Pandora
resigned herself to a solo and decided the effort of cooking would keep her
mind off fresh trouble. Needing company, she switched on the tuner on the
kitchen wall unit and fiddled with the dial until she found a country-music
station. Dolly Parton bubbled out brightly.
A Will and a Way
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In Memoriam
RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations
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In just over
an hour, Mac's predictions proved on target. The wind tapered down to an
irritable mutter. Before another hour had passed, the juke—which Joanie refused
to run on her generator— whined back on, hiccuped, then offered up Dolly
Parton.
Angels Fall