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Mr. Shannon
Todd Glasgow
Senior Instructor of English, AA
My deepest, most heartfelt memories ones from the stone cellar where tem-
of stays at my grandparents’ farm in rural peratures remained cool throughout the
southeast Missouri live on as echoes of a year. Catching grasshoppers and digging
youthful time when life seemed simple, up worms to fish in the pond that was
innocent and carefree. A happy place I reached after a 10-minute walk through
revisit whenever I’m feeling down, lonely the woods. Drinking cool water straight
or overwhelmed from life. from the well and putting together 1,000
piece jigsaw puzzles on the kitchen table
During the warmer months: Collecting with Grandma.
eggs from the henhouse where the chick-
ens weren’t always very accommodating During the cooler months: Warming
about sharing. Gathering fresh vegeta- my hands over the wood burning stove
bles and fruits from the garden for the after coming in from the bitter cold.
day’s meals or bringing up home-canned Helping Grandma feed hay to the cows
