Cutting Grass
Synopsis
John and Marge Schlintz have lived across the street from my parents old house in Franklin, Wisconsin, ever since I can remember. John always seemed to be cutting grass, and always in a different pattern. I always wondered about this. So 50 years later I asked him.
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