Saturday, July 4, 2009

Rebel Girl's Poetry Corner: Special 4th of July edition

The Fourth of July in Modjeska Canyon means a parade down the main road followed by hot dogs and potato chips cooked up by the firefighters in the park.

The little guy dressed up in his thrift store finery and rode his bike in the children's contingent.


Leading the parade, as he does every year, is canyon resident Rusty Richards who used to sing with The Sons of Pioneers.


In lieu of the usual poetic offering, Rebel Girl offers this prose piece which arrived home at the end of the year in her son's homework packet. She doesn't know what assignment directed it nor what kind of grade the little guy received for his effort. It's untitled and clearly fiction. But it does get at some kind of truth. Enjoy. Happy Independence Day, all.

Abe Lincoln and George Washington went on a journey. They were going on the Titanic. When they were on it, in the night, they silently changed the flags. Then they got a lifeboat with food. Later they were out at sea. They managed to get onto a cruiser. Last the war was finally over. They survived.


Photos for a fourth

Photos from the family's 1974 backpacking trip in the California Sierra Nevada. On this particular trip, we were way in, where few people ever go.

When, after two weeks, we hiked out, we ran into a guy on the trail who'd just started his trip.

"What's new in the world?", we asked.

"Well, we've got a new President," he said.

We were amazed. And happy.



That's my little bro Ron, fishing. Nowadays, he takes his four kids up to those mountains.


One of my flower close-ups, taken with that old Pentax. Long time ago.



Dave Alvin - "Fourth of July" live

Hey, baby, it's the Fourth of July.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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