At 27, Watkins brings refreshing youth and innocence to a song sung from the perspective of a grizzled barge-worker: Only "a fruit jar full of iced tea" and "a half a day off with pay" provide relief to a lingering heat wave.

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As any parent can tell you, the fruit bowl always needs to be easier to reach than the cookie jar.

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One of the items for sale, and that seemed to elicit as much excitement on Mr. Payard's part as his dessert inspiration candles (Oatmeal Lavender, Passion Fruit and Coconut Lime) or decadent Baba au Rhum in a jar, was an incongruous piece of cutlery in a presentation box.

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