I Remember Grandma‘s
Egg noodles, cut thin, drying on kitchen towels on kitchen table
Aroma of boiled chicken
African Overstuffed horse hair couch
violets on the window seat
Warning, "Don’t bother the cat, she is old"
Hand painted china on the oak buffet with crystal interspersed
Round pressed tin cover on the kitchen chimney wall
Sunday dinner and Uncle John, He had a palsy
Oak shelves with glass doors in the foyer
and the great stuff behind them
Photo lab, dark room in the basement
Backyard, gathering night crawlers with a flashlight
Single car garage with the old "Nash" car
Delicious apples, eating them off the ground from the tree in the backyard
Spotted terrier dog
I’ve forgotten his name, poor dog
Neighboring fire station down on the corner
Close proximity to the steel mill across and down the street
Alley out back, walking to school over the brick pavement
Asking for the mashed potatoes to be passed to the children
Men folk playing cribbage after dinner
remember Uncle Bill
Cold, front, upstairs bedroom,
Green and white enameled stove with the cast iron burners in the kitchen
RCA radio, listening to Fibber McGee and Molly and William Bendix
and
Charley McCarthy after dinner
What was it like at your Grandma’s house?