Franklin and Mira lived out their days in the drainage culvert, which they expanded into a small home. Elias brought them a kerosene lamp. The child who had lost the mitten grew up and came back to ask for it; Franklin gave it to her, and she gave him a seashell in return. The postcard of the mountain remained on the ledge, and every night, Franklin looked at it and imagined what it would feel like to stand somewhere high and cold and see the whole world spread out below.
For anyone born between 1980 and 2010, the first association with "Franklin" is not politics or electricity—it is a turtle. Franklin
Start with cold meat; it is much easier to trim when the fat is firm. Trim the fat cap down to about 1/4 to 1/8 of an inch and remove the "deckle" (the hard fat between the point and flat) to ensure it renders properly. Franklin and Mira lived out their days in
So the next time you see a Franklin, look closely. It is likely doing something useful. The postcard of the mountain remained on the