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Memories from my childhood

Jamál (Beauty), 1 Mashiyyat (Will), 166 BE – Sunday, September 27, 2009 about 5:46 PM Pacific Time

The cottonwood tree in my grandparent's front yard
Grandpa rolling his own cigarettes
Grandma cooking
Grandma getting up at midnight to clean the house (she cleaned house when she couldn't sleep)
Grandpa's clodhoppers
The Lake
Thanksgiving dinner
Trick or Treating on Halloween
Christmas Dinner
Black eyed peas on New Year's Day
Cowboy coffee
My birthday presents
Decorating a real Christmas Tree
The wrong side of the tracks
Visits to Grandma's house (my father's mother)
The scent of a wood burning cast iron cook stove
The smell of fresh baked bread
Taking down the Christmas tree
Grandpa's stories of his childhood and youth