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Introducing Momo

by Major Major Major Major|  March 17, 20239:18 pm| 86 Comments

This post is in: Cat Blogging, Food & Recipes, Open Threads, Pet Blogging

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I hope I don’t rub anybody the wrong way by posting something orange today–because I would really like to introduce you all to Momo, the new kitten at chez majeur! She is an orange tabby of some persuasion (classic?), and 5-6 months old.

Introducing Momo

After moving to Denver, we had a lot more space, so we were finally able to get a second cat. We got her in early February, but I decided I’d wait until she was well-integrated into the household to introduce you all. Superstition, I guess. Samwise hated her at first, which was to be expected but still not fun for anyone! Now they more or less get along. She wants to play a lot more than he does, which earns her some hissing, but they generally tolerate each other. If we leave them alone we can be confident the only damage will be to furniture.

On the Denver front… things are great! Hoping to be around here more (apologies in advance), now that my six months of home-purchase-and-move-anxiety are over. It sucks not to have friends nearby but that’s okay, we’ll make new ones. The house itself is really nice, although it’s a little jarring moving from a prewar apartment with thick plaster walls into new American construction with gypsum “walls”.

The amount of space we have now feels almost embarrassing, though it’s really not that much, 1600 square feet plus an unfinished basement. But I’m writing this from the writing desk in the guest bedroom, not to be confused with my computer workstation/standing desk in the office, which is not to be confused with my husband’s workstation downstairs. What a bounty! God, we were living like peasants before.

And we have a fireplace! Or should I say, the cats do.

Introducing Momo 1

And I guess I can offer up some St. Patrick’s content, too. I made this soda bread recipe for a family dinner the other night. It turned out really well! (I used these high altitude adjustments and substituted dried cranberries for raisins.) It did need a little longer in the oven than the recipe calls for, but fortunately I bake with a thermometer. I think it was around 205 degrees when I took it out–which is maybe a little hot for a soda bread? not sure?–but it was perfect, if you ask me, although as is typical for my cooking it could have looked a little nicer.

Perfect pic.twitter.com/1atwDe4xSn

— ☕️ hoopy frood 🍵 (@TynanPants) March 16, 2023

Happy Friday, everyone! Open thread.

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    1. 1.

      planetjanet

      March 17, 2023 at 9:29 pm

      Welcome Momo!

      Oh, that little pink nose is adorable.

      Reply
    2. 2.

      Princess Leia

      March 17, 2023 at 9:29 pm

      That soda bread looks fantastic!! As does your new pad. Momo must be a delight!!!

      Reply
    3. 3.

      BigHank53

      March 17, 2023 at 9:31 pm

      Orange girls are great. We’ve shared the house with several. The first one was our neighbor’s cat, but she’d wander in the basement door if it was open, up the stairs, through the cat flap, and check to see if there were any leftovers in our cats’ food bowls.

      Reply
    4. 4.

      Amir Khalid

      March 17, 2023 at 9:33 pm

      Glad to know that the upheaval of moving from NYC to Colorado is successfully concluded, and you have all that space now. If your soda bread tastes good, then it is good. Momo’s a cutie.

      Reply
    5. 5.

      martha

      March 17, 2023 at 9:34 pm

      Oh Momo, you are adorable!! And MMM, welcome to Denver and I’m glad you’re getting settled (and figuring out high altitude baking). We’ve been here for 8 years (Morrison area) and love it. I still have a few challenges with cooking at altitude, but practice makes perfect LOL.

      Reply
    6. 6.

      Scamp Dog

      March 17, 2023 at 9:39 pm

      Welcome back!

      Reply
    7. 7.

      Steeplejack

      March 17, 2023 at 9:40 pm

      @Amir Khalid:

      We are waiting with bated breath for a Scully status report—and pictures!

      Reply
    8. 8.

      RedDirtGirl

      March 17, 2023 at 9:43 pm

      Congrats on the successful move and new pet integration. Momo looks like she is planning an attack in that photo.

      Reply
    9. 9.

      phein63

      March 17, 2023 at 9:46 pm

      You’re good.  Not only was Fat Freddy Scat orange, but the best cat in the world was also an orange stray with one tooth and no claws.  IMHO.

