SCHOOL DAZE

School is back in full swing. Our school is about a mile from the house in which I grew up. I think I worked just across the street from the school when I was about 18. If the building is there it's changed so much I don't recognize it. Or maybe I've changed so much.

It's near a wooded area. On break I go out the parking lot and just feel the summer. And smell it. There is a bowling alley across the street from school. I went there and got a cold drink. It seems as though time stands still there.

Also, the Seven Stars convenience store on Park Avenue keeps the screen door open in nice weather. In the morning the smell of frying bacon and eggs reminds me of years ago. It is comforting.