Category Archives: Family

Families of origin and of choice

These photos are unbeLIEVable

The scanning is going to take for-fucking-EVER, but my GOD what I can do with that once I have the scan! Continue reading

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Asperges me, domine, and I’ll slam the door on you

The senior warden was so startled that he slammed the door, which then stuck.  Again. Continue reading

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Breaking up housekeeping

The apartment is dealt with, and the probate is one step closer to being over. Continue reading

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Since the last time

In the thirty years I’ve been gone, everyone went and got old on me. Continue reading

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Things are . . . arranged

Those who have to know do know, for right now. Continue reading

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Like Webster, I am “much possessed by death”

The ugly part comes tomorrow when C and I have to go together to tell Mother that JP is dead. Continue reading

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The Comanche Syndrome and the mortgage

We haven’t worked it out completely, but at the moment it looks like we’re third cousins. Continue reading

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Austin, we have a Longhorn

A third-generation Longhorn, no less. Continue reading

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Two family stories set in Mexico

They read “Cuidado con el tren”—literally, “be careful with the train.” Continue reading

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Another long-running battle lost

And it’s still an artificial Christmas tree, and I still despise it. Continue reading

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