Laura W. Jodice

Everyday in summer she swam laps, in the deep end, in the morning, while the pool was quite and still, around 730 or 8 am. When it wasn’t summer, she swam in the indoor YMCA pool near our neighborhood. The summer pool was at the beach club where our family and grandparents and neighbors were members. She was a neighbor, only 2 houses down from ours, and often invited me and other kids, in for fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. We often played in the street, in front of her

It’s ok to do nothing. Every day or any day or any time of day can have a nothing part. That’s ok. Watching tv, staring at a flower,...

I am in Kindergarten class, with Mrs Kroll. My favorite activities are puzzles (the wooden kinds with like 15 pieces; if i practice a puzzle and then sit with her to show her I can do the puzzle, I get a star, 10 puzzles gets me a bigger gold star) and painting. Today we can do painting. The usual colors are yellow, blue and red, and sometimes she mixes up some green. It’s poster paint, in Dixie paper cups, on the tray of a large easel with big pieces of paper. Whoever is pai

I just arrived home from school. I’m in the 4th grade. My daily walk home is about a mile and is mostly on sidewalks (involving not...