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Section I: Celebrations............................11. Wonder Years....................................32. A Creek's Redemption............................43. Devotion........................................54. Little Man of Four..............................65. Making a Bed....................................76. Spend the Night.................................87. Perspective.....................................98. Prisms Breaking Light...........................109. Birthday Visit..................................1210. Sign of the Supper.............................1411. My City Friend.................................1512. Growing-up Houses..............................16Section II: Observations...........................1713. A New Bookstore................................1914. Bonanza........................................2015. Lament for the Winner..........................2116. Survivors......................................2317. Rock Reminders.................................2418. Icy Valentines.................................2519. Nature's Gleaners..............................2620. El Paso City...................................2721. Like...........................................2822. Out of Season..................................2923. Modernization of a Meadow......................3024. Pecans.........................................3225. Warning........................................3326. A Moment in Time...............................3427. Autistic Sunday................................3528. Lonely Windows.................................3629. Shoes Make the Woman...........................3830. See-Saw........................................3931. Field Trip.....................................4032. The Laptop.....................................4133. Pure Dust......................................4234. Temptation.....................................4335. A Cousin's Funeral.............................4436. Tick Tock......................................45Section III: Disappointments.......................4737. Genesis........................................4938. A Child's Intuition............................5039. Substitution...................................5140. Default Divorce................................5241. The Warning....................................5342. The Fixer......................................5443. Fragments......................................5544. Word Deception.................................5745. Instead........................................5846. Death by Pollution.............................5947. Shalshelet.....................................6048. In the Dark....................................61Section IV: Revelations............................6349. The Asparagus Bed Gone.........................6550. Dreams.........................................6751. The Bonfire....................................6852. Past Time......................................6953. An Ordinary Walk...............................7254. Clamped on the Heart...........................7355. The Search.....................................7456. Cake Testing...................................7657. Leisure........................................7758. Women's Wedge..................................7859. Old Fashioned..................................7960. Moving Boxes...................................8061. Newcomer.......................................8162. My Friend Amy..................................8263. Personal Spaces................................84Section V: Forgiveness.............................8764. Pound of Flesh.................................8965. Ghetto Walking.................................9166. Liberated Women?...............................9267. Hate Words.....................................9368. Invisible......................................9469. Evenings at the Club...........................9570. Once Upon a Time...............................9671. The Crack......................................9772. Blame..........................................9873. Flames Without Heat............................9974. Lou............................................10075. Friday Friendships.............................10176. Choices........................................10277. Refuge Library.................................103Section VI: Hope...................................10578. Birdsong.......................................10779. Then and Now...................................10980. Death's Stream.................................11081. Rainy Saturday.................................11182. Salad..........................................11283. Ritual of Hope.................................11384. Follow-Through.................................11485. Tuck the Children In...........................11686. The Edenton Tea Party..........................11787. Uniform Design.................................11888. The News Carrier...............................11989. Dream Wanderings...............................12090. The Adolescent.................................12191. Playtime.......................................12292. Second Thoughts................................12393. Provoked.......................................12494. Short Cut......................................12595. Single Duet....................................12696. The Rising.....................................12797. Short-lived....................................12898. Your Teapot....................................13099. First-born Baby-boy............................131100. Within Reach..................................133Section VII: Grace.................................135101. Sanctity in Ordinary Time.....................137102. Inheritance...................................138103. Hoop Games....................................139104. Transformation................................140105. A New Thanksgiving............................141106. Discovery.....................................142107. The Garden Party..............................143108. Seasoned......................................144109. Daddy Cooking.................................145110. Bob's Tea.....................................146111. Clay-footed Idol..............................148112. Two Fathers...................................149113. Life Partner..................................151

Chapter One

    Wonder Years


    This is your prime time, grandson,
    When you thrill to find bugs,
    See birds and look at the moon,
    Before your T-ball friends capture you
    And take you to the land of cyberspace,
    Pizza, movies and the mall.

    Thank God for years of wonder
    At the treasures of a kitchen,
    Pots and pans to make a world
    Of parades and pretending
    Before you subscribe to boredom,
    The required rite of teen-ageing.

    Today you saw a flower blooming,
    Your eyes gleamed with awe
    As you said, "Let's leave it here
    To be beautiful for everyone who sees."
    I would wish to leave you here as well
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