Theme: Rhyming Trio - Each theme entry consists of three words ending with *ALE.
20. Rhyming term for a dead letter?: SNAIL MAIL FAIL.
27. Rhyming description of "Moby-Dick"?: PALE WHALE TALE.
45. Rhyming discount for week-old leafy greens?: STALE KALE SALE.
54. Rhyming hazard for cyclists on shared-use track?: RAIL TRAIL NAIL.
C.C. here. Hahtoolah has been in Texas to take care of a loved one. She'll be back next Tuesday.
Across:
5. "The Sopranos" chef Bucco: ARTIE. Quite a few names for a 15X15 grids: 14. Eric of "Munich": BANA. 16. "The Simpsons" bus driver: OTTO. 23. Rat Pack member __ Davis Jr.: SAMMY. 31. Director Kazan: ELIA. 33. Storyteller __ Christian Andersen: HANS. 61. Baby-voiced red Muppet: ELMO. 63. Supreme Court justice Kagan: ELENA. 8D. "Vera Drake" Oscar nominee Staunton: IMELDA. 21D. Country singer Lovett: LYLE.
52D. Reality TV judge Cowell: SIMON.
10. Pen tips: NIBS.
15. Florida city with a Little Havana neighborhood: MIAMI.
17. Glamping shelter, maybe: YURT. Mongolian-style.
18. Bass staff symbol: F CLEF.
19. Pull: HAUL.
24. Canine checker: DENTIST.
32. Salami choice: GENOA.
37. Metric weights: KILOS.
40. Spreadsheet lines: ROWS.
41. Kept __: held off: AT BAY.
43. Fluttered down to a perch, say: ALIT.
50. Took up the challenge: HAD AT IT.
51. "__ luck!": LOTSA.
58. Mosque prayer leader: IMAM.
60. Traffic jam: TIE UP.
62. Sidewalk eatery: CAFE.
64. Detroit NFL player: LION.
65. Founded, as a co.: EST'D.
66. White-water transports: RAFTS.
67. Yin and __: YANG. Cucumbers & watermelons are Yin. Gingers & dates are Yang.
Down:
2. Steamy setting at a spa: SAUNA.
3. Freeway entrance: ON RAMP.
4. Shrine site in Portugal: FATIMA. Our Lady of Fátima,
5. Radio band toggle: AM FM.
6. Costa __: Nicaragua neighbor: RICA.
7. Anklebones: TALI.
9. Paris tower engineer: EIFFEL. Here's Picard at the Eiffel Tower, 2015.
10. Pitcher's dream game: NO-HITTER.
11. Lingua di Roma: ITALIANO. My sister-in-law Connie speaks Italian. She spent 3 years there. She just told me about this sun-dried tomatoes. So good.
12. HVAC meas.: BTU.
13. Pine-__: cleaning brand: SOL.
22. Rare blood type, informally: A NEG.
25. "__ and steady wins the race": SLOW.
26. Assam, Darjeeling, etc.: TEAS. Celebrated the church lady Margaret's 80th birthday last Saturday at the newly opened House of Kirin. Very authentic Cantonese food. Alas, something did not agree with me. Or maybe I talked too long with the waiter whose mom is from Guangzhou. I had sore throat immediately and started coughing on Sunday. Yesterday was bad at the oil change place. Gonna get some Robitussin after I'm done with this post. Important meeting later this morning.
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| Margaret & C.C., 6/17/2023 |
28. Large deer: ELK.
29. Nintendo game console: WII.
30. Islamic equivalent of kosher: HALAL. Also 36. Greeted with a respectful bow: SALAAMED.
33. Corned beef concoction: HASH.
34. "__ girl!": ATTA.
35. Selection process for Bucks and Bulls: NBA DRAFT.
38. World Cup cry: OLE.
39. Girl of the fam: SIS.
42. Cooler brand named for a mythical creature: YETI.
44. Like most basketball players: TALL.
46. Off-__: askew: KILTER.
47. Leader of the Huns: ATTILA. Attila the Hun.
48. Needing company: LONELY. I'm so comfortably alone.
49. List-shortening Latin term: ET ALIA.
53. __ for the ride: ALONG.
