I was decisively engaged yesterday or, since I’m retired, I guess a better explanation is that after working out in the morning, I was in serious recovery mode in the Man Cave. That is related entirely to my weekend activities of challenging a body more than it should have been but it was so much fun. Whatever, I didn’t get around to writing on Frail Deeds but I need to recap the extremely fun Sunday we achieved. The Worcester couple, close friends of the Neighborhood Mafiosos, and our usual partners in crime Fridays at the Auburn Legion, invited us over for a barbecue at their beautiful Worcester home along with the Mafiosos. Their home is tucked away on one of Worcester’s seven hills and provided a nice secluded patio area to pass away the gorgeous spring afternoon.
Our host was excelling with one his
newest toys, a smoker. He was worried about making sure I would have something to
eat (my picky eating habits precede me). The Mafioso’s husband assured him as
long as dead animal flesh was involved; we were good to go. Since the music is
usually too loud to carry on a coherent conversation at the Legion Hall, it was
nice to have the opportunity to talk with these great friends while the excellent
meal was devoured. All four of the other people grew up in Worcester and it was
fascinating to hear stories of “what it used to be like”. I’ve developed a real
affection for this place and history has always been one of my passions. So, a
very productive weekend including a Saturday thunder run to Keene and hanging
with the best Worcester friends on Sunday. I’ll say it again. I am blessed.
Great Way to Spend a Sunday Afternoon
RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family
Athlete - my daughter
in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter
#3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue
about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; CRC - Connecticut
Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor
of the big river; Curbside Girls – close
friends of my daughter acquired during him her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); FBR - First Blog Reader -
first granddaughter; First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend
since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife –
her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew –
son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member; 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; PCR - Pittsburgh College Roommate– high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; PCR+1 - Pittsburgh College Roommate’s wife; Riggins - also known as the
Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather -
my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course
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