Condemned. Keep Out!: A fictional short-short story

On Cleaning Out My Parents' Attic: A fictional short-short story

On the Word, "Wistful"

Second Childhood

Stickball: In praise of nostalgia

To encourage people to take a moment to savor in detail a nostalgic moment in their lives, in my PsychologyToday.com article today, I relive a game of stickball that I played at age 12 with my best friend, David. HERE is the link.

Child's Play

I had coffee with two fellow career counselors. In the course of conversation, I said, "Let's each take one minute to tell each other the things we most enjoyed doing when we were children."

I said:
-- Looking out the window hoping it will continue snowing so school will be closed the next day.
-- Lying on the grass, watching the clouds move.
-- Practicing basketball by myself, learning to dribble as well with my right hand as with my left.

You know, although I haven't done those things in almost 50 years, I think I'd still enjoy doing them. Maybe I'll do them.

What did you most enjoy as a child? Would you like to do them again now?