Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Time Travel

 

She parked across the street from the little red brick house and stared at it, letting memories wash over her.

She heard her grandmother cooking in the small eat-in kitchen, a little frazzled as always and cussing under her breath every so often. Everything always tasted great.

In the basement, her grandfather had his workshop tucked into a corner, and he puttered around down there, mainly to avoid his frazzled, cussing wife while she cooked.

Ivy grew on the brick, and there was a Redbud tree her grandmother had planted back in the ‘50’s that somehow survived the Wisconsin winters.

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