An hour later, good soil was being spread by men in big machines. Men who were not used to working for free, they were working for free. I stood there and watched.
By noon cement has been pored for tennis court. before the sun went down, a basketball court was done. many people worked all night.
On Saturday morning, a crowd of several hundred people came to work, Black and quite, old and young. they planted the trees and grass and made a paths and places to sit.
By Sunday afternoon, the park was finished. I went back there more than 20 years later. Iin the shade of trees, which were now very tall. people were sitting and playing in the park.
I thought back to the weekend to the park was bulit. a black man had looked around and said: this is the best things taht has happened things I can do Reno. it did not mean the park itself. he meant the building the park.
In that first year, on the road, I fell in love with my native land.
I rode the Waborsh Cannonboat train through .....,
I rode the ...Queen paddle wheel steamboat down the ....river,
I rode the cable cars up and down the hills of ........
I spend time among the .... dunch farmers in ...down .... and Greek's bunch fishermen in top spring in F...
I met MC .... the roadside poet of golden junction...... at his store, he sold gasoline for 39 cents gallon.and his poems for 10.cents a piece.
that first year ,I produced 47 stories from 23 states all of them my own discoveries. the biggest discovery of all was about myself.
on the back roads of America, I fell that home at last, I knew i want to do spend the rest of my life..
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