

WritersContestWinner-Oct.2006We had a bonfire that night, the last one for that year. The air had a crisp, cool taste to it all day, and I knew it would be icy when we got the marshmallows roasting, that the little kids wouldn’t be so keen to play hide-and-seek unless they had some awfully warm coats.WritersContestWinner-Oct.2006
So the neighborhood got together and we laughed and I listened to the men talking about the football game they were going to see together, and the kids laughing and our next-door neighbor, whose fire pit we were using, arguing with them over who had the most perfect marshmallow. Me, I just sat on the grass and watched the glowing embers, nibbling at plain marsh
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