The sun had shifted over to the east side of the house so that the front room was nice ...

(The sun had shifted over to the east side of the house so that the front room was nice and cool. Dishes were washed, Purity was out back shelling peas for supper. There was plenty of ham left, and ...) The sun had shifted over to the east side of the house so that the front room was nice and cool. Dishes were washed, Purity was out back shelling peas for supper. There was plenty of ham left, and potatoes. The greens wouldn't take long to boil up and they could have corn on the cob and hot rolls and that pecan pie in there. They had been lucky to get this piece of land with the tree on it. Time enough to sit a while before supper with the men out and taking Clem with them. Oscar'd said after lunch that he didn't know but what Clem wouldn't be helped by some hard work that afternoon. The truth was, this was the only morning of the week the boy hadn't been out in the fields with the men, and that was just because she'd needed him to mend the cow's stall in the barn. It was a wonder young ones managed to learn anything during the school year as hard as the men worked them when they needed them. Clio went to check on Nellie out on the sleeping porch. Saw she was sleeping with Cassie ...

11:09:53 December 18, 2003, Thursday (PST) Source: Quin Withey's Radio Weblog

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