My Christmas Vacation By Auntiesue There was an Elf Helper named Sue, For Christmas to Boston she flew. But the plague, it descended; All plans it upended; And Christmas was canceled ó boo hoo! From: To Kill A Mockingbird “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew […]
We were a festive eleven at the Christmas Eve table, thanks to Lorna and Griff’s coming up from Florida. We may have outnumbered the Texas clan for once. Missed the Jims and Greg, and the newest extended family members, Kevin and Dee. That’s Pat’s backside. We too prepared a batch of Frank Canning eggnog, and […]
5:45 AM We’re both up, ready to leave for Logan and the flight is so far on schedule. 7:22 AM An effortless (except for the part about staying awake) trip to the airport and back. Susan’s on her way home, and I’m back home listening to the sawing of logs from upstairs bedrooms. Time to […]
View larger image Side benefit from being the primary drinker of Frank’s Egg Nog… freedom from residual back aches. That would be Susan’s back not mine. With fewer folks, Christmas was much more subdued, but also more focused. The sickies rallied, while the stalwarts waited, sometimes not so patiently. Presents were rich and stunning, with […]
Every Christmas we have dinner with the Hopkins, at their house. This year was our first without Matthew who stayed home with the flu. When we got home that night, Diane began coughing, just as Matt had been, and before morning had her own case of the flu. I held off until Sunday and Susan […]
Bob, Charlie, and Matthew. Menemsha, the early years. View larger image
Lake Sylvia, MN. 1990. View larger image Below are search engine keywords that brought folks to this site. You type into Google kissing sisters, for instance, and youÃll see mainecourse is the first hit. YouÃll also notice the category, Mature Content. Unfortunately for me, Dr. Pinansky, the full name of my dentist, left in a […]
YOU DECIDE Blog contribution by Adam S. Kibbe So sue me.
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Berkeley Breathed is back in the Sunday Globe, knocking Doonesbury off the front page. Here is an old Bloom County: View entire strip