55. Coral habitat: REEF.
56. Mom's sister: AUNT.
57. High-ABV beers, typically: IPAS.
58. Freezer cubes: ICE.
59. Some graduate degrees, for short: MAS.
Thank you so much to those who bought my little book and left an Amazon review. I'm so grateful that you took the time and wrote a feedback. This means a ton to me.
C.C.
41 comments:
The EIFFEL tower is getting rusty.
In time, it will not be so trusty.
For it to topple
Would be awful! --
Don't stand too close when winds get gusty!
Birders had tried it, but they all quit.
The new gal said, "Let me HAVE AT IT!"
At first light
It came in sight!
Cam clicked, she cried, "I HAVE A TIT!"
{B+, B.}
Early week puzzles are often less challenging than they might be, but they can still be a lot of fun. This puzzle is a case in point. I think my favorite themed fill was “pale whale tale” but they were all cute. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Noticed that the themers were all three rhyming words. FAILed to notice that they all had the "AIL" sound. D-o has A-NEG blood, but it's not particularly rare. In fact, the blood center usually wants blood components rather than whole blood from me. There were LOTSA names in this one, but most were familiar to me, and the perps were kind for the others. Thanx for a smooth Tuesday Kathy, and for subbing today, C.C.
FIR without erasure, knowing (or sorta knowing) all the names except IMELDA. (Would have known that one by "Marcos" or "shoe lady".)
Glamping in a YURT? IMO, if it ain't got no washer/dryer nor ice maker, it ain't glamping.
I have an otherwise-brilliant friend who calls spreadsheet columns "vertical rows" and the other axis "horizontal rows."
DNK that RAIL TRAIL was a thing until today.
Except that SLOW and steady almost always loses the race.
In 1986 Spud Webb, at 5' 6", became the shortest player to ever win the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. He is also the third-shortest NBA player ever.
Thanks to Kathy for the fun, easy puzzle, and to CC for stepping in. Thoughts out for Ha2La and her mission.
This was a fun run in the sun on this eve of the longest day of the year. I wake up earlier with the sun pouring in the windows so early!
IMELDA Staunton has played Elizabeth II in the last seasons of "The Crown" Incidentally, she is married to Jim Carter who played Mr Carson in "Downton Abbey"
Couldn't remember the letter of the F CLEF - but AM/FM gave me the F.
Thanks CC (Hope you feel better soon!) and to Kathy for the puzzle
Took 5:30 today for me to avoid the fail.
The rhymes were clever.
I didn't know Fatima, salaamed, or halal.
I didn't know today's actress (Imelda), nor her movie, but congrats on her nomination.
Let's just say that I incorrectly parsed "hadatit"....
Good Morning:
Theme-wise, this is definitely a Tuesday puzzle but I’m not so sure about the fill, but perps were fair and I needed some for Artie, Bana, and even Otto, a character that should be familiar by now. I knew who Ms. Staunton was, having seen Vera Drake, but I couldn’t come up with her first name for far too long, Speaking of names, I’ll add these additional proper names/nouns to CC’s list: GENOA, FATIMA, RICA, EIFFEL, NBA, WII, IPAs, MAs, MIAMI, ITALIANO, and AM/FM. Personally, I think the use of this type of fill has increased greatly in recent times and, IMO, in many cases, lessens the challenge of a solve. Extra props for the very low (8) count of three letter words.
Thanks, Kathy, for a cute theme and easy solve and thanks, CC, for filling in. I hope you feel better and that your discomfort is short-lived.
Silly question for Ray O and Anon T.: My recent delivery from ShopRite included an unordered jar of pesto which I have never had. What do you suggest I try it with?
Have a great day.
FIR. A whole host of proper names today, more than I like. Perps sure helped.
Clever theme, but I take exception to rail, trail, nail. It seems a bit contrived. The others were more believable.
This was an easy Tuesday romp.
Subgenius, I agree that this was very easy, but still lotsa fun. I caught the theme with SNAIL MAIL FAIL which made all the theme answers quite obvious. The theme answers provided many perps. ARTIE and IMELDA were all perps and I wagged the I.
Rail trails are former or unused railroad tracks that have been converted to bike paths/ hiking paths. Usually the tracks are removed and a path is created there. Years ago I hiked a 15 mile (?) rail trail in PA with my sister's hiking club. A newcomer assured us he could go the distance. Everyone hiked at their own pace and so finished at different times. We waited long for the newcomer to arrive at the end but he did not show up. My sister who led the hike called the police. The river along the trail was dragged with no luck. Then the police went back to the starting point and discovered his car was missing. Then the police went to his home and found him down the block at bar. He had ducked out at a crossroads, gone to his car and driven home without telling us. We anxiously waited near the end of the trail for many hours before we knew he was safe.
