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Appears in my book "Ripples"

It is five o'clock somewhere And the porch is still there There are cocktails, and the a swing that still sways With the wind and the whispers We will all meet here With our memories of those yesterdays At the end of West Road We watch fireworks explode From the porch on the Fourth of July Now our children are grown We thank God for His gift of new life We share pictures and days tell Of memories we won't sell On the porch until the middle of night From two months to ninety The stories get mighty On the porch that assembles the time Through our lives and our eyes We had a guide in the porch light That shines on and through each passing year On Sunny Hillside Farm this day Family takes their place For another photo on the porch wresting time

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Date: 6/10/2025 6:08:00 AM
Reverent, peaceful scene you've portrayed here Michael
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Michael Ramel
Date: 6/10/2025 2:57:00 PM
Thanks Tom....it is a real place my parents used to visit. I actually refinished there farm sign for Sunny Hillside. It hangs there today. I have not actually been there.

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