gigamatic

that's right. i'm getting old, and so it follows that all of my relatives are getting old too. the last few remnants of a generation are falling apart. My first-cousin-once-removed just sent out this email:

I received an email from [other cousin] saying that Aunt Addie, who is 88, has had congestive heart failure for 5 years, has been diagnosed with advance stage of non-hodgkins lymphoma. She is still seeing specialists and a decision will be made on the 18th. They are very concerned on how she will tolerate the treatments.

For those of you who know Addie (Lee, Karl, etc.) and want to send well-wishes, I have her address here (email gigamatt at gmail). For those of you who have hiked the AT in Maine, Addie used to run Addie's Place in Andover, a greasy-spoon known for Addie's homemade pies and homemade bread. A few years ago, she gave away the restaurant (supposedly) to the winner of a poetry contest.