My mother had a knack for making anything sound good. Like telling me that raisins were candy. I had to wear orthopedic shoes. They were expensive in those days. But my mother convinced me they were cute. I believed her — until I went to school. When I got to school, I realized that […]
Labor Day meant apples were in season. My mother made a great apple pie. We ate seasonal vegetables. By September, everything in the garden would come ready, especially the tomatoes. My mother canned things and made relish. We switched from summer food to winter food. My mother wasn’t much of a cook, so our […]
Labor Day used to be a time on Cape Cod when everything shut down. Everything simply closed. Downtown Hyannis, and especially the Outer Cape, everything was closed. The Summer People went home. Even though it helped the economy back then, too, it wasn’t anything like it is now. We went from a lot going on […]