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swimming and sausages - it's a BBQ

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Newmarket, 2011.08.27

Today my mum came up from Niagara, and the four of us headed to Newmarket for a family reunion of sorts.

It's really "just" a BBQ, but it's hosted by a cousin on my mum's side, and I don't see that side of the family much so for me it was certainly a reunion. Also, a chance to introduce Mari and Kenny to several members of the family.

We had a fine time. There was a fairly lavish assortment of food and as you'd expect from a primarily Scots-Irish family a fairly lavish assortment of alcohol. My cousin is a landscaper, and her place has a superb backyard as you might expect. Even a first-rate kid's playground, though she has no children. But it was the pool where Kenny and I spent quite a bit of time, and Kenny made some progress in his swimming. He's not a particularly timid character, our son.

rand()m quote

Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.

—Ernest Hemingway