Tag: family
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Celebratory Snack
A woman had just come through the revolving door and was confronted with “the Turtle Problem”. She caught the attention of a nearby teller, who noticed the predicament she was in and rushed to her aid. “I am rushing to your aid!” he said. He said it just like that, too. Just like that. The…
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Potato Peeler
Ridiculous how some things can go, can move and flow, one thing after another like plasma. Ridiculous. One cortado leads to another cortado, one rye leads to another rye, a simple flow of events that, once you step back enough to get the bigger picture, you can see a smorgasbord of things. Of amazing things,…
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Mama and the Family
A dozen ways to clean a fish. Kitchen confidential. And all the while mother in the memories with the mammaries crying, “Here, boy, here! Time for food, and then for a nap! We’ve got games to play later!” Always food and a nap and games in the evening. Mama sure loved her games. Mama sure…
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My Father, the Robot
Father was wearing an apron and serving salmon to us, taking the fillets off the grill and placing them on a wooden board and bringing the board into the kitchen, setting it down at the center of the dining room table. I was sitting on one side, stepmother was sitting on one side, and my…
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Monday. Deluge. Oh dear oh dear. Oh day of days. It’s another Monday, isn’t it. It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. It’s a deluge out there. Rain falling down and great streaks, slanted lines and fierce, icy droplets. Just below freezing temperature – only just. Cup of lukewarm water with the herbal…
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Griselda
While each of my family members had some role (and continue to have roles) in my life and impacted who I am as a person, it all began with Griselda. She was the one who officially kicked everything off, whether we were ready for the inciting incident or not. Because you see, our lives were…
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Perfectly Disappointed Lover
Call me crazy, but I’ve been feeling more like a Perfectly Disappointed Lover these days. And yes, I capitalized all of those letters, because it doesn’t feel like a lower case type of issue. It feels like an upper case issue all the way, baby. An upper case issue all the way. A Disappointed Lover…
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The Month of Cheese Whizz
It was a short-term thing, this stay with the aunt and uncle. As much as he was already missing his parents, he found himself at peace with the fact that he would be staying with them at their house for the upcoming month. He had packed everything he would ever need for the month’s stay:…
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