riding with my dad and others to "gather" cattle in the mountains

learning to drive

dancing to bluegrass music, while my grandpa beat on the floor to his cane...at age 5 and 6.

school

roller skates

picking strawberries in our garden

modeling new clothes that my mother made me

writing letters to friends using the Reader's Digest word thingy

riding a mule down to Mr. Thomas's house to get a "tow" sack full of books to read

eating the watermelons that my dad grew. (and the cantaloupes)

playing in the hayloft.

staying all night with my girlfriends and my sister and her husband

eating homemade ice cream

cutting ice from the creek for the ice cream

riding "Star" down the road at full speed

riding "Socks" to school

helping my mother cook and sew

tending the herd of cattle

getting my dogs to help me pen those cattle

playing the piano, listening to the radio, eating and reading a book at the same time.

notes that were passed in class