I learned today that one of my dear cousins died yesterday. He was 86 years old and had had health problems for some time so I don't begrudge him his release. I will miss him, even though we hadn't seen a lot of each other over the last several years. Thinking about him has brought back a flood of memories. One of my favorites is spending Christmas Day at their house. My aunt and mom would prepare the dinner. Often ham, with mashed potatoes, buttered noodles, corn and many more good things. By the way, it was expected that you would put the noodles on the potatoes and that's still my favorite way to eat them. After dinner the adults would sit down at the kitchen table to play Euchre and we cousins would gather around the dining room table to play Monopoly. The way we played it, it took all afternoon. Such a fine memory. RIP Jim.
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