JEJ found a like-new scanner at a yard sale for ten bucks last Saturday. I dug through pictures at my mom's house recently in hopes of being able to scan pictures eventually. Perfect timing!
The two children in the photo are myself and my brother Raymond Pert. We were living at 14 E. Portland in Kellogg, Idaho when this photo was taken. I found a fitting poem in my collection that reminded me of that house when I was old enough to hold the memories in my mind.
Bedtime
Sometimes I remember
the good old days
sitting in the kitchen floor
at night with my brother
each on our own squares
of cool linoleum.
I'm fresh from the bath,
wearing baseball pajamas.
Outside the screen door
summer breezes stir.
Mom gives us each two cookies,
a cup of milk, a kiss goodnight.
I still can't imagine
anything better than that.
Ralph Fletcher