Sunday, October 27, 2019

Creative Nonfiction by Jan Rinehart






A Thing I Used to Do When I Was Little

by Jan Rinehart




My grandmother, 'Mom,' lived one block from our family home. To walk there alone was always permitted.

Mom raised hollyhocks and snapdragons in her flower bed on the east side of her home. As a child it seemed enormous, but in truth it was about 4' by 4'. As I sat on the ground I felt hidden.

I was a loner, so often wandered to Mom's special flower bed. There I would sit on the ground, hidden and make hollyhock dolls and puppy dogs from the snapdragons.

I could spend hours there as a small child, having tea parties, lengthy conversations and quiet moments with my friends, the hollyhock girls and their puppy dogs.


About the Author: 
Twenty-five years ago Jan Rinehart was accepted to participate in the Oregon Writing Project. She carried those skills to her classroom and taught beginning writing skills to many elementary students. Since then she has 'flirted' with personal writing but is now ready to 'commit' to daily writing. She has endless praise for the Women's Writing Group for the success she is feeling with writing today.


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