Spring Break

It's spring break in our neighborhood. When I was in school, we didn't have spring break. We did have a week off for Easter, however, something that would not be acceptable today. During our week off, the noise level outside increased significantly since the neighborhood kids spent as little time as possible indoors. Inpromtu baseball games, bike riding, hop scotch, rope skipping, tag, and hide-n-seek consumed the daylight and evening hours. Today, I'm sitting with the windows open, enjoying the unseasonably warm air. Bird song, an occasional car passing, the distant rumble and warning horn of the train by the river, drift into the open window. Did I mention that in our neighborhood live 27 kids under the age of 12? Where have all the children gone?