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Marie-Claire, after coco-pops and magnolias
I'm trying for a sonnet - half-heartedly (see .dave.) I'm glad you've enjoyed reading today. Amusing too that you and Taps both said the same thing about watching your food in a big family.
posted by
mneme
on September 29, 2006 at 3:47 AM
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beautifully written, what a delightful story!
I love way you write, your style is so rich and warm. I can just picture the cute little boy too. As I recall I think I too was afraid to leave the table too as we were a hungry horde of six children not including me.
posted by
marieclaire66
on September 28, 2006 at 11:57 PM
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And, we always fought the flies. I can sure remember my mom with a white dishtowel flapping it over the table and to the door to shoo them out and away from the food.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 23, 2006 at 10:00 PM
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Taps, it's funny how these things reverberate..
and I'm glad it did that for you too. I guess he was afraid the waitresses would clear it away. Which reminds me, my son always used to get me to keep an eye on his food if he had to do something else, but his concern was that a cockroach might get it in the thirty seconds he was absent - not casting aspersions on my housekeeping, just that we lived near a forest and they would sometimes walk in under the door uninvited.
posted by
mneme
on September 23, 2006 at 7:01 PM
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mneme, Loved it. This brought back memories of my childhood with six siblings. If one of us had to leave the table for something we always said, "Watch my food while I'm gone!" LOL With seven hungry children, I guess we had good reason.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 23, 2006 at 9:58 AM
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Ypunday, thank you my friend,
and now I'm up too late, it is past bedtime in the southern hemisphere.. goodnight all.
posted by
mneme
on September 23, 2006 at 7:12 AM
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eutifully recalled...and filled in with rich character & details. No reason
other than the writing itself, for this post, Glad you recalled...Shalom
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on September 23, 2006 at 6:21 AM
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