Monthly Archives: September 2018

The other day I stopped and watched as the new neighbor’s child played in the creek with her dad and older brother. Dad and brother eventually sat on the bank, but the little girl was having a great time, splashing, skimming stones, looking for creek-dwellers and generally doing what kids do in a creek.  Her mother was watching from a distance, next to me. And she was a nervous wreck.  She even offered her daughter a treat from the ice…..

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