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The Wonder of it All
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Who knows where anything really begins?
For me, it may have started on the Mother Road—
Route 66 from Needles to Barstow.
Retracing the steps of Ma and Pa Joad,
I watched sweat drip from Daddy's face
and a man, hovering, watching, waiting,
while Daddy hung the rented swamp cooler
from Mama's car window. "No siree,  the man
said, you can’t cross this desert  without one—
heat'll do strange things to the mind!"

I was 7 years old. It was 1958...


   


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 Reviews of "The Wonder of it All"
Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on October 21, 2006
So clear and sparkling a memory and very much enjoyed. Liz

Reviewed on May 19, 2006
Linda a great write here, keep it up
God Bless
Michelle!

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on May 19, 2006
Great capture of childhood memories so vividly described I th ought I was sitting there beside you in the car or walking hand in hand into the caverns. Beautiful memory jog.
Felix

Reviewed by Peter Paton
Reviewed on May 19, 2006
Linda
This is a glorious write, filled with vivid imagery and palpable emotion and sentiment, you are a truly masterly storyteller, as you suck the reader into the spectacular vision of the story....:)
I have driven Route 66....all the way from LA to Chicago it was a magnificent experience with unforgettable memories..
Love and Blessings
Peter


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