Wednesday, on Mel’s Kitchen Cafe , Mel published a recipe for Homemade Lemonade .

I read the recipe and also comments.

Commenter Kendra wrote:

This looks wonderful! And this post has me singing. If you are not familiar with Tom Chapin and his song ” Homemade Lemonade” you should give it a listen. Your kids are the perfect ages to enjoy his music!

Hmmm. I loved Harry Chapin’s ballads: Taxi Driver, Cat’s in the Cradle, W.O.L.D. and 10,000 pounds of bananas being my top favorites. Harry Chapin was killed in a car crash in 1981. Was Tom Chapin a relative? Yes, his brother. And Tom does ballads also, including “Homemade Lemonade”.

I found this YouTube video and if you can watch this and not be smiling, laughing, singing the chorus and generally feeling glad to be alive, well…

Warning, though – if you watch, you will likely have the chorus in your head for days. I’m not sure how many as it is still rolling around in my head and it continues to make me smile.

Still – WATCH THIS – you will not be sorry. And watch the entire 4 minutes and 26 seconds! It is classic “Chapin” a story song.

I played this for Bear this evening. Bear got skunked on the after supper walk. It was only 6:30 and sunset is after 9:00 p.m. I think there is a den and probably kits… I have the skunk neutralizer which works pretty well. He’s in the house but a bit upset about the entire ordeal.

I wish he liked lemonade. The song was the best I could do.

Homemade Lemonade, not from concentrate!!!