The morning is lovely, finally. We have a blue sky and sun. It is in the high 40’s. We will get into the low 50’s before falling to the 30’s. This is an odd season. It is spring in the daytime and winter at night.

I have been a sloth of late. I did vacuum Jack’s room, the stairs and my room, but that’s it. I can live with the dust, but I admit the dog prints returning to the kitchen floor after the days of rain bother me. I know I’ll end up washing the floor.

When I was a kid, if I was lucky enough to have a nickel, I’d buy a Welch’s Fudge Bar. I don’t think they are around anymore. I remember a Forever Yours bar, sort of a vanilla Milky Way, and a Midnight bar, a dark chocolate Milky Way. I used to buy semi-sweet Hershey candy bars. They were square in shape and were a bit bitter. Now I just use semi-sweet chocolate in cookies. I am a fan of Cadbury Fruit and Nut bars. I first tasted them in Ghana. They were big time treats. Now, my chocolate bar of choice is Snickers with Milky Way a close second.

When I was growing up, I remember this time of year and playing outside after school. It always got cold by late afternoon, but we never went into the house until we had to, until the streetlights. I remember how warm the house felt and the smell of supper cooking. My mother was always in the kitchen. We’d settle down in front of the TV and watch The Mickey Mouse Club. We’d sing along with the “Hi there, Ho there,” opening song and the closing song, the sort of sad, “Now it’s time to say good-bye.” The Mickey Mouse Club is where I learned to spell encyclopedia. It was Jiminy Cricket who taught me. Even now I don’t just spell encyclopedia. I sort of sing it.

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