The day the tides changed Sarai Meyer The kitchen always smelled of cardamom from the Norwegian toast always on the green counter. Grandpa always wore olive colored corduroy pants and smelled of cedar chest sweaters and stale cigars.
One day Gramma started putting cinnamon in the Norwegian toast. I ate it still‌until she no longer remembered the recipe and the kitchen stopped smelling like cardamom.
The Chinese checkers board had a snowy layer of dust over the glass eye marbles. There were always binoculars by the rocking chair, facing Lake Superior and Fred Astaire always sang from the CD player on top of the oak piano with the fraying velvet seat.
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