This story is a Covid-time story inspired by outside church services that took place when people were not allowed to gather inside a church.
The Next Chapter
Puffed clouds nestled in the cerulean sky. A breeze wafted by, uplifting a monarch butterfly and a sparkler of plant fluff. Mrs. Graves sat in the shade of an ornamental crab apple tree polka-dotted with crimson fruit. Spaced out around were her fellow church members. The pastor's mellow voice blended with melodic bird songs.
Suddenly Mrs. Graves' chair crashed over; the pastor froze mid-word.
A few days later, Mrs. Graves was buried in the graveyard across the road among the mossy crooked tombstones that she had gazed at for weeks of Sundays, the next chapter of her life beginning.
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups cooked (boiled or baked) diced beets
1 1/2 cups cooked (boiled or baked) diced carrots. Only cook carrots until they are lightly softened - boil 5 min.
1 cup cooked corn. I used frozen. Fresh or canned would work, too.
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp black pepper
Salt to taste
Mix all ingredients together and top with salad dressing such as ranch or vinaigrette.
This blend of vegetables is also tasty heated up and served as a warm vegetable mix.
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