May 31, 2012

Both Sides of the Table


Suburban Chicago, January 1962. The woman with the elegant French Twist is my Mom's best friend, Donna. Her husband, Vytenis, looks over her head. There is "French Brandy" on the table, and I see that we're serving both Cranberry-Jell-o Mold and Lithuanian head cheese. Oh boy.

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Suburban Chicago, January 1962. You've met some of these people in earlier posts. Lily gestures in conversation, and my Dad's twin sister, Jonė, laughs. Jonė's husband, Kadis (also partially obscured by the French Twist), sits to her left.

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