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If the family were a container, it would be a nest, an enduring nest, loosely woven, expansive, and open.
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin
The Bear and Family went together. It was the only thing that could get him sitting with a bunch of old white folks in a dump, serving food his cousin Eldon wouldn't give his pigs down on the farm.
They'd got the Man promising help for the nice senior citizens, Starsky and Hutch said their goodbyes, and they were outta there.
Standing in front of the nightmare edifice of old age, he spoke, "You cats up for a Huggy Special? I'm hungry enough to eat my own cooking." The grins in response were eloquent. Family cares for its own.
Fin