Bruce Hotchkiss' "Spare Parts"

  Oh boy, where do I start? I had "jobs" before I turned 16; these really didn't count for much though. Mostly I did chores around the house for my allowance, and even those I wasn't that good at. 44 Wall Street now. I don't think the addition on the left was original. There was a pear tree orchard to the far left, and the driveway looped around behind the house. I remember two short-term, summer jobs I had when I was maybe 13-15. One was at 44 Wall Street, Coventry, CT, just up the street from our house. I don't remember how I got the job. The man who lived there was going to resurface a concrete drive. He wanted the existing drive "roughed up using a digging bar. It was tedious, and boring. Up and down, bang, bang, bang. I did not do a good job; I wasn't fast enough. The man paid me for the time I worked and basically said "Don't come back."  Then there was the tomato garden I weeded.  36 Cooper Lane, as it looks now. Not surprisingly ...