- Gave blood to benevolent vampires who will tell me something of my future.
- Ate strawberries and Vienna crème with a beauty queen.
- Hunted and gathered like my prehistoric ancestors, only in air-conditioning and accompanied by music.
- Gave the Earth a haircut and scalp massage.
-Chased and was chased by mankind’s ancient friend.
- Solved the problems of the world – or the country – or the state of Iowa, anyway, with a professor of history and ancient languages.
- Laughed at Picasso, Einstein, and Elvis.
- Observed the birth of bees.
- Read and drank Dandelion Wine under the late afternoon sun, while envying Bradbury’s hyperbolic, but perfectly real childhood in Waukegan that was Greenville that was Byzantium.
- Shared a glass of cold water with a friend who shared knowledge and experience.
- Startled at the ferocious wheezing and sneezing of the creature next door.
- Made a list.
-Swapped memories for anecdotes.
- Watched a stalking lion on the Serengeti stare down an encroaching black panther, then stroked and nuzzled the lion when he came back to the patio.
- Pruned a bleeding heart.
- Put hard calloused feet to cool soft grass.
- Thanked the setting sun and blessed the rising moon.
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