Old-BearKiller

Memories--Childhood Winters: Living by the river; tying our boats to the front porch during floods; rowing the boats around in the flooded fields and over the barbed-wire fences; playing Pirates and Buried Treasure in the flooded fields. Summer--lying on my back on the damp grass watching the clouds change shape; making airplanes and cars out of cattail stems; playing marbles and stick-the-knife with my brothers; swimming in the river; riding to the barn on the hay wagon (loose hay, not baled); sleeping in the hay mow. Memories--Alaskan homestead: Poorly constructed, poorly insulated cabin; carrying water (from the lake) and wood from the fr