The Secrets of Tree Taylor (2014)
“in the TV room.
Almost every Sunday night, our family went over to Jack’s or he and his parents came to our house. The grown-ups played old music from the forties. And I don’t mean they played records. They played instruments—Dad on the trumpet, Bob Adams on the trombone, Mom on the sax, and Donna on the piano, singing along.
For better or worse, we were the only kids in the world who knew every word to “Shine, Little Glow-Worm,” “It Had to Be You,” and “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”
We’d done this f...or so many years that we’d progressed through playing with stuffed animals and blocks to playing War and Go Fish to competing in Monopoly and Wahoo and sometimes chess or poker. Jack said I could finance my college education through five-card draw and seven-card stud.
If we got together early enough, Jack would round up friends for baseball or Capture the Flag. Unfortunately, Sarah could never come, because nobody wanted to drive her into town and then back out to the farm at night.MoreLess
Almost every Sunday night, our family went over to Jack’s or he and his parents came to our house. The grown-ups played old music from the forties. And I don’t mean they played records. They played instruments—Dad on the trumpet, Bob Adams on the trombone, Mom on the sax, and Donna on the piano, singing along.
For better or worse, we were the only kids in the world who knew every word to “Shine, Little Glow-Worm,” “It Had to Be You,” and “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”
We’d done this f...or so many years that we’d progressed through playing with stuffed animals and blocks to playing War and Go Fish to competing in Monopoly and Wahoo and sometimes chess or poker. Jack said I could finance my college education through five-card draw and seven-card stud.
If we got together early enough, Jack would round up friends for baseball or Capture the Flag. Unfortunately, Sarah could never come, because nobody wanted to drive her into town and then back out to the farm at night.MoreLess
Read book The Secrets of Tree Taylor for free
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
Write Review:
User Reviews: