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Summer Phantasy in Defense of Leisure and Reverie
A personal essay reflects on childhood solitude and imaginative play in a growing suburb. The narrator recalls dam adventures, caves, oak trees, and attic sanctuaries that fostered reverie. References to family homes, gardens, and favorite poets frame leisure as vital to mental well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Mutiny On the Bounty
James Norman Hall
Roy
Silmyttel
Rmiare
Henry
Papa
Keene Farm
de Soto
Mississippi
New Bedford
Mama
la Cathedrale Enseveli
Marthas Vineyard
Nantucket
Westport