Mcnally's Caper
“Adults are supposed to be able to cope with troubles but we want kids’ lives to be a constant joy—and they so rarely are.
No family cocktail hour that evening because my parents were leaving early to have drinks and dinner at the home of septuagenarian friends. It would be followed by a ferocious contest of high-stakes bridge. The victorious couple might win as much as forty cents.
And so I dressed casually, planning to dine in the kitchen with the Olsons. To my delight, Ursi had prepared a rab...bit stew made Italian-style with, amongst other goodies, salt pork, garlic, and red wine. Served with small roast potatoes. Also a round of pepper focaccio. Luscious.
I was in the pantry uncorking a bottle of the Chianti Classico we keep on hand in case of an impending nuclear catastrophe when the phone rang and I picked it up in the kitchen. Sgt. Al Rogoff was calling.
“Interrupting your dinner?” he said gruffly.
“Not yet. What’s happening?”
He didn’t answer that. “Can you and I get together tonight?”MoreLess
No family cocktail hour that evening because my parents were leaving early to have drinks and dinner at the home of septuagenarian friends. It would be followed by a ferocious contest of high-stakes bridge. The victorious couple might win as much as forty cents.
And so I dressed casually, planning to dine in the kitchen with the Olsons. To my delight, Ursi had prepared a rab...bit stew made Italian-style with, amongst other goodies, salt pork, garlic, and red wine. Served with small roast potatoes. Also a round of pepper focaccio. Luscious.
I was in the pantry uncorking a bottle of the Chianti Classico we keep on hand in case of an impending nuclear catastrophe when the phone rang and I picked it up in the kitchen. Sgt. Al Rogoff was calling.
“Interrupting your dinner?” he said gruffly.
“Not yet. What’s happening?”
He didn’t answer that. “Can you and I get together tonight?”MoreLess
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