b-ums - buckhannon, wv - one summer in middle school

mark's dad taught science at the middle school. one summer i had the privelage of hanging around with mark and roaming the empty hallways and searching through the remnants of the year's locker usage.  i found a wind up watch that i still use to this day, i have no idea why someone would have left it.

highschool pool - buckhannon, WV - a young summer

i learned to swim under water on my own, without those stupid lessons. i remember realizing that i was buoyant when i went underwater.  it was only a small logical leap to take when i started kicking my feet and moving my arms. swimming on top of the water would come later, but would be far less memorable.