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Weekly Contest #69
Crazy was versatile. If one were young, it meant creative; old, senile; rich, eccentric. That Christmas Eve, Mother, in the glow of her 59th year, was very simply: Crazy. "Gossamer wants to enjoy cigars and brandy in the sunroom before we sit down to eat," Mother announced, collecting our coats and kissing several cheeks. "Please open a window in there, he's delicate and sensitive, I don't want him developing a cough." I had arrived with my brother, Dale, and his ten-year-old, Sue. They were much more tolerant of the mad woman's antics. Su...
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