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Harold

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narrator's husband, met at a community center dance October 1968, custom cabinetry, married January 1970 at St. Bernard's, blueberry pancakes every Sunday, avid gardener (sunflowers, tomatoes, basil), Red Sox fan, used Irish Spring soap, blue lobster mug, died Tuesday March 14 2023, not a talker but left a handwritten love note in Grace's Betty Crocker cookbook, father was Tom

Bot heard: Harold's, herald, hair, H

Harold at age 22
1958
Harold at age 35
1971
Harold in his 70s
2006

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Harold was the patient one. He would, hmm, I'll talk about Harold another time

The Blue Light in the Snow Fort →

Harold always said it was the Everly Brothers, and I always said it wasn't

The Dance on Thoreau Street →

And Harold would flip them. He had this move

The Dance on Thoreau Street →

Not Harold's, not mine. David's

The Dance on Thoreau Street →

Harold used to say, I tell stories like I'm taking a detour through six different towns

The Blueberry Stain on the Ceiling →

Harold made blueberry pancakes every Sunday morning, every single Sunday morning

The Blueberry Stain on the Ceiling →

Harold never wrote it down either. He said he just knew

The Blueberry Stain on the Ceiling →

No radio from his workshop. He always had the Red Sox on

The Blueberry Stain on the Ceiling →

that hinge that Harold kept saying he'd fix

The Blueberry Stain on the Ceiling →

Harold's whole, I called Frank Peterson from next door

The Blueberry Stain on the Ceiling →

everything I've told you so far has been Harold, Harold, Harold

Marcus Read a Sentence →

Harold was home a lot in those years

Marcus Read a Sentence →

Harold drove me home, and he said, Maggie, I build furniture

Marcus Read a Sentence →

Harold used to buy them, these giant sunflower seeds

Two Cups by the Window →

Harold died on a Tuesday, March 14th, 2023

Two Cups by the Window →

Harold glued it back and you could see the line, but he wouldn't throw it out

Two Cups by the Window →

I turned around and I said, Harold, and it was the wind

Two Cups by the Window →

Frank, Harold left these seeds. What do I do

Two Cups by the Window →

which Harold considered a personal failing, but he's a good man

Two Cups by the Window →

Harold would have been furious, honestly. He would have said, oh sure, now they grow

Two Cups by the Window →

He sat in Harold's chair and he didn't say much

Two Cups by the Window →

Something happened about six months after Harold died

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

Harold never wrote it down. But I thought maybe Grace had

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

Harold kept it after Grace died. It was in the kitchen cabinet

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

He died before I met Harold. I only know him from photos

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

Yellow legal pad paper, the kind Harold used for everything

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

And it's his handwriting, not Grace's, Harold's

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

Harold was not a talker. I need you to understand that

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

I said, Harold, you and I couldn't finish

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

I'll say, Harold, the sunflowers are up

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

Or, Harold, Jack made the baseball team

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

Harold wrote that. And he's right. Sarah does laugh like me

Two Lines on Yellow Paper →

And then I called him Harold

When I Can't Remember, You Can →

Harold would say, Maggie, the grocery store, six towns

When I Can't Remember, You Can →