Team Gray!

We brought our swingset from Nashville with us. It was metal, green, like our volkswagon, and white striped. It seemed to me as a child that my mother wanted everything in that same shade of green. She even had daddy paint our house in Chicago to match that distinct shade of blue/green.

In the alley, we all played together, despite what age we were. My closest friend was almost three years younger than I was. I had friends in the alley that were a little older, too. The only one who was my age and grade in school was Karl. He mostly kept to himself, and he [...]

Although the Averets and the Urbans had it for backyards, the woods technically didn’t start until you got to the area with no houses. That was behind the Vicar’s house and the Miller’s garage. It officially ended at the Schmidt’s house. The woods were trees and brush, animals and mystery