In the little town of Oakland, far off the beaten path, you can come in out of the heat of the day and slide up on a stool at the ‘soda fountain’ at Tolly’s and order a dish of ice cream and be a kid again.
In a place very much like this one, a shy little boy named Gregory, in my 5th grade class, bought a milkshake, asked for two straws and invited me to join him. And as we sat side by side…looking at each other out of the corner of our eyes…and noisily slurping away…I decided ‘boys’ just might be good for something besides dunking my pigtails in the ink well.
It was a definite life altering experience!