Only photographic evidence
Those of you who delight, as I do, in reading the comments, will know that my friend Karen asked about photographic evidence of my brother Sid ‘pants-ing’ me. Unless I’m mistaken, there is NO photographic evidence of my brother’s aberrant behavior, so for all intents and purposes, it did not happen (the witnesses are sworn to secrecy). Only Sid/Diney and I know for sure. Regardless, I have a get out of ‘pantsing’-free card until 2013, so I’m living la vida loca at the moment.
A couple of disjointed thoughts and some pictures from the Relay for life. First, my family (my fathers side of it at any rate) gets together each summer at Wildwood Crest, NJ for a week of beach vacationing. Last year, we (the Merle Hamburger clan) planned to join the rest of Clan Hamburger in NJ, but I was in the hospital with an angry gall bladder and what would eventually be diagnosed (8 months later) as pancreas cancer (a bit extreme to get out of a going to a family get together, if you ask me). One event, among many, that I miss is the Saturday evening steamed crab and corn on the cob meal. I love sitting on the roof deck of the Astronaut Motel powering through several dozen steamed blue crab.
Given my current health status (and the early start date of the kids school year), it is unlikely that we will be able to join the Hamburger Family in NJ this year. Thus, today I went out and bought a dozen blue crab and some corn and had my own little crab feast. Now, the crabs were all she-crab (and small, and not very meaty), but it was nice to sit there picking crab, thinking about how nice it would be to be with my family in NJ. (BTW, please drop me a line if any of you are near the eastern shore of MD and might have some access to some primo Maryland blue crab…what is available to me here in Atlanta is pathetic!!)
Finally, I wanted to share with you some pictures from the NJ Relay for Life last night. I looked at the images tonight and was brought to tears. I cannot tell you how much it means to me that my brother and his family (and neighbor) was moved to dedicate their walk, in part, to me. Enjoy the pictures:
Be well.
Merle