Always October

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C. E. Edmonson. Always October

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 25

CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 27

CHAPTER 28

CHAPTER 29

CHAPTER 30

CHAPTER 31

CHAPTER 32

CHAPTER 33

CHAPTER 34

CHAPTER 35

CHAPTER 36

CHAPTER 37

CHAPTER 38

CHAPTER 39

CHAPTER 40

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You look out over April Lake, at the hills and the forest, you might think you’ve stumbled into the Garden of Eden. But these days my life is mostly confined to this place—the April Lake Veterans Home—and the grounds by the lake, and not even the grounds, what with winter upon us. About once a month, the nurses and aides will load us up—including me and my wheelchair—into the facility’s minibus, and take us for a drive around the lake, to a show at the little community theater in town, or to a concert at the local church.

It’s funny in a way. You’d think any time away from this place would be my heart’s desire, but the hours tug at my heart instead. They speak to a world I lived in once upon a time, a world I’ll never go back to. I’m not complaining. Lord knows, I lived in the world longer than most. It’s just that I don’t need reminding.

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“That roof over your head? The one that keeps you warm in the winter and dry in the rain? That roof wouldn’t be there if farmers didn’t buy the machinery I sell. And the food your momma sets on the table, the food that keeps your stomach full? Farmers provide that, too, and not only when they patronize the store. Somebody has to grow the food you eat, and farmers are the ones who do it.”

“I don’t see what that has to do with the baking.”

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