My uncle passed away this morning. Great uncle actually, uncle Bud. I haven't seen him for quite a long time, I would say more than 15 years. But I do remember the last time I visited him.
My parents and sister and I had traveled up to visit my grandparents in Amherst, MA for Christmas. We took the car and traveled to uncle Bud and Aunt Maxine's house with my grandparents. We got there in the early afternoon and played euchre into the evening. I remember playing with uncle Bud against my grandfather and father, I think we won every game we played. It was fun and I remember hearing some good euchre wisdom from uncle Bud. I also remember that there was a lot of table talk about every one's hand, except for uncle Bud, he was pretty quiet, only chiming in with things like, "...your partner is always good for two tricks" and "never lead next suite".
The other thing I remember about my visit was the full blown distillery in the basement and the fudge. Uncle Bud made a lot of wine out of different stuff, like pears or peaches or potatoes. Fudge is one of my favorite ways to eat chocolate, so euchre and fudge and family, it doesn't get much better than that.
Save a chair for me at the euchre table. Peace.
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