Cottage Life

Think Warm Thoughts

y three brothers and I had this game that we used to play as we drove away from the cottage after closing up each fall. We would systematically, using our most forlorn voices, take turns saying a specific farewell to each part of the cottage. Things we loved and lived on all summer: Things that fascinated And things that we used to fight over a million times a day that were completely insignificant to anyone but us: ABC

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