Flying kites shouldn’t be just for children
Windy day. On a positive note, kite flying day.
As a youngster, in Lemitar, New Mexico my friend Leo and I loved to build and fly kites. We made them from newspaper or grocery sacks, paste, salt cedar twigs for ribs, and rags for a tail to provide the kite with stability. The kite’s flight something magical considering the combination of materials. Oh, and kite string crochet string—actual kite string was too expensive and short. Lots of yardage on Mom’s ball of crochet string. A kid could control this magnificent, man made object sailing the sky, catching the wind in its breast. Sometimes, they flew so high they were only a speck in the sky, oft times they crashed. All in a day’s work kite flying.