Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for November 30, 2024

Is Max still around, or did the twins carry him off?

As Popeye would say: “I y’am what I y’am, and that’s all that I y’am … I’m Popeye, the sailor man.”

Everybody seems normal until you get to know them.

Val is overthinking it

Be patient Val, revenge is best served cold. Wait until she brings over “the” boyfriend, then pull out the baby pics. Especially the one with spaghetti in her hair.

Holly, every once in a while, you come through!

Did the cat ever come back?

When I was growing up I used to think my family was dysfunctional. But as I’ve grown older and learned about some other families I’ve come to the realization that my family was very functional.

I was blessed to grow up in a “Beaver Cleaver” home, though at the time I desperately wished for more excitement, for want of a better word. And less parental oversight.

Every family is weird in its own special way.

For my daily dose of that lesson, I just read Dear Abby every day.

Except half those weirdos were family