PRESSED BETWEEN THE PAGES: Skinned knees and elbows

Looking back at the eight years of what was then considered elementary school, the memories pressed between the pages of my mind are not so much reading, writing and ‘rithmetic. I remember recess!.To a first grader, the play area seemed huge. We were allowed access to all sides of the Erwin school building. In the front were steps and plenty of sidewalks for hopscotch. Both sides were ...