She is vivacious, handsome, gentle, and imposing. None of Nancy and Don’s children lives farther than San Francisco, and on any given afternoon it’s not uncommon to find one or more or all of them sitting at the kitchen table in front of cups of reheated coffee and a plate of cookies, chatting with their mother. The weekly Wednesday night dinners are raucous and memorable evenings with Nancy and Don and their three children and their families, plus occasional guests and always a revolving pack of our various unmannered dogs, which hog the best couches and steal unguarded food off the dining
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