Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. ![]() As I walk, licking my fingers, eyes peeled for the next perfect berry to savor, the taste in my mouth reminds me of summers flying down Blackberry Hill. I was probably about nine. The neighborhood kids would save large pieces of cardboard from appliance purchases their parents made or oversized boxes from the local market. The boxes would be flattened and dragged up Blackberry Hill, which was grassy and steep enough to send you flying down it when you ran and jumped onto the cardboard, riding it down on your belly or your butt, depending on your style. I remember hanging out at Blackberry Hill for hours, sliding down the grassy carpet until the cardboard would break or get too worn to use. Blackberry bushes thrived around the periphery, so when you took a break, you could eat to your hearts content. I don’t remember there ever being parents there, just kids, cardboard and blackberries. Back to reality, the trail behind me, fingers licked clean, thoughts turning to the grocery shopping that is next on my list. But not before I think about my own children and wonder what their “Blackberry Hill memory” will be? Will something, a food, place, song or smell bring back a wonderful mental snippet from their childhood, when life was simple and carefree and they could spend hours doing something that they remember they enjoyed when they are grown-ups going about their lives. |
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