Street Scene
Fall is here
Last week, Northwest Suburbs of Houston
So many feet on the street tonight. Must be twenty five people outside, the most I have ever seen. Fall weather, a light wind, a mild sun. Brown leaves tickle the concrete, unconcerned by the games that surround them; a pickup game of basketball midway down the street by new people, recently moved into the house where the punk-kids used to live, who always yelled at the dog, and a game of catch and toss with the older boys in front of our house, with the neighbors peanut gallery across the street observing. A young girl pulled a red wagon carrying her younger brother and my youngest son, who was sharing his Elmo with his wagon buddy this wonderful fall evening.