      Reply
    10. 10.

      NotMax

      March 17, 2023 at 9:48 pm

      Hmm.

      Depending on the language, momo can be translated as

      • a type of dumpling
      • a maternal uncle
      • a king of Carnival
      • a breed or genre
      • a buffoon
      • a moron
      :)

      Reply
    11. 11.

      MazeDancer

      March 17, 2023 at 9:49 pm

      Such a sweet face. Congrats!

      Reply
    12. 12.

      Major Major Major Major

      March 17, 2023 at 9:55 pm

      @NotMax: 桃, “peach”

      Reply
    13. 13.

      bbleh

      March 17, 2023 at 9:57 pm

      Well *I* am not jealous AT ALL.  I mean, happy house with two man-caves, two cats, and a fireplace.  EVERYBODY has THAT, right?

      Reply
    14. 14.

      Anne Laurie

      March 17, 2023 at 9:58 pm

      @NotMax: From context (cat + MMM’s an anime reader) Momo = ‘peach’ in Japanese.

      Welcome to the blog, Momo!

      (And welcome back, MMMM — you know ginger girl cats are comparatively rare, right?)

      Reply
    15. 15.

      Joy in FL

      March 17, 2023 at 9:59 pm

      What a beautiful kitty! So glad things are good in your life.

      Reply
    16. 16.

      Matt McIrvin

      March 17, 2023 at 10:02 pm

      What a cutie!

      Reply
    17. 17.

      Amir Khalid

      March 17, 2023 at 10:02 pm

      @Steeplejack:

      All in good time.

      Reply
    18. 18.

      Alison Rose

      March 17, 2023 at 10:11 pm

      What a cutie-pie :)

      Reply
    19. 19.

      Ohio Mom

      March 17, 2023 at 10:17 pm

      I missed the post(s) where you announced you were leaving NYC for Denver. Congrats on the new house!

      Reply
    20. 20.

      Major Major Major Major

      March 17, 2023 at 10:19 pm

      @Anne Laurie: yes! About 20% of the population. Also, another fun fact I learned, all orange cats are tabbies, since ‘orange’ overrides the ‘not-tabby’ gene!

      Reply
    21. 21.

      Ilieitz

      March 17, 2023 at 10:21 pm

      Excuse my ignorance but how do insert a picture

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    22. 22.

      zeecube

      March 17, 2023 at 10:21 pm

      Kool kat.  I’ve never had luck making soda bread.  They always turn out looking like cow pies. OTOH. yours looks delish.

      Reply
    23. 23.

      West of the Rockies

      March 17, 2023 at 10:21 pm

      He looks a bit like the Momo of The Last Avatar fame.  Cutie pie!

      Reply
    24. 24.

      Ruckus

      March 17, 2023 at 10:25 pm

      @Ilieitz:

      You can’t.

      Only those with the keys can post pictures. Us peons can only type.

      Reply
    25. 25.

      Steeplejack

      March 17, 2023 at 10:28 pm

      @bbleh:

      Inorite!

      Reply
    26. 26.

      Steeplejack

      March 17, 2023 at 10:34 pm

      @Ilieitz:

      Only front-pagers can insert a picture. You can include one with an email to a front-pager (see “Contact Us” at the top of the page) and explain why you would like it to be posted.

      Reply
    27. 27.

      zhena gogolia

      March 17, 2023 at 10:38 pm

      Momo is adorable! The cats look pretty companionable in front of the fireplace.

      Reply
    28. 28.

      Kristine Pennington

      March 17, 2023 at 10:51 pm

      I live off Yale and Wadsworth in Denver – been here since 1979 and never even considered living anywhere else.  You get 4 real seasons, dry air (I loathe humidity) and a backyard called the Rocky Mountains 😉..those kitties are cutie patooties!!!

      Reply
    29. 29.

      Sister Inspired Revolver of Freedom

      March 17, 2023 at 10:52 pm

      ARGH! Never have I been happy with any batch of Irish Soda Bread 🍞 I have made. Le sigh.

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    30. 30.

      Sister Inspired Revolver of Freedom

      March 17, 2023 at 10:53 pm

      Oh & Momo is adorb.

