I know people who spend all day Saturday, every Saturday, cruising garage sales. The season for them has been in full swing for a month at least. It’s such fun, I never know what I will find, treasures, and memories, something needed …
I browse through poetry books
choose five
and a Spanish dictionary
wander to the craft stall
discover an antique crochet hook
like the one Grandmother used
silver teaspoons pottery mugs
with a deep blue glaze
a Brown Betty teapot
I run my hand over an end-table
buy it for the den
ours well-worn and tatty
no need for toys
but how can I pass
a box of Lego?
The Berry Books for 3-6 years old: Berry the mouse, who lives in a tree, gets into funny situations, and has to find his way out of them.