The Impact of Stones

The spillway seemed to be drying up. The path they used to walk to get down to the cement opening was overgrown. It was clear that human traffic in the area had diminished. Like Scott, it was as if the wilderness of their childhood was entering a new phase of existence. The neighborhood kids had grown up and left their childhood and the woods behind. They no longer descended upon the area like a swarm of worker bees, so the woods and the ravine had finally found rest. It was not going to be...