Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Tale of the 81st Birthday

Happy 81st Birthday
The cake was fudge with chocolate butter icing.

The meal was a Chinese stir fry – chicken, asparagus and water chestnuts.

The gifts were appropriate for the occasion – home made strawberry jam that Kelvin has been longing for in the past months.

How about a pint?
... of pure strawberry jam ...
The guests were international.

The birthday song was sung many times, in many languages: Catalan, Portuguese, Nepalese, and Farsi.

The tapers on the cake represented decades.

The repast was long and slow and as every birthday should  but does not ... started with the cake instead of the meal.

The breakfast that preceded the birthday dinner brought memories of the past – burned pancakes with Kelvin saying, “Oh yes, those are delicious. I will have one.”

 ... long tapers and a long life ...

Happy Birthday, Kelvin.

Arta

1 comment:

  1. Happy Birthday Kelvin! Thanks for the help on that University essay many year ago. Although I did tear up, I still remember and use the advice you gave me in my writing. Thank you!

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