Posts Tagged: family

Lewis Brancati

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My nephew Lewis Salvatore Brancati was born March 27, 1996, and died September 20, 2017. I miss him a lot. Here are my notes from my remembrance of him for his memorial service: Jessi’s remembrance at Lewis’ memorial, October 2017 It’s hard to be here. But in doing this together, we are strengthening our picture… Read more »

I love my musician friends

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I guess I’m a little punchy cause I stayed out late; for me, 9:30 pm is late. I had fun hanging with my friend L and singing Mexican folk songs. Well, he sang, I croaked through my rusty pipes. We would both like to learn the song Cucurucu La Paloma, which is a beauty. Thanks L for a fun evening!

I am so lucky to have a friend who’s a folk musician, and another friend M who’s a punk rocker. They help keep my ears from getting too used to one kind of music.

Ratty’s misadventure

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I’m writing this post with adrenaline rushing through my system.

Ratty and I were having some mellow back yard time when suddenly a small tortoise-shell cat came up and yowled aggressively at him. Before I knew what was going on, he had broken his leash and both cats had scrambled into the yard behind our yard. I don’t even know if they went over, under or through the fence!

(Just in case you don’t want to read the following saga, he’s safe back home now. Read on for the stressful details.)