovely |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
James, Wonderful memories all. Funny how different our memories are from each other, we are indeed like snowflakes. There is a sadness about this that is disconcerning. Hope I'm reading too much into it, in this case. Corinne |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Yeah, me too. Sandra |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
You are a wealthy man JW...and I am so happy about that for you. TD |
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