It was hot! Hot outside and even hotter in the kitchen. Two kettles boiled away on the back burners, steam surging from around the covers and up into the air. The normally appealing scent of cooking potatoes and green beans added to the thickness in the room. A cast iron frypan waited for the drippings from the meatloaf in the oven. Last minute, Mom would whip up some milk gravy.
.Mom and my older …