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UNCLE ZEKE WRITES_2011Aug08

Dear Cousin Clara,

Well, Clara, I’ve got some rather bad news to report this time. I know you remember old Uncle Billy. Well, it seems that Uncle Billy has taken to running around the back yard clucking like an old setting hen. They said Uncle Billy would just strut around that yard flapping his arms around like a feather in a wind storm, acting real proud of himself.

The family finally got together to decide about what to do with poor Uncle Billy. Cousin Beauford said we ought to take him down to see old Doc Edwards to see what could be done about him. They didn’t like the Doc’s advice so they decided to take Uncle Billy on home. Aunt Birdie said it probably was just as well. Said she needed the eggs anyway.

Oh, by the way, your brother in law, Lester, is going to Trade School now, that way he'll know what kind of work he is out of. I'll say this; hard work never did bother Lester. He can sit around and look at it all day.

Lester applied for a job down at the new Supermarket that just opened up and they asked him if he knew anything about groceries. Old Lester said, "Well, heck, I ought to, I've been eating them all my life. Lester quit his job with the circus, you know. Yeah, he used to get shot out of a cannon every day. They paid him 3 cents a mile, plus travel expenses, but Lester said it was only temporary anyway, said it wasn't the right job for a man of his caliber.

Well, Clara, that’s it for now. Write when you can.

Love,

Uncle Zeke

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Dear Uncle Zeke,

It was good to hear from you again, Unc. Isn't it great that it's vacation time again? What are your plans this year? This is the time of the year that I wish I had one of them "RV" machines.

I was talking to Cousin Billy the other day. He gets the craziest ideas. He saw a big truck loaded with rolls of turf grass out on the big highway and now he’s trying to find someone to roll-up his lawn, mow it and then bring it back! I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me ... they're cramming for their final exam.

I was listening to a campground jam at a Bluegrass Festival a couple of weeks ago. When they played "My Old Kentucky Home", the man next to me broke into tears. It really concerned me so I said to him, "You seem to be greatly moved. Are you from Kentucky?" He said, "No, I'm a musician." I thought their playing was pretty good so I asked him how he would you have played that song. He replied, "Under an assumed name." Guess, it takes all kinds and....... I'm not so concerned anymore.

Well, I've got to quit for now. I’ve been going over to help Aunt Katie with her cooking. She’s trying to learn Louisiana cooking. She got in trouble with her first Cajun recipe. We may have to rename it "Blackened Kitchen".

Bye for now,

Your loving Cousin Clara