      Reply
    31. 31.

      Jim, Foolish Literalist

      March 17, 2023 at 10:54 pm

      I demand someone post a picture of a green cat!

      Reply
    32. 32.

      Amir Khalid

      March 17, 2023 at 10:55 pm

      @Steeplejack:

      Speaking of which, can anyone here teach me how to move a photo from an Android phone to a Windows 11 laptop?

      Reply
    33. 33.

      Major Major Major Major

      March 17, 2023 at 10:58 pm

      Time to summon the cats by turning on the fire! While we watch Scream 4 for some reason.

      Reply
    34. 34.

      Wolvesvalley

      March 17, 2023 at 10:59 pm

      @Amir Khalid:

      can anyone here teach me how to move a photo from an Android phone to a Windows 11 laptop?

      When I want to do this, I “share” the photo with myself via email, then open the email on my Windows machine and download the photo.

      Can’t wait to see photos of Scully!

      Reply
    35. 35.

      MazeDancer

      March 17, 2023 at 10:59 pm

      @Amir Khalid: Email it to yourself.

      ETA – Wolvesvalley already suggested the easiest way.

      Reply
    36. 36.

      Major Major Major Major

      March 17, 2023 at 11:00 pm

      @MazeDancer: you can also send it to yourself on messenger or discord or what have you, if you have those.

      Reply
    37. 37.

      Old School

      March 17, 2023 at 11:05 pm

      @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

      Green cat

      Reply
    38. 38.

      Another Scott

      March 17, 2023 at 11:07 pm

      @Amir Khalid: I usually just use Gmail on my phone (inside a browser):

      Fire up Gmail on your phone
      Compose a new message, Attach the picture.  (You don’t even have to “send” the email – it will be in your Drafts folder.  Or send it to your Gmail account.)
      Open Gmail on your Winders machine
      The mail with the attachment will be there (in your Drafts folder, or in your InBox).

      There are probably more elegant ways, but it’s quick and always works.

      HTH!

      Cheers,
      Scott.

      Reply
    39. 39.

      Timill

      March 17, 2023 at 11:10 pm

      @Ruckus: Or you can include a linky thing…

      Reply
    40. 40.

      Steeplejack

      March 17, 2023 at 11:14 pm

      @Amir Khalid:

      As others have said, you can send it to yourself as an attachment to an email. That’s the easiest way.

      In the camera app on your phone, you can open the list of existing photos, go to the one you want, then click the “share” icon (looks like “<” with knobs on it). From there you can select the “Gmail” icon (or the generic “Email” icon) and send the picture to yourself.

      I send Gmail messages to myself because Google presents a lot of interesting articles to me on my Android phone but does not do the same on my Win10 computer. I’ll copy the article URL on my phone and include it in a mail message to my computer, where I can read it later.

      Reply
    41. 41.

      Eljai

      March 17, 2023 at 11:18 pm

      Momo is breaking all the cuteness meters! Did you name her after the Michael Ende book? Samwise looks quite sleek in front of the fireplace.

      Reply
    42. 42.

      Redshift

      March 17, 2023 at 11:20 pm

      Since the recent pet thread, I managed to get a photo and video of Joe the bunny doing the banana dance! Plus bonus footage of him inhaling parsley, which is also very cute. @EarthWindFire, are you around?

      Reply
    43. 43.

      CaseyL

      March 17, 2023 at 11:21 pm

      This seems to be New Cat Season.  Welcome, Momo!

      I like the intensity of her gaze.  Were you holding something interesting, to get her to look at the camera, or is that intense stare for everyone?

      Congrat on completing the move to Denver, and living in a palatial estate :). In my experience, no matter how big your house is, you will fill it up to the brim sooner rather than later.

      Reply
    44. 44.

      Redshift

      March 17, 2023 at 11:23 pm

      @Amir Khalid:

      Speaking of which, can anyone here teach me how to move a photo from an Android phone to a Windows 11 laptop?

      Go to https://photos.google.com on Windows (and log in with your Google account, if you’re not logged in already), and they should all be there to click on and download.

      Reply
    45. 45.

      Benw

      March 17, 2023 at 11:28 pm

      Nice cats

      Reply
    46. 46.

