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Playing With My Shadow

Playing with my shadow, I was perhaps about seven. I had shiny pennies in my pocket, I think about eleven. I can still hear their sweet, glorious ring! I was going to the candy store to purchase those red, rope licorice things. Harold, the owner, loved us with his wavy gray hair. He'd stand behind the glass, while we chose our candies....delicacies, scrumptious and fair. He has a marble soda fountain, too. If we wanted fresh ice cream sundaes, too. The healing, summer breeze from sweet decades long since past. The church-bells of Saint Mary's Cathedral that in my heart forever will last! That calligraphy of days long ago. In life's timeless precious river, I cherish you so! 5/16/2021 ~4~

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Tom Cunningham

Date: 5/16/2021 1:57:00 PM

Those little corner shops were special, you got to know the owners on a personal level, then the big supermarkets came and undercut them forcing them out of business, Life was certainly better back then. Tom

Panagiota Romios
Date: 5/16/2021 2:15:00 PM

I do agree, having grown up back then! Life was beautiful.....people made money, not corporations who could care less. We were lucky. Pangie xx

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 5/16/2021 11:59:00 AM

Hello Panagiota, I remember also playing with my shadow as a little girl. A good memory. Hugs Darlene xx

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 5/16/2021 3:58:00 PM

Hello Panagiota, yes it wonderful. hugs Darlene Hugs xx

Panagiota Romios
Date: 5/16/2021 1:56:00 PM

Hello my dear friend, Darlene! .it was fun playing with shadows, not iPads. )) and outside playing with my friends. Nobody was rough. All had good manners. Wonderful...Hugs, Pangie xx

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 5/16/2021 11:28:00 AM

Sweet memories.. echoing through your joyful write. God bless you sweet friend. Love, Gina

Panagiota Romios
Date: 5/16/2021 1:50:00 PM

Yes, sweet. People do not know that there were individual businesses called "candy Stores". Whose owners ran them. This was before boxed candies and big box stores. Young folks did not work in them.Owners did. They had graying hair and were up in years. I was glad to be brought up before big box stores.-and God meant something. Bless you Gina...xx