There was a hole.\u00a0 It\u2019s not always clear what a hole is for.\u00a0 The body has a few holes.\u00a0 Some holes occur naturally but some are pierced or punctured.\u00a0 And some holes make it hard to live.\u00a0 Some holes are hard to see.<\/p>\n
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My uncle, a rocket scientist, used a drill to make a hole.\u00a0 Drills make holes for connecting and mounting.\u00a0 They make space for bolts and screws and nails.\u00a0 Big drills find the coldest water.\u00a0 They find oil, too.\u00a0 Of course, my dentist loves drills.\u00a0 And my uncle had a few drills.\u00a0 He even used one to make a hole in a beam in his attic.<\/p>\n
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The beam in my uncle\u2019s attic was not a beam of light but a beam of pine.\u00a0 Beams often work best with other beams, like a team of beams.\u00a0 Funny, a person can beam with pride or have a beaming smile.\u00a0 An eye bolt can fit in a hole in a beam.\u00a0 Sure, a rope can be thrown over a beam but why throw a rope over a beam when you can drill a hole in a beam and fit it with an eye bolt that can hold a rope right where you want it?\u00a0 We don\u2019t always get to know why something is one way and not another.<\/p>\n
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The rope was tied around the eye bolt, and it hung down through an opening between the garage and the attic.\u00a0 Rope is strength.\u00a0 Docking boats.\u00a0 Pulling pruned limbs to safety.\u00a0 A football thrown on a rope is a football that lands perfectly in a receiver\u2019s hands.\u00a0 We can get roped into things, which can be bad, but it also knits community, it can help us out.\u00a0 Rope secures.\u00a0 Mattresses and Christmas trees are sometimes roped to the tops of cars.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good feeling to secure things.<\/p>\n
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There was an orange towel between the rope and my uncle\u2019s skin.\u00a0 Towels are great right after a shower.<\/p>\n
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My uncle\u2019s foot, in a black shoe, was within reach of the third rung of a folding ladder.\u00a0 The ladder extended from the garage into the attic, which is where the beam was (see above).\u00a0 We climb ladders to reach.\u00a0 We reach gutters full of leaves and sticks.\u00a0 We reach lightbulbs gone bad and cats who make bad choices.\u00a0 Standing ladders, extension ladders, footstools.\u00a0 It\u2019s fun to be taller.<\/p>\n
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I found my uncle\u2019s glasses on a shelf, close to the ladder.\u00a0 Logically, they needed to be removed.\u00a0 Glasses help you see.\u00a0 See the words on a page, the mountains on the horizon, the road at night in the glare of streetlamps.\u00a0 Glasses can block the sun and make you look cool, like an aviator.<\/p>\n
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Garages are for storing things.\u00a0 Stuff can be stuffed in a garage.\u00a0 Kids can stay dry in garages on rainy days.\u00a0 They can play hopscotch in there.\u00a0 They can eat snacks in there.\u00a0 In the garage, kids can make jokes adults don\u2019t enjoy.\u00a0\u00a0In garages and attics, adults often keep things that are found later and don\u2019t seem to make sense or be of any use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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