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Dottie lived across the street from my family from 1965 to 2014. Mom and Dad were the happy recipients of her vegetable garden and her lemon bread on frequent occasions. She continued these traditions when my husband and I later moved back into the house in 2002, delighting us with cookies and her lemon bread. Clearly her oven was a vitally important part of her kitchen domain.
One Thursday afternoon a few years ago I got a frantic call for me to come over if possible. When I arrived she told me that her first batch of bunny bread was burnt. A second batch of the darling doughy Easter bunnies were headed for the same fate unless the oven could be fixed immediately. After all, multiple young family dinner guests would be disappointed if no bunny bread was on her table. Upon close inspection of the oven dials, I reassured her that the temperature was on broil. Worried that she would not have time for the oven to cool enough to bake her second batch before her many guests arrived, I offered to put them in my oven instead.
"Oh, no, honey. That's all right. They aren't coming until Easter Sunday." That was Dottie, always up and doing, and always prepared well ahead of time. When she turned 90 I asked her the inevitable question about the secret to being so spry at her age. Without hesitating she said "I keep busy. I think that helps." The world of science has finally figured that out, saying now "sitting is the new smoking."
Much love to your family, Dotty. You have meant so much to so many people. Mom once told me that you were "a real peach." I couldn't agree more.
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