I remember
Puget Sound mud flats Puget Sound Freight Lines and seeing the water lap the slime covered posts beneath the office scruffy whiskers a buzzing razor the musty smell of an attic the huge brick bbq fireplace in the back yard gooseberries the deep freeze shelling peas and snapping beans shopping for fireworks in a pickup truck walking to the beach through a treecovered trail boots hitting the floor in the middle of the night - volunteer fireman that he was "hit me in the stomach, girlie!" "How do you feel, Grandpa?" "With my hands! How do YOU feel?" Sitting in church Pounding nails A handmade heirloom play kitchenette burnt toast and coffee (no decaf!) bacon whenever Grandma would let him have it 99 years of strength 79 + years of steadfast love for his wife stories of trucking with nitro glycerin stories of the Great Depression tears kisses whenever a white horse was seen kisses whenever Grandma gave him his eye drops for glaucoma his wishing to live to 100 ...