Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 28, 2023

This … does not bode well …

Petey has clearly found some evidence of witchcraft. What next? The Spanish inquisition?

Gah ha? I thought it was Thanksgiving.

Oh, dear! Visiting Grandma is turning into a a Major Chore for the Otterloops. Except maybe Alice; but she has other problems….

I can never figure out whose side of the family Grandma belongs to. Is she Madeleines mum?

I want to know what the records are. Benny Goodman? Doris Day? The Mills Brothers?

As an elderly person myself, family visits can be exhausting, even when they bring the food, etc. I much prefer one or two at a time although I would NEVER say so!

Where’s Shirley?

The dining room table is a catch all…Oy vey!

Is that my Mum’s table? When I was growing up, she was a VERY good housekeeper, but once she moved into a retirement center, she went downhill so fast she left skid marks. She would read half of an article in a magazine, roll the book around so she could finish it later, and then pile more magazines on top of it. She’d write a couple of checks, misplace the checkbook on the table, find another one and try to remember what her balance was, and start all over. We found eight checkbooks on her dining room table when she was in the hospital. The photo here is only the table -the bedroom was the same way, and the management at the center had turned off her stove because of all the paper she had piled on it. (My excuse is that I was working on a dollhouse, and all of that stuff is part of the process.

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And now we know why Petey is … Petey!

Yes, mawa gah ha, Alice, mawa gah ha, indeed!

Where are you going to put all that stuff? (Really, I need to know.)

That last bit with Petey and his dad is one of my favorite Cul de Sac scenes. Among many, of course.