IM: our son in law made a delicious dish for Father’s Day. Freshly made sausage tortellini with pesto. I finished it off cold on Monday with freshly grated pecorino. Excellent. Just try it on toasted baguette, delish. On any pasta is great though.
Dear Irish Miss,
You have never tried pesto?
(You are missing a treat...)
However, that jar of store bought pesto? Let me tell you a story...
My first experience tasting pizza when I moved from Australia, was 5th grade school cafeteria pizza...
It was so bad, I never tasted it again until three years later, when my friends convinced me pizza is not supposed to taste like stale pop tarts...
That jar of store bought pesto?
Open the window, throw it out, and hope it does not hurt anyone else...
In order for supermarket pesto t9 stay fresh, they stuff it with so many chemical preservatives that resembles a stale pop tart pizza! Do yourself a favor and make some at home, (walnuts are my preferred pine nut alternatives) or try it at a restaurant. It is one of life's guilty pleasures when made correctly.
Anonymous @ 8:30 ~ Thanks for the suggestions, particularly the toasted baguette idea. However, I think CED is probably right to suggest not even using it, although I think I’ll refrain from throwing it anywhere other than the trash. 🤭
CED @ 8:33 ~ Actually, right after I posted that comment, I thought better of even trying it. I also thought that Ray and Tony will be horrified that I even thought about committing such a sacrilege! Maybe you can make some and send me a Care Package! 🤣
It depends on how “name” is defined, but as C.C. mentioned and Irish Miss amplified, there were too many in this CW, 19 by my count. I knew about half. The theme clues were fun though and helped perp some of the unknowns. Also did not know “Glamping” or “salaamed”. 1A coulda been ONOR or ASOF, had to wait on ABYSS. It spite of all this I did manage to FIR in good Tuesday time (for me) and did enjoy the CW. I agree RAILTRAILNAIL is a stretch, but the others were very good. And, as mentioned, all with “ail” sounds. Well done and thanx, KL, except for all the names. I also made a mess by writing SIMON in 53D instead of 52D. Oy. Thanx for covering for Hahtoolah, C.C., and for the terrific write-up. I hope everyone had a nice 3 day weekend!
PS IM: I’ve never had store-bought pesto but I’ve heard it’s pretty good. Freshly made is easy to make in a blender. Fresh basil leaves, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan, S&P, and drizzle olive oil in until you have a nice consistency. Some people use walnuts instead of pine nuts.
Good Morning. What a fun puzzle today! Thanks, Kathy.
All but one of the names were familiar. Nice! Perps for IMELDA. Yes, Jinx, shoe lady would have sealed the deal!
ATTILA: Spelling - perps for 2 Ts or 2 Ls???? I can never remember.
RAIL TRAIL. The Heritage RAIL TRAIL runs from Maryland into Pennsylvania.
Heritage Rail Trail County Park extends more than twenty-one miles, winding through scenic areas of southern York County.
The ADA trail is a 10-foot wide, compacted-stone surface designed for hiking, bicycling, running, horseback riding, as well as winter sports such as cross country skiing and snow shoeing.
This linear park connects the historic district of downtown York, Pennsylvania, with Maryland’s Torrey C. Brown Trail (formerly known as the Northern Central Rail Trail).
Synchronicity, I love it. In my post yesterday I added: Slow and steady wins the race. LOL! Who knew it would show up in the puzzle today!!
Thanks, C.C. for today’s recap. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
What made this puzzle even easier is allz you needed was the first word out of three of the clue answers when I became obvious they would rhyme. Inkover: onor/ASOF
Even though I saw "Munich" years ago forgot the cast... but BANA is the only 4 letter "Eric" actor I know of. "Lingua di Roma" should be tongue. Was "Vera Drake" related to Ludwig Von Drake?😄 ..."greeted with a bow?...bowkowtow? (Yeah, I know, the answer can't be in the clue)
We have a statue of Our Lady of Fatima with the three children in the hospital courtyard 😇.
At first I thought it said "Girl of the farm" 🙄 (cow, sow, ewe, hen?)
