{"id":19734,"date":"2023-06-28T00:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T00:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=19734"},"modified":"2023-06-27T20:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:37:23","slug":"grandpas-chocolate-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/28\/grandpas-chocolate-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa\u2019s Chocolate Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryce Angell – The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I\u2019m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoying life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I watched him hoe the garden, clearing weeds from row to row.\u00a0 <\/span>Grandpa was near 95 and moving kinda slow.<\/p>\n

His wooden cane was hanging from a belt loop in the back. If Grandma had been watching, she\u2019d have given him a whack!<\/p>\n

I was barely fifteen with an appetite to snack. I knew that Grandpa always had some cake in his knapsack.<\/p>\n

I moved in close beside him, got his normal one-arm hug. Then Grandpa took a swig of water from his Clorox jug.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWe\u2019d better take some time. Let\u2019s have a little break.\u201d While he opened up his pocketknife, cut Grandma\u2019s chocolate cake.<\/p>\n

Each piece was cut precision. Grandpa\u2019s knife was plenty sharp. Then we found a place to sit down on a worn-out canvas tarp.<\/p>\n

We scarfed the chocolate cake down, tasted better than it looked. When it came to Grandma\u2019s chocolate cake our taste buds had been hooked.<\/p>\n

Grandpa looked right at me. \u201cI\u2019ve been sneakin\u2019 cake for years. If Grandma saw me take some she would prob\u2019ly box my ears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grandma knew too well that he was sneaking on the sly. She said that\u2019s why he married her. Her cake had caught his eye.<\/p>\n

When Grandpa first met Grandma they were at the city dance. He said, \u201cToday\u2019s my birthday. Could I have a dance by chance?\u201d<\/p>\n

Grandma said while dancing Grandpa treated her so sweet. But when it came to hoofing, Grandpa had two clumsy feet.<\/p>\n

That night he asked my Grandma for their first official date. She brought along a birthday cake, the best he\u2019d ever ate.<\/p>\n

Grandpa married Grandma nearly sixty years ago. And Grandma always baked a cake \u2018bout every week or so.<\/p>\n

She said she\u2019d baked so many cakes and never had one fall. Grandpa liked her chocolate cake the very best of all.<\/p>\n

Grandpa\u2019s tone grew serious. \u201cYou\u2019re still a mite in years. But always know a chocolate cake can calm the worst of fears.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when you think you\u2019ve found your gal and bachelorhood\u2019s at stake. The first thing to consider, does she bake a chocolate cake?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I watched him hoe the garden, clearing weeds from row to row.\u00a0 Grandpa was near 95 and moving kinda slow. His wooden cane was hanging from a belt loop in the back. If Grandma had been watching, she\u2019d have given him a whack! I was barely fifteen with an appetite to snack. I knew that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cowboy-poetry","7":"category-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19735,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19734\/revisions\/19735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}