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November 24, 2025 by Dave Bonta

Cloudless and still, except for the Amish men with nail guns firing into the roof of my mother’s house. The sun clears the ridge. A saw sinks its teeth into a two-by-four.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags roofers, sunrise

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