Magician's shout after making her storytelling son disappear. "Look Ma, No ____ "..HANS
Nice answer to "Do you wanna play "Nintendo?"......WII WII
What the Guillotine did to Marie Antoinette....KILTER
While riding my bike on the hardened dirt path of the defunct 1898 Old Forge to Eagle Bay railroad in the Adirondacks I found a rusty but intact spike I kept as a souvenir...A RAIL TRAIL NAIL?
🚂
FIR. I was able to finish it by using my sloving method of only entering letters where I connected with previous entries. Just a way to challenge myself in solving.
Got the theme early with snailmailfail and saw the matching clues. Knew or easily guessed all the names today. Agreed the best theme entry was PALEWHALETALE, SubGenius
Thanks, C.C. for the confirming review and Kathy for the amusing puzzle.
Big Easy here,
Todays puzzle was one with way too many proper names. The I that crossed Artie and Imelda was the only logical choice for those to unknowns. Hell,That tale about the pale whale could have been induced by some stale ale that was on sale.
I grew up playing music, my mother was a organ piano teacher, but I only knew bass clef and treble clef.
I had no idea what glamping referred to but my idea of glamping would be in a rented motorhome hooked up to electricity.
My blood type is A-negative and the blood center always called me wanting donations, which I used to do until I got a melanoma and became ineligible to donate.
CC Thank you for doing today's review and thank you for the EIFFEL Tower photo of me. And thanks for noting the crazy large number of proper names, several of which were crossed. Fun rhyming theme.
Here we both were with the EIFFEL Tower last year.
I shared this before because of being along the SEINE.
And here was our YURT in a rather remote part of Mexico before COVID.
I know FATIMA, HALAL and SALAAM from being in several Muslim countries. Our Hebrew equivalent of SALAAM is SHALOM. Meaning "hello", "goodbye" or "peace".
From Yesterday:
sumdaze, AnonT Thank you for the kind words about my Diana Ross of the SUPREMES video. We felt very fortunate for the experience.
From the weekend ...
Well we survived Knoebel's Grove Amusement Park. The trek to the North Pole was a bit of a slog, but we made it. Here's the family, with Santa looking over their shoulders.
Teri and I even went back Monday morning to see the Mining Museum, all about the fossil fuel that powered the Industrial Revolution. Here we are out front.
FLN
Thank you Susan for the absolutely SCRUMPTIOUS puzzle, which despite not having solved one for two straight days, I managed to EKE out a FIR.
And thank you sumdaze for the NE PLUS ULTRA review!!! And thanks for the explanation of OLIO. I had some just yesterday on my breakfast English muffin. Or maybe it was it butter?
TODAY
Thank you Kathy for the the trios of rhyming PUNISHMENT.
And thank you C.C. for pinch hitting for Hahtoolah. I promise you I'm going to add my kind words to an Amazon review re your minis real soon now. Did I mention that my 8 yr old grandson seized on them the last time he was over and wanted to solve them? Of course granddad ended up reading all the clues and filling in the fill, but I think he's hooked already. We bought him an age level book of puzzles to occupy his time next time he's here.
Time for just one fav:
17A YURT. "Glamping" was a new one on me, but it perped.
See all y'all tomorrow.
Cheers,
Bill
Hola!
My thanks to Kathy Lowden for this entertaining puzzle!
CSO to my brother, ART, and his son at ARTIE.
Tom Hanks playing OTTO was a treat.
When I was in Italy I bargained with a woman who spoke Italian, of course, and I spoke in Spanish. Amazingly we understood each other and I bought the item.
IMELDA Staunton is a really good actress whom I've seen in many roles and she rocks every one of them.
It's unusual to see ET ALIA written out.
I'll take a CSO at AUNT of many nieces and nephews.
Picard, I always enjoy your photos which also bring back memories of my trips.
Everyone, please enjoy your day!
Fln: Picard, loved your Supremes video
And …
I learned a lot of geography playing "Find it" with the globe in 6th grade. We raced through the math assignment and played for 20 minutes. And then misspelled DNIEPER to FIW one of the harder Saturday xwords
I was preoccupied all Monday and only got to the(most excellent sumdaze write-up) this am
Nice to see CC 'splain'n. At least the majority of P&P were familiar names or easily perpable)
What was it the Virgin told the girls that had to be kept under wraps at the Vatican until 1960?