      Sister Golden Bear

      March 17, 2023 at 11:30 pm

      Momo is adorable! sqeeeees

      Reply
    47. 47.

      Major Major Major Major

      March 17, 2023 at 11:50 pm

      @CaseyL: she loves looking at stuff! But especially the camera.

      Reply
    48. 48.

      mrmoshpotato

      March 17, 2023 at 11:51 pm

      I hope I don’t rub anybody the wrong way by posting something orange today

      Is the feline a traitorous manchild who tried to overthrow the US government?

      Nope.  We’re good. 😁

      ETA – adorable kitten and great looking fireplace.

      Enjoy next winter!

      Reply
    49. 49.

      Ms. Deranged in AZ

      March 17, 2023 at 11:59 pm

      Welcome Momo!  I love ginger kitties 😻

      Reply
    50. 50.

      beckya57

      March 18, 2023 at 12:00 am

      Momo is adorable.  Strong resemblance to my Scribbles.

      Reply
    51. 51.

      Another Scott

      March 18, 2023 at 12:00 am

      This is Sparta pic.twitter.com/TamsDAlTBT

      — Madeyousmile (@Thund3rB0lt) March 17, 2023

      (via nycsouthpaw)

      Cheers,
      Scott.

      Reply
    52. 52.

      Wolvesvalley

      March 18, 2023 at 12:15 am

      Momo is an absolute cutie-pie. Thanks for translating her name. We named our first orange kitty Polly Peachum. She was a total sweetheart, and lived to be almost 18. I hope Momo has a long and wonderful life with you.

      Reply
    53. 53.

      Major Major Major Major

      March 18, 2023 at 12:47 am

      Thanks everyone!

      Reply
    54. 54.

      Gemina13

      March 18, 2023 at 12:55 am

      Momo’s a sweet little dumpling. :)

      I’ve heard orange tabby girls are pretty rare; one of my oldest friends has one, and the vet remarked on how special Athena is.  Naturally, my friend cracked up, because Athena is also as dim as the Aleutian peninsula on a December afternoon.  Sweet, though.  Very affectionate.

      Reply
    55. 55.

      rikyrah

      March 18, 2023 at 12:59 am

      The new cat is cute🤗

      Reply
    56. 56.

      Major Major Major Major

      March 18, 2023 at 1:15 am

      @Gemina13: ‘orange/not orange’ are the two versions of a codominant gene that lives on the X chromosome. So to be orange with no black/brown, a male only needs one version of ‘orange’, but a female needs two.

      Reply
    57. 57.

      eclare

      March 18, 2023 at 1:16 am

      Momo looks very sweet, love the name!  About one hour in to the new Boston Strangler movie on Hulu.  A little heavy handed at times (we get it, most women did not work outside the home at that time!), but pretty good.

      Reply
    58. 58.

      Gemina13

      March 18, 2023 at 1:37 am

      @Major Major Major Major: ​
       

      Kinda like for calicos, except that it’s the males who miss out on the coloring.

      Reply
    59. 59.

      Major Major Major Major

      March 18, 2023 at 1:55 am

      @Gemina13: sort of… it’s not nearly so skewed though. Chromosomally normal males can’t be calicos.

      Reply
    60. 60.

      Quinerly

      March 18, 2023 at 2:00 am

      Orange tabbies are the best! I had my little Ivan a few years back. Rescue kitty that was slightly brain damaged…was probably oxygen deprived very young before he came into my life. Very sweet soul. Tiny, shy little guy.

      Momo is quite the looker! You done good.

      Reply
    61. 61.

      Quinerly

      March 18, 2023 at 2:01 am

      Orange tabbies are the best! I had my little Ivan a few years back. Rescue kitty that was slightly brain damaged…was probably oxygen deprived very young before he came into my life. Very sweet soul. Tiny, shy little guy.

      Momo is quite the looker! You done good.

      Reply
    62. 62.

      Quinerly

      March 18, 2023 at 2:01 am

      Reply
    63. 63.

      SectionH

      March 18, 2023 at 2:02 am

      Momo is just darling. Samwise doesn’t seem to be worried. May all of you all live long happily.

      Reply
    64. 64.

