One night I was driving home from town, I decided to stop at the restaurant as I was starving. As I parked my car I saw john about to close the restau...ant. I went to say hello to him, he hugged me and told me he had to close bit early that night since we were expecting some storm. I was just about to say good bye when he asked me if I could gave him hand with some cartons he had to carry upstairs. I realised there was a small apartment above the restaurant. John told me he sleeps there some. Kind words were spoken of the dead, of how they made the "supreme sacrifice" for their country. Flags were lowered to half-staff. Men, some grizzled old veterans, others self-important politicians, stood at podiums and made speeches honouring those who died in all the wars America has fought. It used to be a day of patriotism and nationalistic spirit. Unlike Flag Day, or Independence Day, Memorial Day was not for America's collective vanity; it was not a day to pat ourselves on the back and. It was a hot work and although a cold day I had taken fleece off and was working hard splitting logs -and smiling as the logs split easily and thinking how sweet it was to feel your legs part and offer your tasty sap just like the logs to savour and enjoy I didnt hear the car pull or see you come to the door and peep through the crack-I was woking hard now and took my tshirt off too ,the sweat was on my back and I felt good inthe cool breeze.Muscles were hard and taut from swinging the big axe. Since granny’s fall our lives have taken on a rhythm of school, home, chores and then relax for a movie.No one seemed to know or notice that Alice is pretty except me. She stood only 5 feet tall with a well rounded build. Alice had always been very modest and dowdy in her choice of clothes; I guess that could be due to being raised by an elderly woman all her life. She wears baggy clothing to conceal her substantial bosom and long skirts to hide her legs. She even wears her hair in a bun and.