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Email To My Brother: Years Ago

  How's your friend Curry?      I hear he's going downhill pretty fast.      The other day I read the following correspondence between his wife and yours on Facebook:      Curry's wife told her, “I asked my husband’s doctor if he should be vaccinated for the coronavirus, and the doctor warned me that the vaccine has been linked to Erectile Dysfunction in men.”       “In that case," your wife responded, "my husband must have gotten HIS vaccination years ago!” RaisingDad RaisingMyFather.BlogSpot.com JimDuchene.BlogSpot.com. American Chimpanzee @JimDuchene

A Tale of Two Kitties

as featured in Desert Exposure Magazine Every Saturday I go to Las Fuentes restaurant and buy my father the family pack of red cheese enchiladas, with sides of rice and beans. My father is one enchilada-eating kind of guy. If I’m lucky, my granddaughter will join me.     Early last month, however, they had a sign on their window. It said: “Closed today.” That today has lasted over a month. They tried to hang in there, but I’m guessing the virus that no one is allowed to speculate where it came from has claimed another casualty.      Fortunately, there’s no shortage of Mexican restaurants where I live—God bless the southwest—so I went to a different restaurant, Gabriel’s. We threw my youngest daughter her first birthday party there. That was eighteen years ago, so I’m guessing your invitation should show up any day now.      “It doesn’t taste the same,” my father was quick to point out. “Are you getting them from the s...