While the family reunion's source perched perennially on paper at the top of an enormous family tree taped for the occasion to the living room wall, its soul sat regally in twin chairs across the hall.Two grandmothers, between them mothers to 17 children, held court Saturday night and from their amiable stories emerged the fascinating [...]
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Food is love. Dobar Tek!
We are genetically unsuited for crafting. Hailing from a direct line of butchers, coal miners, milkmen and telephone linemen, we come from people whose strong hands wrapped comfortably around cleavers, chisels, steel and spikes. We've neither the patience nor the daintiness necessary for beautiful scrapbooking, embroidery or etching. My sweet little niece and I once aborted [...]