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on buying for the vineyard kitchen.

I took down a copper pot and began to slice fresh tomatoes for a simple pasta sauce, the smell of garlic and sweet basil filling the warm room.

The girls came inside when the sun started to drop behind the oak trees, their shoes dusty from the garden.

“Are we staying in this house forever, Mama?” Grace asked, her thumb continue reading …