Thursday, July 06, 2006

summer 1985

i want a backyard bonfire on a rocky coast. homemade french fries with the skins on. salt. endless ketchup. knee socks pulled up high to my 80's style shorts with skinny legs and a big hoodie to wear everyday. i want balancing on driftwood and building castles out of pebbles. i want no job, but to read the day away and feel exhausted from play. i want family friends to lean on and know they are the adults as they crack their jokes and beer. i want to bring my sleeping bag out onto the rocks and roast marshmallows while i escape my bedtime.

12 comments:

jenifer lake said...

here here! (or is it, hear hear?!) i want it here, and i hear ya for sure!

Goddess Leonie * GoddessGuidebook.com said...

amen to this sister.

and stars. don't forget the stars.

afternoons spent on blankets in the grass watching the clouds move with sisters.

meridith said...

lovely. just lovely.

Anonymous said...

mati, its like you can read my mind or something!!! :)

Shell said...

Mind if I share your wants? Sounds perfect and blissful.

Anonymous said...

Ooh, I want a backyard bonfire on a rocky coast too... and a big 'yay' to the french fires as well!
cheers, gracia

gkgirl said...

you have like totally
brought me back
to like 1985, you know?
cool!

heehee...
i want that too
:)

Anonymous said...

you are making me long for my friend's cottage... and high school ;)

shari said...

your words are just lovely. yes, those are all wonderful, wonderful things. i'd have to add drive in movies under the stars with sweaters for when it gets cold and bats zipping around overhead and crickets chirping in the distance. sending hugs, shari

lisa solomon said...

yay yay yay....

can we all come?

kelly rae said...

oh yes, that's the way!

lisrobbe said...

food, books, fmaily, friends and good drink, what more could anyone want.