Here
it was Saturday, the 9th of December – Christmas coming closer with
each day. Even though Ina didn’t decorate until just before Christmas, there
was still work to be done so that the house was ready. With Shirley Anne
tagging along, they dusted and mopped all morning long, the little girl
chattering away all the while. Ina had forgotten just how much a child could talk.
As
soon as the noon meal was finished and the dishes done, Ina set about to make
her mother’s recipe for pork cake, an old-fashioned fruitcake that was a family
tradition on special occasions, including Christmas. Ina wasn’t sure she really
liked pork cake, but like I said, it WAS tradition. Ina set Shirley Ann to work
chopping nuts and such other helpful tasks as were safe enough for a youngster
to perform. The wonderful aroma of baking fruitcake soon filled the house. Perhaps
that was the best thing about fruitcake.
It
seems fairly quiet in this world of 1933, doesn’t it? Well, things will soon
change. KW
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