      NotMax

      March 18, 2023 at 2:04 am

      @Major Major Major Major

      Ginger peachy.
      ;)

      Reply
    65. 65.

      WereBear

      March 18, 2023 at 2:46 am

      Orange is for sweetness. Welcome Momo!

      Reply
    66. 66.

      Odie Hugh Manatee

      March 18, 2023 at 3:07 am

      We gots one of them orange models too, the boy version. Orange cats seem to be a bit rowdier than other kitties. I’ve had a few and they seem to be more personable and ornery but then again I love them all. At 1,600 sq.ft. you have room for a few more!! We have three in less space so get to work ya pikers! I’m glad to hear that you have survived your ordeal and will have some time to waste here.

      We have a vagabond guest out in my shop too. I just gave her some treats and have to laugh because her eyes never look all of the way open, like she is stoned. She looks like Jim Breuer’s cat.

      Reply
    67. 67.

      Mel

      March 18, 2023 at 3:23 am

      The soda bread looks delicious! What a beautiful texture, and the cranberries make it look even more tempting.

      Your new kitty is adorable. What a sweet little face she has!

      Reply
    68. 68.

      2liberal

      March 18, 2023 at 3:24 am

      Look at that happy engaging innocent face on Momo!  Just remember ,that like all cats,  Momo is planning to kill you!   ///

      Reply
    69. 69.

      opiejeanne

      March 18, 2023 at 3:58 am

      @mrmoshpotato: I think he’s referring to not wearing orange on St Patrick’s Day.

      Reply
    70. 70.

      opiejeanne

      March 18, 2023 at 3:59 am

      @Major Major Major Major: What a cutie! Congrats on your move.

      Reply
    71. 71.

      NotMax

      March 18, 2023 at 4:04 am

      @opiejeanne

      Once took a tour of a soda pop factory.

      When it first emerges from the vats, orange soda is green until enough additives infused to bottle it in the expected color.

      Reply
    72. 72.

      Baud

      March 18, 2023 at 5:03 am

      🐈🐈‍⬛👍

      Reply
    73. 73.

      LiminalOwl

      March 18, 2023 at 5:53 am

      Joining the chorus: what a pretty kitty! And looks like a sweetie, too.

      I don’t think I’ve ever seen an orange cat that wasn’t adorable. Though I do also follow the FB group “All orange cats share one brain cell”—and not only for the pictures.

      And congratulations on a successful move, Major Major Major Major.

      Reply
    74. 74.

      LiminalOwl

      March 18, 2023 at 5:55 am

      @opiejeanne: The RWNJ on whom I had a crush in college always wore orange on St Patrick’s Day.

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    75. 75.

      ColoradoGuy

      March 18, 2023 at 6:33 am

      Welcome to Colorado, Major! I’m north of you in the suburb/exurb of Erie, due east of Boulder and just off I-25. Yup, four seasons for real, and some days we get 50F temperature swings. Fortunately, thanks to dry air and brilliant, high-altitude sunshine, snow melts fast instead of sticking around for weeks like it does back East.

      Speaking of the bright sun, UV levels are very high here, so be sure to wear good-quality sunglasses on bright days, to protect your eyes. You’ll find you tan very fast here, at any time of year.

      P.S. Beware of coyotes. They are abundant and can be quite aggressive towards small animals. Prairie dogs are harmless and quite entertaining.

      Welcome to the West!

      Reply
    76. 76.

      satby

      March 18, 2023 at 6:54 am

      @Amir Khalid: If you have a Google account on your Android, save it to Google pictures. Then it’s available in that folder on any machine you log into with your Google account.

      Or at least that’s how I did it. Edit: ok, so I wrote this after 3 people said mail pictures to yourself, but before I saw Redshift’s same explanation.

      Reply
    77. 77.

