Ah, Yes, Watertown, NY In The 50s
I remember walking to the store with my mother and the snow that people had piled up on the sidewalk was sometimes 10-20 ft high.
During the summer, the place was full of flies and moskitoes because of the river nearby and the dairy farms in the area.
And for some reason, I have the happiest memories from there: diving with my sister in the huge piles of dry leaves in the fall, arguing with my brother that he shouldn't put rocks inside his snow balls at school, overhearing my father saying that no way he was going to shovel the driveway, my mother better call a service...

I remember walking to the store with my mother and the snow that people had piled up on the sidewalk was sometimes 10-20 ft high.
During the summer, the place was full of flies and moskitoes because of the river nearby and the dairy farms in the area.
And for some reason, I have the happiest memories from there: diving with my sister in the huge piles of dry leaves in the fall, arguing with my brother that he shouldn't put rocks inside his snow balls at school, overhearing my father saying that no way he was going to shovel the driveway, my mother better call a service...

