021515   021524

Visiting Dawn's family in the spring of last year
Gary's off medicines now and doing better as Linda showed
his blood counts in charts I wondered why and
he might not live until the re-union in July.
Two of Gary's kids were visiting too
eldest daughter Ivy and Ted with kids
first born Eric and Heather with kids 
ten kids in the basement
boys shoving 
girls fixing hair
lined up for handshaking goodbyes 
hugs if we wanted.
Overnight snow was skinned with sand to Portageville
neither salted nor plowed only scarcely 
topped with sand.
From Houghton it was a washboard slippery ride
Dawn said it happens every year
the county budget runs out.