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| Saturday Afternoon |
This was supposed to be one of the planned retirement parties, well
semi-retirement now, I guess. It had to be scaled way back to meet my Favorite
Panamanian’s strict pandemic control measures. We gathered outside of the Keene
Friend’s house with the Cantankerous One and my first friend ever. He and I
both went to kindergarten together which we could see over the tops of the
houses on the other side of the street from where we were sitting. We
eventually had to decamp to the rear of house to find some much needed shade.
My old friend brought his dog who was a virtual doppelganger for Buddy the
Wonder Pooch; a black lab with a white chest.
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| My Newest Friend |
He reminded me so much of Buddy that it made the afternoon even more special.
My Favorite Panamanian had left us to our own devices after insuring we would
remain socially distanced. In what is truly a remarkable statistic this marked
the first time in more than six months that my wife actually entered a store to
do some shopping. Thoughts that boggle the mind, indeed. We made the obligatory
semi-inebriated call to Pittsburgh College Roommate so he could join our weighty
discussion on world affairs. Cantankerous Friend has lost nothing off his sarcastic
fastball and the pandemic has turned him into a serious bike rider, averaging
sixty miles a day.
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| Pizza on the Front Porch |
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| With Keene Friend 2 |
Kindergarten friend had to return home for grandpa duties while my Favorite
Panamanian was enticed out of shopping for some promised pizza. Keene Friend 2
showed up as the sun had set enough to move the festivities to the front porch.
It was a great day and I realized just how much I’d missed spending time with
these old friends. I’m convinced the company of good friends has a medicinal
quality that cannot be underestimated. The rest of the weekend saw extended Man
Cave time to escape the ravages of the heat and humidity. I knocked out my next
Besson film, Kiss of the Dragon as well as made progress on a newly acquired
puzzle. The FBR closely monitors my progress and I feel guilty if I can’t show
her some.
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BR3
– granddaughter #3, BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second
granddaughter; FBR - First Blog Reader
- first granddaughter, ABFA – Amazing
Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College
Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two
close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd musquetera
(musketeer); Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog; PanaGals
– female relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife
accumulates wherever we have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member, Favorite Panamanian - the
wife (of course); First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her
single days in Brooklyn
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