      Kay

      March 18, 2023 at 7:01 am

      Anti woke ninny Andrew Sullivan waves away DeSantis’ shutting down speech in Florida using state enforcement as “anti woke stuff” while portraying a two hour workplace training in diversity as an existential threat to the country:

      Similarly, DeSantis may be overreaching on the anti-woke stuff; and he comes off as gruff and stiff, with a bully’s affect. But in the broader context of a top-down cultural revolution from the woke left, his attempts at pushback are hardly the stuff of fascism. They’re almost poignant in their plain unconstitutionality. And it matters greatly that one of our political parties does not collude in the elevation of group rights over the individual, or place postmodern subjectivism over empiricism and science, or rely on emotional blackmail and coercion over discourse and compromise. We need a sane GOP. And DeSantis is not insane. If Biden falters, or if, God forbid, Harris takes over, he may be the only non-Trump option.

      If, God Forbid, the 17 elite anti woke ninnies remain hugely influential and published daily in major media we’ll be stuck in this woke panic forever.

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      Baud

      March 18, 2023 at 7:05 am

      @Kay:

      And it matters greatly that one of our political parties does not collude in the elevation of group rights over the individual

      Sounds like Sullivan realizes he can’t get pregnant.

      ETA

      This is why I stopped reading conservatives a long time ago. It’s not intellectually satisfying and oftentimes it’s straight up lies.

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    79. 79.

      Kay

      March 18, 2023 at 7:09 am

      Americas great “public intellectuals”. Good Lord. What cheap junk:

      In all this, I think you can sense a re-balancing of sorts — away from the hysteria-inducing absolutes of Trump and BLM and toward the pragmatic shadings of Biden’s and DeSantis’ evolution

      The ninnies believe Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter are comparable. Because the one and only “thought” they produce is “THIS is just like THAT”.

      We really need better elites. Ours are low quality. I think it’s the nepotism and lack of competition. Has produced a whole generation of middle aged mediocrities.

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      Kay

      March 18, 2023 at 7:14 am

      @Baud:

      I wasn’t aware the antiwoke crusaders had turned on Kamala Harris. I should have known though. Completely consistent that they would back DeSantis over any Democratic woman.

      Bitter, brittle middle aged Right wingers. The next generation of Fox viewers. They’ll migrate off Rumble right to Fox.

      Reply
    81. 81.

      Baud

      March 18, 2023 at 7:16 am

      @Kay:

      To my knowledge, Harris isn’t any more women than Biden. I wonder why they would single her out.

      Reply
    82. 82.

      Kay

      March 18, 2023 at 7:41 am

      @Baud:

      Substack and Rumble are the perfect business model for them- they don’t hire anyone else, they don’t pay or deal with anyone else and it creates little echo chambers where their subscribers all agree with them and tell them how great they are. Go read the comments on any of these essays- it’s 100% fawning “ditto!”

      I read a Freddie DeBoer essay where there was ONE critical comment and DeBoer was thin skinned enough to respond personally to that ONE comment and shut him down. Free speech and debate!

      Of course they couldn’t work for “newspapers” with “editors” and “coworkers” or “colleagues” like ordinary mortals. This level of contrarian genius demands they work alone, with no outside evaluation.

      Reply
    83. 83.

      Baud

      March 18, 2023 at 7:47 am

      @Kay:

      I always wonder how many of their subscribers are real people.

      Reply
    84. 84.

      TheronWare

      March 18, 2023 at 9:06 am

      Orenji Neko!

      Reply
    85. 85.

      invisibot

      March 18, 2023 at 2:32 pm

      Welcome to Denver. It looks like there’s a few of us in the south west of Denver. I’m more south Broadway and Hampden area.

      Reply
    86. 86.

      sab

      March 18, 2023 at 4:45 pm

      @LiminalOwl: My RWNJ brother used to wear orange on St Patricks day just to ne an asshole.

      However I dis so yesterday, inadvertently. I have a bunch of shirts with black or tuxedo cats on them. Wearing bandit scarves, or trompe d’oeil ( sic sp?) black cats climbing through stripes on the shirt .

      So since it’s almost Spring, I thought I’d wear the one with the ginger kitty jumping through denim. I did give him my grandmother’s shamrock stick pin to wear as an earring.

      My office is mostly Catholic and mostly East European in background, so no one batted an eye at my orange kitty with the shamrock earring.

      I was really surprised that my grandmother even had a shamrock stickpin. She hated her Irish grandmother. And her Irish grandfather who left just before the Famine felt he was lucky to get out of Ireland alive as a sixteen year old orphan.

      Reply

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