1. remembering things
1.1. Family
1.1.1. By the time I was fourteen, my brother Joey and I were the only children left at our house, the older ones having left home for early marriage or the lure of the city,
1.2. clarity
1.2.1. some reason, perhaps because it was the beginning of the experience that in some inexplicable way marked the end of innocence
2. new things
2.1. different
2.1.1. . Certainly they did not fit in with the crumbling decay of the rest of her yard
2.2. exploration
2.2.1. she tried new things
3. poverty
3.1. poor
3.1.1. We children, of course, were only vaguely aware of the extent of our poverty. Having no radios, few newspapers, and no magazines, we were somewhat unaware of the world outside our community.
3.2. jobless
3.2.1. he to his daily unsuccessful quest for work.
4. growing old
4.1. nolstalga
4.1.1. Whenever the memory of those marigolds flashes across my mind, a strange nostalgia comes with it and remains long after the picture has faded
4.2. isolation,
4.2.1. ... now as I desperately pass away the time.