Jesse had stopped and picked up a Medoc to go with the chicken.
The neighbors raise chickens and every now and then they like to barter.
Joe wanted some of the prime beef he knew Jesse had in the deep freeze in his garage.
Jesse took it over as Joe had just finished plucking and cleaning the chicken.
Anne cooked it on the grill, bathing it in fresh garlic, sea salt, and ground black pepper.
She brushed on Olive Oil throughout.
Jesse built a fire in the fireplace and put on an old Lyle Lovett record called Pontiac.
An actual vinyl LP.
The Magnavox record player has been in the family for 45 years.
It is a piece of furniture, truly an antique.
He walked over and stood behind Anne and took her in his arms..
"I am cooking darl!"
She finally gave in and they slow danced around the den,
step step, slide, step step slide, easy twirl, step step slide...
as Lyle and Emmy Lou sang,
"Walk the through the bottomland without no shoes".
wkm
The Horses
Nashville
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