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A worn chenille bedspread was always draped across the seat of Eliza's wicker kitchen chair. I recall this being the only "soft" chair in the house. A fading hand hooked rug was placed on the floor.
She honored certain Presidents. There were curled yellowed newsprint pictures of President Dwight Eisenhower and President Kennedy pinned to the curtains. Small photographs of grade school children were tucked into the edges of picture frames. Judging from their haircuts and clothing, they must surely have grown into adults and probably had children of their own.The curtains were strung onto the javelins her daughter had thrown when in High School. She put loose pins and small pencils in the abalone seashell, clipped meaningful sayings to the little lampshade on the table and stuffed folded Christian Science Monitor newspapers in the widening crack where the walls joined the ceiling.
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