gathering days…eighty three

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“I made ‘em with half and half.”  He looked so pleased.

The mashed potatoes?  Why?

“There wasn’t any milk, just that white water.”

White water?

“1/2 percent milk.  Whoever heard of 1/2 percent milk?”

A lot of people, but that was beside the point.  I looked at the potatoes in the bowl.  Half and half.

No wonder they were so good.

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~ lindasinklings