Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #38 A Trip Along Memory Lane #1 Carpe Diem Special How happy! Bathing in the tub full to overflowing The above one line poem by Sumitaku Kenshin (1961-1987) really sent me down memory lane. Until I was a teenager my family lived on a farm. The year Sumitaku Kenshin was born, my family moved "in town". That move brought us into a new age, indoor plumbing. Until that time there was a galvanized tub for baths and a path for other bodily necessities. Baths were taken on the screened in back porch during the summer months. There would be 3 to 4 inches of water in the tub. Water drawn from the well just outside the house. Some of the water would be heated in the teakettle on the stove in the kitchen. Youngest child would bath first. Then up through the ages of the children. Daddy was always the last. In the same 3 to 4 inches of water. Once baths were done, the tub was overturned and the porch scrubbed. Cause water was is
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DeleteLovely Janice:)
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DeleteWell done, Janice. I like the idea of the raindrops slapping.
ReplyDeleteHave watched those heavy raindrops hit a hard earth making a slapping sound. Glad you liked it and thanks for the comment.
DeleteI do like the bitterness I read in it, but is so interesting - if you were a farmer you might revere this moment...like it very much.
ReplyDeletehad not thought of the bitterness till you pointed it out in the comment. Grew up on a farm in a farming community. Great respect for rain.
DeleteLovely ... I could see this image very clearly in my mind's eye. Bastet
ReplyDeleteGreat! Love to give the reader something to 'see'. Thanks for the visit, Bastet.
DeleteAn intriguing one ! Lovely !
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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