Yes the tower is magnificent but not so as Picard 's shirt
Did I tell ya 'bout my LL NO-HITTER? Oh, OK
Two W's, Owen, but #2 grabbed me
WC is out of juice on the cell
waseeley
Thank you for sharing your photos. Very nice!
We used to have a mining museum in Phoenix to which I took my classes but it was closed a few years ago. The students loved it and I believe it piqued their interest in geology.
I had the privilege of visiting the shrine of FATIMA and a Mass was being celebrated while we were there!
A fun Tuesday level puzzle. Only one clue didn’t make sense… when did Yeti’s become mythical? kkFlorida
Cute rhymes today. FIR, despite the plethora of names removing some of the pleasure. RAIL TRAILS: Wisconsin has a ton of 'em. I'm familiar with YURTs, (nice looking one, Picard!) but don't usually associate The Mongol Hordes with "glamping"!
I am so NOT a myth!
Joe, is that because you're a mythter?
Fun Tuesday puzzle, Kathy, many thanks. And C.C., thanks for helping out today, and sorry you're not feeling well. Take good care of yourself.
Well, this puzzle had a bit of an international journey, helpful if you speak ITALIANO, and have SALAAMED folks to greet them, made a visit to COSTA RICA, are interested in visiting FATIMA and had a great visit to the EIFFEL tower. And you can also enjoy trying some HALAL food.
Speaking of food, we got a bit of a selection. You can enjoy some TEA with your GENOA salami, and some Corned Beef HASH, and try LOTSA other things at our sidewalk CAFE. Well, time to get a SAUNA.
Have a delightful day, everybody.
A really nice puzzle today from Kathy which I inadvertently FIW. I did the puzzle this morning while waiting for my second cataract surgery, then proofread it before reading C.C.'s review when we were back home. Can I blame the drugs I was still under? I missed noticing I had spelled EIFeEL instead of EIFFEL. Reading the themer at 20 A didn't alert me to my mistake and I ignored the errant E as I read SNAIL MAIL (e) AIL. It niggled a bit but I didn't figure out why. (As for EIFFEL, I have mentioned how I miss mistakes in down fill. Grrr!)
I spent a weekend in a cozy YURT in Colorado, but it wasn't as glamorous as the one pictured. We skied in and appreciated the pot belly stove and cooking area. Much more comfortable than camping on snow and sleeping in a tent the usual way. I'll save the story of our adventurous sleeping in a quinzee for another day.
The one time I rode on a rail trail was down to the Mosel in Germany. We rode up to the start in a bus and had an easy, scenic ride down the trail to the river. Fun!
Thanks for filling in for Hahtoolah today, C.C. I hope you don't have one of those bronchitis things that drag on. Get well soon!
Anon @ 12:11 PM (AKA kkFlorida)
There are two Yetis: one is the brand name on expensive coolers and such, the other is a mythical (word used in Wikipedia) apelike snow monster that is said to live in the Himalayas.
In western culture it is also known as the Abominable Snowman and Bigfoot. The Loch Ness monster in Scotland and trolls in Nordic lands are examples of other mythical monsters.
Congratulations, ATLGranny, on your cataract surgery! I am 3 mo. (R) & 7 mo. (L) post & loving every minute of it! First time without glasses since I was 12.
Eye drops for a month are a drag but necessary for a successful outcome. Best wishes for your recovery.
Neither glamping or RVing appeal to me. Up until just a few years ago we enjoyed tenting in state parks with nearby bathhouses with running water and electricity. There were no other amenities, except in the state park offices. We carried water from a pump to the tent. We cooked on a propane camp stove and used a fire ring. We set a screen house over the picnic table which was very helpful in the rain. After we gave up camping we stayed in a bed and breakfast near the park. Not driving at night or for more than an hour and a half in the day time nixed even that. Now I have plenty of wonderful memories.
Fun rhyming theme. Rather easy CW except for the many proper names, though I knew most of them.
I looked up the meaning of glamming and don’t see how it can be applied to a YURT. A YURT is a portable shelter for nomadic groups of Central Asia.
I just now noticed we had ITALIANO just above the Roman ETALIA and the town pf GENOA across.
One of my favorite Italian restaurants (owned by a Greek) serves a great veggie pizza and since I don’t like red sauces, they always fix it with PESTO and it’s delicious.
