The downpour finally stopped. It had been raining heavily for most of the morning—buckets of rain—‘A tall cow pissin’ on a flat rock.’—‘Rainin’ cats and frogs’, a real ‘chunk-floater’.
Then suddenly the clouds parted and a brilliant sun emerged. The air was now still and clean-smelling.
The thunderstorm had been about average for Texas, which meant tumultuous, fast, and furious. I stared out the window of the senior English classroom where I was imprisoned, listening to Mrs. Whitley drone on about dangling participles, comma splices, bibliographies,
or some such. It was early spring. I checked the clock on the wall: Five minutes until the bell rang, ending my boredom and releasing me for the lunch period.
I love northeast Texas in springtime. Springtime in Texas is no time to be stuck in a moldy old High School classroom; not when there are fish to be caught, baseball to be played, or especially cheerleaders to be lured into road trips to the lake or anywhere away from ‘civilization’:
“Let’s get out of here Baby! Let’s go to The Lake! We can score some Boone’s Farm and have ourselves a blast!”
Daydreams, about afternoon things…
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it was my pleasure…enjoyed!
Thank you so much for taking the time.
I do appreciate you and your time and your comments.
Love this delightfully amusing anecdote, though I am not into lengthy reads right now, I could not leave before the finish, very fine writing! Thank you!
When you find time, please read the sharkin’ story.
Even sharks!
Oh yeah, seems like I remember Peanut being the unwilling participant in the shark story. 🙂
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haha, they fish for bass no man they must try carp:)
Thanks for reading and thanks for the comment. Most Texas lakes have big carp, but most folks fish for bass. I will fish for anything.
hay good post, Its the best thing when the sun emerge and the air smells so fresh, I heard there are big carp in texas and hopefully I will come down sometime.
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