Reciprocal — Prompt — Nature
Oh, the Places You’ll Go…When your Medium friends send you there!
Nature Writing Prompt on ‘Reciprocal’
One little question.
One little prompt.
That’s all it takes from a Medium friend, and I’m spiraling back into the past. The wrinkles in my skin don’t exist anymore. I’m not about eight or nine years old, spending my afternoons reading books, climbing trees, and catching bees.
All because Sahil Patel wrote a story about a childhood tree and shared a prompt.
Growing up in Glendora, California, we lived next door to two elderly ladies — Bea and Pauline. They were housebound and never outside. But they had a huge yard filled with delightful plants and trees. We three youngsters were allowed to play in their yard. All it took was a quick dash through the walkway in the hedge between our houses and I was in a backyard filled with delightful nooks and crannies that I could explore to my heart’s content. I spent hours in their yard communing with nature, albeit I never thought of it in that way at the time.
Two magnificent orange trees graced the north side of the house, leftovers from the early citrus groves. They also had an apricot tree and a peach tree. When they fruited, we…