Thank you, C.C., for bringing us today's Lowden PZL.
Clever, these triple rhyming fills. It can't be easy, accommodating these when constructing a full-sized XWD.
That picture of a yurt is rather more glamorous than I am used to seeing.
We erected a solid foundation wooden Yurt on our campus, just down the road from where I live. This was for our Grotowski project. He and his pre-selected classes used it for about ten years, and now it can be booked, but only by appointment.
While built to last, it is much plainer than today's illustration.
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal, near side.
This one seems to offer a range of anagrams. I'll go with an obvious one (14 of 15 letters) whereby a "firebug" comm its an act of...
"ARSON ILLEGALLY"!
--which seems to beg the question: how often is arson committed LEGALLY?
Hi All!
Cute theme but name-heavy, Kathy. Thanks for the puzzle to play over breakfast.
Nice expo, C.C. That is one luxurious YURT and some yummy looking ITALIANO food pix.
Get well soon.
WO: HALAh
ESPs: BANA, ARTIE | IMELDA, ELIA, SALAAMED
Fav: GENOA xing ITALIANO
{A, B+}
IM - If you have angel-hair pasta, that would be perfect. Boil the noodles, drain them. Put the noodles in a large mixing bowl. Add a smidge of olive oil and a dollop of pesto for every 1/4 lb of noodles. Top with some Parmesan. Alternatively, just a bit on a slice of toasted baguette to see if you like it.
To CED's point: I've had some very BAD jar'd pesto and some pretty good. The latter usually had "product of Italy" stamped on it somewhere. Of course, none compare to basil fresh from the garden but that's not always an option.
As always, great snaps Picard. Waseeley added one too!
Gotta run.
Cheers, -T
Musings
-Long day! 18 holes and then a yard project in the 93F sun took up time.
-Fun/easy gimmicks made for a fun solve. I took a wrong turn on the vowel carousel on the dreaded proper name intersection.
-Tyler Gilbert’s NO-HITTER in 2021 had the other team hitting 10 “hard-hit balls” that got caught by his defense. Ordinarily those balls become hits at a .495 rate but this night the rate was .000.
-Get well, C.C.!
-TALL/NBA Draft: this year’s #1 pick is projected to be 7’2” Victor Wembanyama who is a 19-year-old French kid
-I grilling a NY strip for supper. Joann and I split one and Lily gets about 10% of Joann’s. Our kitty loves steak!
I enjoyed this puzzle and actually chuckled at PALE WHALE TALE. As Kirk Douglas sang in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, "Got a WHALE of a TALE to tell ye, lads, a WHALE of a TALE or two..."
You all have already said what I would say about this puzzle. I did wrinkle my nose at SALAAMED. GRAMS had to be changed to KILOS.
I wonder if those TALL basketball players have elongated TALI. "Come, Mr. tally man, TALI me banana."
Good wishes to you all.
I wonder if PALE WHALE TA(il) is that patch of skin left unexposed while tanning in a thong. (If you haven't been paying attention to such things, "T-back" and "whale tail" are common descriptors of thong suits. Don't confuse it with "tramp stamp" which is a tattoo in the same area. Happy to help.)
Just in case you haven't been offended to the point of going on to the next post: I just found out that each passenger on the ill-fated trip to the Titanic paid about $250,000 for the opportunity. I hope a miracle happens, but if it doesn't, I wonder if the estates will get the quarter mil back. Probably not - those funds are probably considered sunk costs.
Anon T @ 4:28 ~ After some detective work, I discovered the pesto is from Italy. It’s Barilla Genovese Creamy and, based on your encouragement, I’ll give it try on a toasted baguette. Will report back with a yay or nay. Also, I thought the inclusion in my order was ShopRite’s error, but undoing the packaging revealed it as a promotional sample.
HG @ 5:24 ~ Coincidentally, I just saw VW arriving in New York City and being interviewed. He seemed very poised for a 19 year old and was graciously autographing everything put in front of him. (The TV Announcer’s stats were 7’4” and an 8’ wing span.) I hope Darling Lili enjoyed her steak!
We, (granddaughter, gr-grandson and I) just came back from dinner at my daughter's with her family. It's such a treat to see them because I don't see them often, busy lives, school, etc. The second oldest has moved out to an apartment so she wasn't there. I hate to see them grow up but also like that they are doing well.
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