Kenneth G. Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-839-8470 www.mayberryreflections.com[email protected]
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It is an absolutely gorgeous winter night here in Wisconsin. A fresh two
inches of snow fell tonight so I went outside and took a nice walk. The
first thing I noticed was there was no one else outside at all. I guess
everyone was inside watching TV, playing video games, playing on the
computer, or texting their friends. It is the kind of night that takes me
back to my childhood when we would go ice skating on the small village pond
that had a small wooden warming shed ;or we would go on a hayride followed
by a bon fire and wiener roast. They closed the ice skating rink at the
school on our corner last year because no one was using it. Kids had to go
to the Hobbs Indoor Sports Arena to skate. The one remaining farmer who did
hayrides closed down too because of possible law suits and high insurance
costs. Skating outdoors and riding on a hay wagon with friends on a cold
winter night are two more simple pleasures that many kids will never
experience. I get a little melancholy after the holidays. That reminds
me, I had a girlfriend once who called me her melancholy baby. She said it
was because I had a stomach like a melon and a face like a collie.
