It was gratifying to see the sun
reappear yesterday afternoon for the first time since this past Saturday. I
have it on good authority that it was up there the whole time but the weather
over the past few days reminded me of the months long immersions under clouds
that made living in Germany all those years ago so delightful (well there were
the English gals to recompense but I digress). The snow stopped on schedule yesterday
after dumping north of fifteen inches on Worcester, a bigger storm than we had
all of last winter. I was gratified to see my fellow New Englanders burrowing
their way out and getting on with their lives. Something like this would have
paralyzed our nation’s capital region for at least a week. It’s a good thing my
Favorite Panamanian has flown south because she would have been cooped up in
the house all week since I’ve needed to use her 4 wheel drive car to get to
work each day.
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| Goofy FBR Garbed Up for Breakfast Today |
Speaking of that worthy she finally
arrived in her home town to surprise her mother ahead of Sunday’s Mother’s Day.
Her mother was understandably moved and was smiling continuously when we
connected last night. She did promise to hit me upside the head the next time I
saw her for keeping this a secret from her. I think (hope) she was kidding. I’d
like to thank those of you in Panamá who read the blog for keeping this a
secret. My wife promised some photos but hasn’t been able to convince her aging
phone to make that happen yet.
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| BRS, Like her Abuela Likes her Snow Inside |
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| Moving Up a Class |
All of the Facetime calls came at the same
time last evening, shortly after I came inside from my latest snow blowing
exercise. The winds have finally died down so the snow should stay out of the
driveway for a while. The BRS has moved up a class in day care where she was
reunited with one of her best buddies who had moved up ahead of her. The ABFA
reported that this was noticeably welcome by the BRS who celebrated by taking
an abnormally long nap.
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| FBR With Her Minimal Amount of Snow |
The FBR was trying to talk trash with
me about her meager New Jersey snowfall. She was cavorting in about three
inches of snow and claiming how much it was. Not one to take this lying down I correctly
pointed out that I had more than five times as much snow and sent her a Deckzilla
photo to prove it. She was prepared to continue the argument until I promised
to construct a snow fort with her the next time she came up. She seemed very
intrigued by this possibility. My back already hurts, how do I let myself get
talked into these things!
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| Talking Trash |
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| My Deckzilla Response |
Dateless date night had me returning
for an adult level film for the first time in a couple weeks with Knives Out. Clever. That’s the word I’m searching for because
this flick was that as well as a serious amount of fun. Director Rian Johnson
takes the well-trod murder mystery film milieu and makes it his own with a
serious stock of red herrings as well as well-turned twists. 007 displays a
serious southern drawl flawlessly as a private eye charged with solving the
murder/suicide of a prominent mystery novelist. How this guy got any work in New
England with that accent is one of the unanswered mysteries. The rest of the
very talented cast delivers as well as the totally dysfunctional family of the
victim. There are some real laugh out loud moments as the pieces come together
assisted by what must be the first use of a projectile vomiting lie detector.
Trust me – it works. It’s the kind of movie I want to see again right away so I
can spot the clues that I missed. A very entertaining and grown-up mystery. I
loved it.
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
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, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the
BRS; 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; Deckzilla
Dude – senior citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth - members of public who come to every
Worcester public meeting to complain, all are on public assistance along with
demeanor issues
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