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REALLY SO WHAT
What A Time
GRAND PARENTS
buried there, with grandpa and grandma. The cemetery
unfortunately is full and has been for years.
Mom used to walk to high school, 8 miles over the hills, half
way to Orwell Hill, another small town, without a gas station.
To get to school she would go up behind the barn, through
the pasture and forest to the road and follow it to the school.
Never once did I ever try doing it myself. If I got as far as the
pasture; where the cow would chase me.
Beyond Orwell was the longest hill, over a mile. It wasn’t so
steep, but just kept rolling. Road ways weren’t cleared of
snowwhen she was young. She would hike over to the hill
along with other kids and slide down it.
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