Lubbock
One of the biggest connections I made throughout the book, The Liar's Club by Mary Karr, was through the city Lubbock, in Texas. Mary Karr's (the author's and narrator's) grandmother lived there until she died while staying at their house. I was deeply connected by this because I was born in Lubbock and lived there until I moved to California at the age of 7. Lubbock has always been my favorite place because of the traditions and memories it carries. The first tradition that comes to my mind is Mackenzie Park. My family, along with multiple other families would gather there every holiday, and most weekends and we would have a massive barbecue. My friends and I would "explore" the forest and use our imagination and creativity …show more content…
My house was right in front of a golf course, so Alex's family (who I mentioned earlier) would come over every night and we would walk around the golf course, with my dog, Alice, trodding along with us, without a leash. We would gather any "treasure" we found and bring it back with us and try to make something out of it. The treasure usually consisted of twigs, golf balls, golf tees and/or other miscellaneous items that we came across. We would also always just roll down the hills and run through the sprinklers that were usually on, coming home soaked. When we would get home we'd eat a snack and then we would either team up with someone, or individually try to make something cool and then pick a winner. Since there was only 3 of us (Me, Daniel and Alex), the person with the most stuff would choose who they'd want to team up with. They'd usually team up with the person with the second most amount of stuff. Most of the times me and Alex would team up against Daniel, while he would pout and plead for someone to team with him for once, but other nights we would come home and play games with our parent like Uno or Crazy Eight's, or play our own games like House. Taking a walk through the golf course was like a routine. Their family would drive over just as mine finished dinner, and when they left both families would go to bed. Everyone enjoyed those walks because we participated in interesting …show more content…
It only happened once or twice a year, and my family never missed it. It featured how people lived in the olden days with interactive activities and a display of some of the first pioneer homes and buildings that were kept. Inside they had old and rustic furniture and decorations, making you feel like you were a pioneer yourself. We would walk around examining each building (but mostly to escape the sun that beating on our backs), and completing the activities. I would make sure to complete each one and get it stamped off on the sheet you get when you walk in. One of my favorite activities was the washing clothes one. You would wash a rag with a washboard in a tub. I would dip the rag in water, cover it in soap and then rinse it out over and over again until I was satisfied with cleanliness of the rag then I would put it through this mangle-type drier. With the help of a worker I would crank all the water out until I was left with a damp rag, and then id hang it up with clothespins on a clothes line. Another activity I really enjoyed was the school. It was a little building with 5 or 6 desks, each with chalk and a chalk board. My brother and I would practice our addition or abc's or we would just draw pictures, making sure to hold up the board to our parents whenever we added anything new. Then we would continue onto the other activities that included either more old-school ways of life,
One of the biggest connections I made throughout the book, The Liar's Club by Mary Karr, was through the city Lubbock, in Texas. Mary Karr's (the author's and narrator's) grandmother lived there until she died while staying at their house. I was deeply connected by this because I was born in Lubbock and lived there until I moved to California at the age of 7. Lubbock has always been my favorite place because of the traditions and memories it carries. The first tradition that comes to my mind is Mackenzie Park. My family, along with multiple other families would gather there every holiday, and most weekends and we would have a massive barbecue. My friends and I would "explore" the forest and use our imagination and creativity …show more content…
My house was right in front of a golf course, so Alex's family (who I mentioned earlier) would come over every night and we would walk around the golf course, with my dog, Alice, trodding along with us, without a leash. We would gather any "treasure" we found and bring it back with us and try to make something out of it. The treasure usually consisted of twigs, golf balls, golf tees and/or other miscellaneous items that we came across. We would also always just roll down the hills and run through the sprinklers that were usually on, coming home soaked. When we would get home we'd eat a snack and then we would either team up with someone, or individually try to make something cool and then pick a winner. Since there was only 3 of us (Me, Daniel and Alex), the person with the most stuff would choose who they'd want to team up with. They'd usually team up with the person with the second most amount of stuff. Most of the times me and Alex would team up against Daniel, while he would pout and plead for someone to team with him for once, but other nights we would come home and play games with our parent like Uno or Crazy Eight's, or play our own games like House. Taking a walk through the golf course was like a routine. Their family would drive over just as mine finished dinner, and when they left both families would go to bed. Everyone enjoyed those walks because we participated in interesting …show more content…
It only happened once or twice a year, and my family never missed it. It featured how people lived in the olden days with interactive activities and a display of some of the first pioneer homes and buildings that were kept. Inside they had old and rustic furniture and decorations, making you feel like you were a pioneer yourself. We would walk around examining each building (but mostly to escape the sun that beating on our backs), and completing the activities. I would make sure to complete each one and get it stamped off on the sheet you get when you walk in. One of my favorite activities was the washing clothes one. You would wash a rag with a washboard in a tub. I would dip the rag in water, cover it in soap and then rinse it out over and over again until I was satisfied with cleanliness of the rag then I would put it through this mangle-type drier. With the help of a worker I would crank all the water out until I was left with a damp rag, and then id hang it up with clothespins on a clothes line. Another activity I really enjoyed was the school. It was a little building with 5 or 6 desks, each with chalk and a chalk board. My brother and I would practice our addition or abc's or we would just draw pictures, making sure to hold up the board to our parents whenever we added anything new. Then we would continue onto the other activities that included either more old-school ways of life,