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- From: andsol@is.rice.edu (Andrew J. Solberg)
- Subject: Memories From Home
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.055523.23263@rice.edu>
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- Organization: Rice University
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 05:55:23 GMT
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- When I close my eyes, it's as if it was just yesterday....
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- The smell of horse flesh roasting over an open fire....The war cries of the
- Cree, frustrated at the defilement of their holy burial grounds....The heady
- odors of the kichen -- tarragon, garlic, fresh onion, cordite....In the
- background -- the twins watching "CHiPs" reruns....Grandma's long, grey hair,
- streaming out from beneath her aviator helmet....Mother pauses to flash me
- a weary smile, but these lenses *must* be ground by noon....Sunday School
- lessons out by the tar pit....That big family reunion! I still get a warm
- feeling on Flag Day....There's a lynching in town, but we can't go unless
- we milk the cows first....Early morning chores -- hosing down the geese....
- The whip cracks, and we heave. This will surely be the greatest Pyramid....
- Jim's letters arrive from the front every week -- damn this war, and all
- Swedes!....Ice fishing; Grandpa falls through the hole. We laugh....Ah!
- Listen! The dinner claxxon!....Mom's apple pie -- "Pass the salsa, please?"
- ....The beehives! No honey, but oh, the heavenly stings....Jim's dead, and
- Momma just won't stop welding....The roar of mighty Triceratops, duelling his
- many-fanged foe to the death....And through it all, my best friend and
- companion, Rover, would be there to lick my face and help weather the storm.
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- <sigh> A boy and his manatee....
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- Andrew Solberg |"If I were your wife I'd poison your tea!"
- Undying University Mooch| Anon. Outraged British Woman
- andsol@owlnet.rice.edu |"And if I were your husband I'd drink it!"
- Phone:713-529-8627 | Winston Churchill
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